Donor Honor Roll JULY 2007 - JUNE 2012 2007 JULY

THANK YOU FROM THE DEAN

The School of the Arts Donor Honor Roll for July 1, 2007- June 30, 2012 celebrates our community of donors and their tremendous dedication to creating access for and sustaining excellence in the education of artists at Columbia University. These generous gifts, both large and small, directly impact our students, faculty, and the School as a whole.

We are grateful for their extra-ordinary The education of artists is vital to support of the Lenfest Center for the society. Now as ever, artists enable Arts, most notably the named gift us to encounter the world and our from University Trustee Gerry Lenfest, understanding of it in unexpected who believes deeply in the future of ways, to imagine unforeseen the arts at Columbia. A vibrant new possibilities, and to think imaginatively venue designed by Renzo Piano, the about the future. This Donor Honor Lenfest Center for the Arts will open Roll speaks to the commitment of our in 2016 and will showcase the work of supporters. We thank them all for their our talented students while serving incredible generosity. as an important public entryway to Columbia’s new Manhattanville All the best, campus. The timeframe of this report parallels my tenure to date as Dean of the School of the Arts. Over the past five years, we have seen the School grow in stature and become Carol Becker more widely known to the University Dean of Faculty and to the world. We have recruited brilliantly talented faculty members; launched the Mellon Visiting Artists and Thinkers Program, bringing world- renowned artists and thinkers to campus to teach and spark dialogue; and implemented innovative curricula in such areas as creative producing, sound arts, and literary translation.

3 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 3oth, 2012

TOTAL NET ASSETS

BEGINNING FUND BALANCE $3,362,853

REVENUES AND OTHER ADDITIONS General income allocation from tuition $16,588,653 Fees $1,417,000 Endowment and investment income $1,765,000 Gift income, private grants, and other income $7,536,840

Total revenues and other additions $27,307,493

EXPENSES Instruction $7,832,000 Institutional support $2,814,000 Academic support $435,000 Casual Work $33,000 Work study & student services $117,000 Fringe Benefits on above $3,691,000

