ANNUAL REPORT - University of Michigan
ANNUAL REPORT - University of Michigan
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DONOR SPOTLIGHT<br />
Community Support<br />
Over the last year, Matthaei Botanical<br />
Gardens and Nichols Arboretum has reached<br />
out to local businesses to support our<br />
annual events. It has created a new base<br />
<strong>of</strong> operating support, but more importantly<br />
it has created a necessary link to the<br />
community which we anticipate will grow in<br />
years to come.<br />
In March, while winter was still upon us,<br />
spring was in full bloom in the Conservatory<br />
with the “Passion for Spring” bulb display,<br />
sponsored by Runciman Landscapes.<br />
Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Runciman<br />
Landscapes have had a long history<br />
together. In 2001, they designed the<br />
Urban Pocket Garden, and in 2006, they<br />
designed the beautiful Steiner fountains in<br />
the Gateway Gardens <strong>of</strong> New World Plants.<br />
When asked why they chose to sponsor the<br />
“Passion for Spring” display, designer Max<br />
Finkbeiner said, “Basically, we felt that is<br />
important for us to support MBGNA because<br />
it promotes exactly what we do to make<br />
a living as horticulturists with Runciman<br />
Landscapes. From a business point <strong>of</strong> view<br />
we feel it is beneficial to be involved in the<br />
community we work in.”<br />
In May, the summer opened with the<br />
28th Annual Plant Sale. <strong>Michigan</strong> Public<br />
Radio, <strong>Michigan</strong> Public Television, Korzon<br />
Landscapes, and Ten Thousand Villages<br />
were sponsors.<br />
Thank you Sponsors! We look forward to<br />
working with you again in the future.<br />
David and Carole Darr<br />
Richard and Leslie Day<br />
Michelle Deatrick and<br />
Steven Przybylski<br />
John and Jean Debbink<br />
Cheryl Dell-Garrett and<br />
David Garrett<br />
Beth Ann deStigter Jorgensen<br />
Diana Devereaux<br />
Gayle D. Dickerson<br />
Kathleen Byrne Diggs<br />
Richard and Jo Ann Dionne<br />
Andrzej and Cynthia Dlugosz<br />
Amy Donoghue<br />
Wallace C. Donoghue<br />
Dow Chemical Company<br />
Foundation<br />
James B. Dowling<br />
Downtown Home and Garden<br />
Linda and Frank Dres<br />
J. Sanford and<br />
Elizabeth Dugan<br />
Donald N. and<br />
Kathy J. Duquette<br />
Anne and Brian Eadie<br />
Lois and Robert Eckstein<br />
Morgan and Sara Edwards<br />
Irene and Timothy Eiseman<br />
Odie and S.J. Elden<br />
Liz and Gary Elling<br />
Carol and John F. Eman<br />
Mark and Elizabeth Erskine<br />
Kathy Evaldson and<br />
Doug Mullk<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Jane and Wayne Ewy<br />
Eleanor Gale Falit<br />
Claudine Farrand and<br />
Daniel Moerman<br />
Joan E. Farrell<br />
John and Margaret Faulkner<br />
Beverly and Michael Fauman<br />
Jane and William Ferguson<br />
Lydia Fischer<br />
Janet and Thomas Fisher<br />
Ruth F. Fitzgerald<br />
Jessica Fogel and<br />
Lawrence Weiner<br />
Rosamund and<br />
Stephen R. Forrest<br />
Marcia Susan Fowler<br />
James W. Fox<br />
Thomas and<br />
Jeanette Gaffield<br />
Garden Club <strong>of</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong><br />
Community Project Fund<br />
Howard L. Garrett<br />
Gordon and Tamara Garwood<br />
Joseph A. and<br />
Joyce A. Gattyan<br />
Blair Gerdes<br />
Patrick Gibson and<br />
Helen Kales<br />
Anne F. Ginn<br />
Ann and Thomas Gladwin<br />
Louis J. Glazer<br />
Elizabeth Glynn and<br />
Gregory Keoleian<br />
Edward B. and<br />
Mona L. Goldman<br />
Phyllis H. Gracie<br />
