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We extend our deepest appreciation to the individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies who have contributed so generously to our efforts, and in particular to the National Endowment for the Humanities for its vitally important funding, and to the support of the New York State Education Department, the World Trade Center Recovery Grant Program, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

We are grateful to our premier support group, the Chairman's Circle, whose annual membership dues of $5,000 provide substantial support to Council-directed programs, and to the many dedicated and longstanding supporters who have contributed as Leadership Gifts ($2,500-$4,999), Sponsors ($1,500-$2,499), Patrons ($1,000-$1,499), Benefactors ($500-$999), Friends ($250-$499), and Associates ($100-$249).

Chairman's Circle 
Keith and Ann Barish
Bruce Barnes and Joe Cunningham
Porter Bibb and Alexandra Penn
Georgette Bennett and Leonard Polonsky
Marshall and Marilyn Butler
Joan Ganz Cooney and Peter G. Peterson
The Friars Foundation
Roz Goldberg and Alan Bandler
Melanie Grisanti and Gordon McLeod
Mary W. Harriman Foundation
HSBC Bank USA, National Association
Elizabeth Rosentiel Kabler
Pentti Kouri
Barbara and Cy Leslie
The J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation
Shelley Wanger and David H. Mortimer
New York Newspapers Foundation, Inc.
Peter Norton
Bart M. Pasternak
Anna and Martin Rabinowitz
Sandra and Norman Pessin
JoMarie and Vincent Pica
Theodore R. Sayers
Francesca and Bruce Slovin
Sony Corporation of America
Margo and Anthony Viscusi

Leadership Gifts
Jane E. and William B. Bram
Victoria and Owen D. Gutfreund
Jewish Communal Fund
Barbara Kurshan
The Low Foundation
Carol R. Martin
Diane Ravitch
Deborah Mary Sale and Ted Striggles
Jane Hartley and Ralph Schlosstein
The Whitehead Foundation

Sponsors
Altman/Kazickas Foundation
Mona Ackerman
Diamondston Foundation
Eleanor and Melvin Dubin
Jesse and Toni Margolin
The Marstrand Foundation
Riklis Family Foundation
William D. Rollnick
Slant Fin Foundation
Siri von Reis
Miranda and Hamburg Tang

Patrons
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Ann and Kenneth Bialkin
Deborah and Leon Black
Mr. and Mrs. David Ray Campbell
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Fine
Myrna and Bernard Fruchtman
Daisy and David Hay
Cheryl L. Henson
The Jim Henson Foundation
Jackie and John Leo
Evelyn and Leonard Lauder
Anne and Vincent Mai
Sid Mandelbaum
John Morning
Doris and Martin Payson
Donn Rogosin
Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn
The Roone Arledge Charitable Foundation
Julienne M. Scanlon
Linda and Stuart Schlesinger
Sharon C. Wechsler
H. Christopher Whittle
Suzanne and Lester Wunderman

Benefactors
Russell Banks
Marianne and R. Dyke Benjamin
Judith and Michael Borkowsky
Evangeline Morphos and Alan Brinkley
Natalie and Bernard Bushell
Ann L. Buttenwieser
Marjorie and Lester Dembitzer
Geoffrey Field
The Golden Family Foundation
William T. Golden
Jewish Communal Fund
Lisa and James Jinkins
Sandra and Jack Levitt
David Levering Lewis
Robert E. Linton
Betty and Joseph Lisa
Tarky Lombardi
Renee Khatami and John R. MacArthur
Paula Katz and Frederick Mandler
Peter N. Marron
Hannah Pakula
Pinnacle Associates
Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Elizabeth and Robert Rosenman
Rousso Apparel Group
Evelyn Royale
Beryl Lynn Snyder
Marlene Springer
Catharine R. Stimpson

Friends
Anthony Bannon
Kent Barwick
Thomas Bender
Lori and Richard Berke
Sallee Bijou
John B. Black
Doug Burach
Mary E. and Jeffrey H. Bunzel
Lutz & Carr
Morris Dickstein
Carol Simon Dorsky
Events Et Cetera
First Manhattan Company
FJC
Ellen and Arnold Gruber
Audrey B. Heckler
Didi Wallerstein and John A. Herfort
Marilyn Berger and Don S. Hewitt
Clifton Hood
Jay Kaplan
Frances R. Katz
William Kennedy
Evelyn B. Kenvin
Debbi and Max Lebersfeld
Orrick, Herrigton & Sutcliffe
Eileen and Milton Putterman
Elizabeth and Robert Rosenman
John P. Rosenthal
William Sacrey
James L. Stengel
Susan Tane
Silvio Torres-Saillant
Faith Charak Weinberg
Melinda B. Wolfe

Associates
André A. Aciman
Renee A. Brown
Dale S. Rubin and Michael Callahan
Richard W. Couper
Richard A. Eisner
Beldeen Fortunato
Meg Harlam Gerson
Irene Gilbert
Linda and Archibald Gillies
Annette Gladstein
Nancy L. Huggin
Felicia A. Eckstein and Robert E. Lipson
Ruth M. Olmsted
Kay Oppenheimer
Lillian Stoller and Beverly Parnes
Robert J. Rubin
Herbert H. Sambol
Betsy and Edward L. Schiff
Bonita N. and Sherie R. Singh
Elaine Steiner
Anne and E. R Vaughan
Kathleen M. Wright