Student Fellowships $7,579,000

Non Personnel / Administration $3,674,000

Overhead allocations to other CU units $510,295

Budget allocations & transfers to other CU units $399,954

TOTAL EXPENSES $27,085,249

4 $30,000,000 Merisant Worldwide John W. Kluge+ Onion, Inc. $1,000 - $9,999 Marguerite and H. FitzGerald Lenfest* J. Michael Parish Princess Grace Foundation Anonymous (2) RHI International Distribution A G Foundation $5,000,000 - $29,999,999 Uzi Zucker and Rivka Saker Abramson Family Foundation David K. Schafer AIG Financial Products Corporation William V. Campbell* The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund American International Group Anla Cheng and Mark E. Kingdon* Thomas Schumacher Steven Ames, Esq. Katharina Otto-Bernstein* Showbiz Software Store Stephanie Lerner Ansin The Toby Fund Alice A. Arlen Charitable Trust The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Mark Arnold and Angela Arnold $1,000,000 – $4,999,999 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ATK Foundation Matthew White Gary L. Bandy Emily Fisher Landau and family The Winston Foundation Bank of America Foundation The Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation Ioana A. Baraschi The Shubert Foundation Dennis R. Barrett $10,000 - $24,999 Beam Foundation Jack Murchie and Carol Becker $500,000 – $999,999 Anonymous (5) Albert P. Behler Avid Technology Moises Berezdivin and Diana Berezdivin Anonymous (2) A & E Television Networks Berger Family Foundation Martha Bergman-Gamblin Reginald I. Berry Albert J. Cardinali, Esq. Richard Ashur Brick and Sara Bershtel $100,000 - $499,999 Chockstone Pictures David R. Biase and Claire Biase Entertainment Partners Jonathan Richard Bierman Anonymous (3) Dasha Epstein Big Beach Films Fondation Femme Debut Everest Entertainment Carole Black The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Milos Forman The Broad Art Foundation Hertog Foundation Lee and Maria Friedlander Brooklyn Brewery Corporation Hollywood Foreign Press Association Family Foundation Adam Brooks The Lauder Foundation Robert Gamblin David A. Carnoy Mark Paul Clein and Nancy Lemann The John Golden Fund Carolyn Jane Casselman, Esq. Alice Mathias Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Steven E. Chaikelson, Esq. Charles Melcher Daniel Gordon Mary Sharp Cronson Sloan Foundation The Michael Hausman/Filmhaus Meghan E. Daum Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation William Talbott Hillman Foundation Jeffrey Deitch Lucy R. Hamlin Waletzky, M.D. Jack & Mimi Leviton Doddle Amsterdam Foundation Jean Carlson Faulk $25,000 - $99,999 The New York Community Trust Erik Feig and Susanna Felleman Maurice S. Kanbar The Fezzik Foundation Anonymous (10) Yong Man Kim and Jung Hi Kim Wendy Flanagan Academy Foundation Estate of Stanley J. Kunitz Focus Features Artis The Marilyn & Bob Laurie Foundation Robert L. Forbes and Lydia Forbes The David Berg Foundation Lifetime Entertainment Services Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. The Bridges/Larson Foundation Nathaniel Litwak and GE Foundation Estate of Felipe P. De Alba Robina Ramsay Litwak Estate of Marshall Glasier DuBose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Ninah Lynne Goethe - Institut New York Edward John Noble Foundation The Marstrand Foundation Susan D. Goodman French American Cultural Exchange National Board of Review Jennifer Grausman Home Box Office National Broadcasting Company David Graham Gray III, Esq. Simon David Kinberg and Mali H. Kinberg LeRoy Neiman Foundation Greenberg Traurig Philanthropic Fund Dr. Nobuko O. Kuhn Jessica Nuss Agnes Gund Toby Devan Lewis Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation Jordan Hawley Liberace Foundation for the Performing & Estate of Estelle Rubenstein D’Arcy Hayman Trust of 1994 Creative Arts Charles B. Scarborough III OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program Nevada Community Foundation The Adrienne Shelly Foundation John Hsu and Rebecca Hsu Eugene Litwak, Ph.D. and Eleanor Litwak JTS Fund Hudson Charitable Foundation Michael Lynne, Esq. Speyer Family Foundation IMAX Corporation Estate of Frederick H. Meisel Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis, Ph.D. Annette L. Insdorf

This listing shows cumulative giving from July 2007 – June 2012. Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts 5

STUDENT: Emily Henretta (’11) “Our goal as artists is not to make She notes that in this time of money, but to contribute to society austerity for arts organizations, Visual Arts Program — Andrew Fisher Fellow with cultural capital,” says Emily it’s hard to be a working artist. Henretta, who now teaches in the SOA Visual Arts program and Her fellowship allowed her to is known for her mixed-media as- graduate without a lot of student semblages of (recontextualized) debt, to be able to afford a studio, everyday objects. and to have the freedom to do what she loves most—teach. An Andrew Fisher Fellowship “Teaching is another way to Fund gift allowed her to pursue communicate with people through her Columbia MFA. “It’s so nice art,” she says, “And it’s how to have that two-year time period I continue my own learning.” where you can just focus on your studio and make art, and engage in a rich dialogue with your peers,” says Henretta. VISUAL ARTS VISUAL

6 Emily Fisher Landau has “Young artists reflect the championed emerging artists environment, whether in America or since she began collecting in other countries,” says Mrs. Landau. the 1960s. One of the world’s “Whatever they feel is important to most prolific collectors of address in their artwork is what’s contemporary American art and important.” a cherished figure in the New York City art world, Mrs. Landau Supporting SOA students established the Andrew Fisher by subsidizing the two-year Fellowship Fund in honor of her academic program “gives grandson, and hosts the Visual students the chance to broaden Arts Thesis Show at the Fisher their understanding of their art Landau Center for Art each year. form before having to pound the pavement,” according to Candia For many SOA students, the Fisher. And when the time for Visual Arts Thesis Show is their pavement pounding arrives, Mrs. first gallery experience. And that Fisher is there, too. She invites delights Mrs. Landau and her dealers to the annual Thesis daughter Candia Fisher, who says, Show, and every year a number “We get as much if not more out of of students have their thesis the show as the students do. It’s artwork purchased. a joy.”