Robert A. Green<br />
Jessy Grizzle and<br />
Laurie McCauley<br />
Samuel Gross and<br />
Phoebe Ellsworth<br />
David and Frances Grossman<br />
Ellen and Jeffrey Halter<br />
Lawrence and<br />
Joanne Handelsman<br />
Murray K. Hanna<br />
Rebecca Hardin and<br />
Arun Agrawal<br />
Joan Harris and<br />
Edward Sarath<br />
Susan and Hayden Harris<br />
Janice and Randall Harvey<br />
Larry Hauptman and<br />
Andrea Streeter<br />
Jeannine and Gary Hayden<br />
Jean and Wayne E. Hazen<br />
Michael Head and<br />
Mary James<br />
Dorothy and Douglas Heinlen<br />
Carol and Karl H. Hellman<br />
Florence and Alfred Hendel<br />
John and Joyce Henderson<br />
Pamela and William Henry<br />
Elizabeth and<br />
Robert W. Herbst<br />
Ruth Heyn<br />
Martha and John Hicks<br />
Phyllis and Daniel Hill<br />
Kathleen and<br />
William Hillegas<br />
Peter Hinman and<br />
Elizabeth Young<br />
Mary and Donald Hitt<br />
Lynn L. Hobbs<br />
Erika Homann and<br />
Michael Wellman<br />
Andrew Horning and<br />
Catherine McGavran<br />
Rebecca Sue Horvath<br />
Raburn Howland and<br />
Katherine Kurtz<br />
Teresa and<br />
Che Cheng Huang<br />
Rosemary S. Hughes<br />
Jewel F. Hunter<br />
Mary Carol and Mark Hunter<br />
Kathryn and<br />
Thomas P. Huntzicker<br />
Edith M. Hurst<br />
Kathryn and James Huss<br />
Linda Irvin and<br />
James Goebel<br />
Heidi and Charles Jacobus<br />
Ira J. and Brenda Jaffe<br />
Christa and Joachim Janecke<br />
Anne and Anthony Javoroski<br />
Joyce and Ross Kaferle<br />
Hans and Carol Kappus<br />
Paula Karnopp<br />
Phyllis and Alex Kato<br />
William and Carol Kauffman<br />
W.K. Kellogg Foundation<br />
Josephine A. Kelsey<br />
Lisa and Jeffrey Kincius<br />
Tamiko and<br />
Kenichi Kinoshita<br />
Edward and Melinda S. Kirby<br />
Hermine R. Klingler<br />
Patsy M. Knoop<br />
John and Anne Knott<br />
Roberta W. Knox<br />
Joan and Lawrence Kobylarz<br />
Stephen Kobylarz<br />
Christopher L. Kojiro<br />
Joanne Kovach<br />
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.<br />
Mary and Edward Krasny<br />
Catherine Kurek-Ovshinsky<br />
Ronald P. Kustra<br />
Johannes Kuttner and<br />
Rebecca Blank<br />
Marilyn and Dale Larson<br />
Edward LeBaron and<br />
Nancy Moncrieff<br />
Richard J. and<br />
Patricia V. Lehman<br />
Nicole Lemieux-Rever and<br />
David Rever<br />
James and Barbara Leonard<br />
Martin and Susan Letts<br />
Patricia R. and<br />
Michael R. Levine<br />
John and Kathy Levinson<br />
Donald J. and<br />
Carolyn Dana Lewis<br />
Mary L. Lirones<br />
Joe M. Lum<br />
Merrill Lynch & Co.<br />
Foundation, Inc.<br />
Gay MacGregor<br />
Richard Mahn<br />
Merrie and Anthony Malerich<br />
William P. Malm<br />
William and Anne Manierre<br />
David and Marjorie Mastie<br />
Marina Mata and David Fink<br />
Andrea Matthies and<br />
James Odell<br />
Joseph P. Mattimoe<br />
Cheryl and Lanny Mattingly<br />
Georgia R. McDaniel<br />
Jill McDonough and<br />
Greg Merriman<br />
James McIntosh and<br />
Elaine Gazda<br />
Aprille and Timothy McKay<br />
Kathleen and<br />
Robert McMahon<br />
Lila A. McMechan<br />
William H. and<br />
Marilyn M. McNitt<br />
Katherine M. Frances<br />
McSparran<br />
Ragnhild A. Meade<br />
Matthew R. Meader<br />
Nancy A. and<br />
Robert E. Meader<br />
Peter W. Meek<br />
George E. and<br />
Eathel Mendenhall<br />
Robin and<br />
Stanley T. Mendenhall<br />
Ann Meredith<br />
Mary Lee and Donald Meyer<br />
Barbara Michniewicz and<br />
Gerald Nordblom<br />
William Middleton and<br />
Veronica Sanitate<br />
Miller, Johnson, Snell and<br />
Cummiskey<br />
Robert and Denise Milton<br />
Anne Mitchell and