DONOR: Emily Fisher Landau Andrew Fisher Fellowship and Visual Arts Thesis Show

Jason Paul Ivaliotis Piyush Phadke Eric Javits Family Foundation Judy Phares $999 and below Alexander Jinishian and Nora Jinishian Alice H. G. Phillips The Joelson Foundation H. Hartley Platt duPont Joseph Eugene Adair Gwyneth M. Jones Erin Pond Polly Adams Judith E. Jones J. C. Newell Price Phyllis G. Agne Stephen Isaac Kahn John R. Raimondi NaRhee Nancy Ahn George S. Kaufman and Mariana Kaufman Robin Cohen Reinach Penda Joyce Aiken The Kingsberg Foundation Randall Clinton Ringer Ross D. Ain, Esq. Alain Kodsi James Scott Romano Jare Akchin Werner H. Kramarsky Jonathan Rose Edward Albee Sally Jane Kuhn William Rosenwald Family Fund Roberta W. Albert Richard Kwiat Sheryl Rubinstein Thomas A. Alderson Christopher Andrew Kyle James A. Schamus and Nancy Kricorian Mark Franklyn Alpert Bill G. Lambert Harold B. Segel Robert Alpert Lancaster Family Foundation Sandra Shahinian Rhoda Sara Altman Dwight E. Lee and Hyae Ok Lee Ronald K. Simons Samuel A. Cole and Marika Dy Alzadon Robert Lehman Foundation Randy Slifka Lauren Dyer Amazeen Deborah Leitner Scott Bechtel Smith Ann Ames Sandra Shahinian Leitner Patrick Stewart Selena Gambrell Anderson Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Julie Taymor Lou Antonio Cheryline R. Lewis The A. Woodner Fund Gabriella Martina Primave Aratow Paul J. Maddon, M.D., Ph.D. Joshua and Nirit Resnick Foundation Patrick M. Arnold May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Stephen R. Tobias and Madalyn Tobias Arnold P. Aronson Pamela McCorduck and Dr. Joseph F. Traub Dr. Rodney J. Umlas Christine R. Arrington Joel Meyerowitz Dr. David K. Whitcomb and Laura Aryeh Motion Picture Association of America Henrietta H. Whitcomb Masi Asare Tobias Axel Munthe Michael Wilkins Katharine Ascharya W. W. Norton & Company Working Title Group Dr. Kenneth Lee Ascher Bonnie Burke Pan Yeon Joong Yue Brad Augustine Dolores K. Pascarelli Laura Jeanne Zinn Fromm Jean N. Ayer

Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts 7 “A writer is very solitary and reticent According to Lemann, SOA by nature,” says Nancy Lemann. instills the discipline a writer “Then comes that horrible point needs, and notes that her own where you have to sell yourself.” professors inspired her when Lemann’s reticence was not on she was a student and pointed display when, as an SOA student, the way professionally. And she she was inspired to approach believes that SOA’s unique focus a prominent editor who was a on reading literature is a critical guest speaker, boldly bringing her part of a writer’s development, manuscript to him at his office asserting that “You can learn more the next day. about writing from reading than you can from just writing.” Many celebrated books later (including Lives of the Saints and Above all, Lemann and her New York Times Notable Book husband, Mark Paul Clein, Malaise) Lemann’s successful established the Clein-Lemann career shows that the right Esperanza Fellowship because connections—and a large dose of “education is a priceless gift that drive—can make a difference. will never be depleted in your lifetime.” That’s one reason she supports SOA’s writing program. “No one can teach you how to be a writer,” Lemann insists. “It’s 20% talent and 80% perseverance.” DONOR: Nancy Lemann (’84) Clein-Lemann Esperanza Fellowship

Randall L. Babtkis Dr. Sonia Berman Victoria Denise Brown Erin Cecilia Ward Badillo Jill Dyan Bernard Carole E. Brown-Kelly Adriana Francoise Baer Susan Elizabeth Biegler Buhrmaster Family Foundation Bonnie J. Baggesen Andrew Scott Bienen Greer Anne Burkholder James S. Bai David H. Black R. E. Burmeister and C. G. Burmeister Victoria B. Bailey Robert J. Blackie Christopher G. Burney Bethanie L. Baker-Henderson Barbara Ellis Blegen Mary Patricia Burns Mary Jo Bang Mark M. Block Madeleine Moore Burrell John N. Bannayan and Lynn Stewart Levy and Zelma Bodzin Paul Robertson Byerly III Ramona Bronkar Bannayan Michael B. Bogdanow Catherine M. Callen Charles M. Barber David William Boles Kathryn Claire Campbell Peter Daniel Brown and Jennifer Carol Barber Tanya Bonakdar Christopher A. Cantwell J. T. Barrett, D.D.S. and Helen Barrett Anthony Buczko and Alyssa M. Bonilla Gisela D. Cardenas Mungu W. Barrett Kenneth R. Bookland and Delores O. Bookland Cynthia Carlson Noyes Lapsley Bartholomew John M. Borchers and Anna L. Borchers Robert E. Carlson and Marguerite Carlson Warren F. Bass Jr., Esq. Allan Jeffrey Borkow, Esq. and Renee Borkow Shira Carmi Elliot Howard Bassman Jill Audrey Bossert Quentin Richard Caron Barbara Batcheler Naomi F. Bossom Jonathan Robert Carr Jeanne Marie Beaumont Chester A. Boterf Jr. Gregory Alan Chandler Anne Elizabeth Beck Colette M. Boudreau Long Zhou and Yi Chen Gloria Beckerman James B. Boyle Kipp Cheng Cathleen D. Bell Peter A. Boysen Dr. Lucylee Chiles Richard F. Bell Helene Brandt Vigil C. Chime Angela Beltrani James E. Brasfield David P. Chin Jeff Bender Dr. Dennis H. Miller and Dr. Susan J. Braunhut Annie Sun Choi Elisabeth R. Benfey Joseph B. Breed IV Pamela Janine Christman Matthew Benson Corey A. Bright Joanne Clarke-Dillman Cathy Bergstrom Bruce B. Brodie Thomas A. Clay Joseph Berland and Sue Berland Carolyn M. Brown Delina Geneal Codey Bruce M. Berman Deloss Stoddard Brown IV Marshall Cogan and Maureen A. Cogan Robert John Pulcini and Shari R. Berman Mark E. Brown James Cohan

8 Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts STUDENT: Tenzin Dickyi (’13) The opportunity to apply for “It’s very hard to write a good book, a Hertog Research Fellowship first of all. Then there are so many Writing Program — Hertog Research Fellow made Columbia University challenges, like finding agents and School of the Arts a big draw for publishers,” she explains. “The Tenzin Dickyi, who had her eye sheer difficulty of becoming a writer on the apprenticeship program can be overwhelming. Having a during her search for an MFA fellowship like this really helped program. Working closely with give me a better grip, a stronger an established writer on a book foothold. Everything seems slightly project “definitely exceeded my more possible.” expectations,” she says. Dickyi, who is Tibetan, seeks to The experience allowed her to fill a gap in American fiction and develop a close relationship with non-fiction writing, which she a practitioner in her field, and to says includes a lot of writing observe the life of a book from about Tibet and Tibetans, but proposal to manuscript to galleys little writing by Tibetans. to published form, all while getting practical feedback on her own work. WRITING

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STUDENT: Aisha Porter-Christie (’13) It’s not easy for an international Porter-Christie insists that taking student to fund an education in the leap has been worth it. Film Program — Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Fellow the U.S. “It was a huge leap for me to go to Columbia University School She has uncovered a passion for of the Arts. I definitely went out on television after a spec script for a limb,” explains Aisha Porter- the cable series Breaking Bad led Christie, a native of Jamaica. to a Hollywood internship, and “But I was determined to come to says, “I have a bit of a love for darker Columbia, and willing to make subject matter. I explore concepts the investment.” So was Porter- that people tend to stray from.”

FILM Christie’s mother, who mortgaged her house and car to help her daughter through her first year.

Once here, Porter-Christie’s talent spoke for itself. She has been the recipient of the Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Fellowship two years in a row.

10 “It’s hard to imagine if my career Other schools tend to focus on would have existed at all without technical competencies, but “even the School of the Arts” says Simon as movies become more complicated Kinberg (‘03), prolific screenwriter with more effects, movies with and producer whose Mr. and Mrs. great stories and characters are still Smith, which began as a thesis the ones people connect to.” project at SOA, has become one of the 100 most successful films Kinberg is involved with the of all time. “I learned to write annual SOA Film Festival, and his there, and professionally it was the John and Jane Smith Fellowship conduit for selling my first script.” supports three students in the SOA Film Program each year. Kinberg says he felt “very, very He tends to keep in touch with prepared” to make movies after his the students even after they SOA education, because “sitting in graduate, giving them advice as a room with really smart students they get started. It’s all his way of and hearing their comments on my giving back. He says, “I found my work taught me to collaborate. You voice at the School of the Arts.” can’t survive in Hollywood unless you know how to collaborate.” It’s SOA’s focus on storytelling that makes the biggest difference, according to Kinberg.

DONOR: Simon Kinberg (’03) John and Jane Smith Fellowship

Sarah Joanne Coleman Eugenie A. Diserio William H. Evans and Bevelry J. Evans John C. Columbus John McLaughlin Doelp Joy Belinda Every Kyle Patrick Knauf and Megan A. Condit-Knauf Marianne K. Dolan Lawrence B. Litwak and Deborah S. Faber Mary B. Conley Toni Dorfman Danforth P. Fales Lucy Smith Conroy Serge J. Dos, M.D. Peggy A. Farley Clarence Khey Coo Randall Ivan Dottin Robert L. Farnsworth Matthew Cook and Stephanie Cook Todd Eric Drezner Katharine Fast, M.D. Carolyn Cooke and Randall L. Babtkis Ajit P. Duara Franklin Feldman, Esq. T. Cooper Ranjan Duara Arlene Garbett Feldmeier Scott Landsman and Peggy Dufour Jason A. Felix and Elisa J. Felix Sherri R. Cooper-Landsman Elenna Lelia Dunham Thomas J. Fenaughty Claire S. L. Copley-Eisenberg Stephen Dunn and Dale Wilson Dunn Ivan Joe Filippo George Ochoa and Melinda Ann Corey M. Emilie Dyer Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund Eleanor Thayer Cory, DMA Linda A. Earle Stuart Hugh Flack Douglas S. Cramer Jr. Stephen K. Easton Morris Flam Gene J. Crediford Halle Anne Eaton Ruth Carol Flanders Meehan J. Crist Perrin Shawn Meyer and Sharon M. Eberhardt Evan Lloyd Flatow, M.D. and Karen Hesse Flatow Aida M. Croal David Ehle Barbara G. Fleischman Elizabeth Bennett Crowell Gerald Eichner Gregory B. Fletcher Thomas Patrick Cuff Eileen Fisher Austin C. Flint Jones Cullinan Trey Ellis Dr. Raymond Andrew Foery Rustom Cyrus Dadachanji Jeff A. Elzinga Charlotte A. Forbes Patricia A. Dann Theresa U. Enekwe Laurence D. Fox Peter J. DaPuzzo and Mary Jane DaPuzzo Kurt Nelson Enger Suzanne Fox Ann Kathleen Darby Debra H. Epstein Jeffrey Heinrich Frace Neil Randall Davison Robin Kaye Epstein Paul Sebastian Frank Liesel de Boor Gretchen Ericson Aaron Frankel Milda Motekaitis De Voe Rachel F. Erlanger Hannah Beecher Frassinelli Dr. Leah M. DeSole Kristin Escalante Jeannette Lascoumes Friedman Catherine L. Despont Aaron Etra, Esq. Melissa Nicole Fry Anne C. DeVelder Suzy Jane Evans Karla Rae Fuller

Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts 11 Barbara Whitman (’05) enrolled “When I was a student, taking in the School of the Arts’ Theatre classes with leading professionals in Management & Producing the industry, I not only learned from Program following a successful the best but also made valuable career as a stage performer. contacts that helped me start my career with a bang,” she has said. Today, she’s a Tony Award- winning producer of Broadway “The program made a huge hits including Next to Normal, 33 difference in my career, and I felt it Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, and was right to give back. To make a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She’s also difference in a student’s career and an engaged alumna who — eager give them an extra boost feels like to see both the theatre and an incredibly great way to help.” theatre students thrive — gives freely of her time by making regular visits to the classroom to share insights.

Whitman has also established a pair of fellowships that provide generous grants — one for current SOA students and one for new graduates of the program.

DONOR: Barbara Whitman (’05) Barbara Whitman Endowed Theatre Management Fellowship

Zoe E. Fuller-Rowell Robin Underdahl Gropp Dr. Michael Todd Hyde Sarah Patricia Galbraith Terry Gruber Jennifer Insley-Pruitt Norman M. Galinsky Paul Joseph Gulino Nina S. Israel-Zucker Dr. Ruben A. Gallo David Cox and Wenda C. Habenicht Makiko Ito Nancy E. Garden Nobuyuki Hadeishi J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Kerith Gardner Daniel Benjamin Hadl Roselee G. Jackson Karin North Coonrod Geballe Elizabeth Catherine Halakan Alan P. Jacobs Ann Eakland Geismar Mary Halawani Diane Jacobs Faith E. Genrich Aaron I. Hamburger Diana Jaher Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Anne Marie Hamilton Jonathan E. Miller and Frances Jalet-Miller Anthony Gerber George Matthew Hannah III James Cohen Gallery James C. Giblin Elizabeth Kramon Harlan Janklow Foundation Elizabeth Gilchrist Howard Pettis Harned Jessica M. Jenen Ann Gillen Edward A. Harris Diane Y. Jensen Raymond K. Gilyard Michele Sandra Harris Jewish Communal Fund Robert Anthony Girandola Karen Hauser Thomas E. Johansson and Verla J. Johansson Thomas Piper Gissendanner Anthony Elliott Hawley Berkley Nauman Johnson Barbara Gladstone Claire A. Heimarck Randal P. Johnson Geoffrey Michael Glick Melvin L. Heineman Robert Everest Johnson William Hal Goda Hilly Gene Hicks Jr. Susan R. Johnson Robert A. Gold Thomas Corlett Higgins II Warren E. Johnson Robert W. Goldsby Elsie Taliaferro Hill Jon Robert Snyder, M.D., P.C James Goodman Parul Kapur Hinzen Joan E. Jonas LaVern Gragert and Opal Gragert Suzanne Hodes Carson Jones Dr. Stephen Meyer Graham Donald S. Holt Wendy D. Jones Dona A. Granata Vivian K. Holzer Hillary Bethea Jordan William M. Grange Gail J. Hood Jerilyn J. Jurinek Roger David Greene Edgar M. Housepian, M.D. Caryl Roberts Kahn Julie Greicius Robert James Hoyt Tom Kalin Gail Elizabeth Greiner Sarah Sibley Hsu H. Peter Karoff Gerald Grodstein, M.D. Joyce C. Hurley David Asher Kartch

12 Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts STUDENT: Hammaad Chaudry (’14) “It was like an escape,” says Funding from the Student Hammaad Chaudry of the Support Initiative allowed Theatre Program - SOA Student Support Initiative opportunity to leave law school Chaudry to take the next step for a writing program at London’s and come to the U.S. to live and Royal Court Theatre, “and it turns study—something he “never out I had a talent for it.” Chaudry dreamed was possible.” And it realized right away that he had helped him address a common found his calling. Theater, and obstacle for the children of not international politics, would immigrants (Chaudry was born in be his way to promote social Scotland to Pakistani parents)— justice—particularly around the the pressure to forgo financially issues faced by Muslim youth. risky careers like playwriting. “If “When you write something that we want a diversity of artists on our people come and engage with,” he stages,” he says, “then this kind of insists, “suddenly you have a voice. funding is necessary.” And when people hear that voice, it can break down barriers.” THEATRE

13 Alexander Seth Kassan John R. Malkemes Myra T. Nissen Burton R. Kassell Penelope Manzella Timothy J. Nolan Caroline Kava James Andrew Marcus Loralee Nolletti Jodi Shendell Kaye Loren Skeist, M.D. and Marlene Marko Joanna Shea O’Brien Melanie Kefalidis Colin Henry Marshall June O’Connor Harry Kellerman Julia Martin Benjamin Eaton Odell Jane G. Kelley John Scott Matthews Robert O’Hara Jonathan M. Keyes and Judith Button Keyes Gilbert C. Maurer and Ann Maurer Brent David Olson Kelly J. Killoren-Bensimon Lee R. Mayes William Andrew O’Rourke Edward J. Kimball David McAlpin and N. Heller McAlpin Elizabeth Endicott Osborne Dong Kingman Dr. George P. McCabe Ebele-Ellease Oseye Iona S. Kleinhaut Bonita Lemley McCay Patricia E. O’Toole Alan Knoll Jane E. McClintock The David and Lucile Packard Foundation William M. Tucker, M.D. and Sheila Kohler Alice G. McConnell Stephen Michael Padilla Jr. Kristen Nicole Konvitz Theresa J. McCormick Elizabeth Ann Palius Setsuya Kotani Kathryn Ann McCullough Stuart D. Pankin Edward M. Kozel Nion T. McEvoy Christopher W. Parker Patrick A. Kozma Kathleen D. McGhee-Anderson E. Christian Parker Charles Edwin Krause James Brandon McGirk Katherine Parker Arthur V. Kreiger Linda McIntosh Andrew Parks and Janet Parks Barbara Zinn Krieger Laurel Ann McKee Ranger Carol Brown Pedersen Ira J. Deutchman and Beth J. Krieger Emry Lynne McKinney Richard Anthony Pena Brian C. Krisberg, Esq. Jeffrey David McMahon Anne Catherine Penner Jules Kroll and Lynn K. Kroll Andrea Popowich Meislin Adriana S. Perez Victor Durmot La Valle Harland David Meltzer Alvin Perkinson Avner Meyer Landes Laura Eve Mendelsohn Hart Perry Britta J. Landstrom Francis Michael Meola James L. Pettiford Robert Scott Lane Kimberly Ann Merrill William E. Pfeiffer, Jr. Dorothy Lang MetLife Foundation Christopher Read Piehler Devi Sen Laskar Jerry Lee Metzker William J. Pieniadz Kathleen England Lawton-Trask Microsoft Corporation Thomas Robert Kitt and Rita Diana Eugene K. Lenz and Margaret K. Lenz Amy Rose Miller Pietropinto-Kitt Gail Lerner Benjamin Michael Miller Jean Pigozzi Helen W. Levin David Miller Russell F. Pinkston Renee Brody Levow Luigia M. Miller Olivia A. Pi-Sunyer Teri Parker Lewis Tracey Gabrielle Mitchel-Lai Richard Grant Ploetz Alice Yu-ching Liao Rebecca M. Molesworth Kathleen Frances Potts Brenda Liebling-Goldberg Stephen Nathaniel Monteiro Jonathan Prince, D.D.S. Clarence Lin Christopher M. Montpetit Nicholas T. Proferes Joe Turner Lin John Christian Moon David George Prussin Robert A. Horne and Laurie Ellen Lindenbaum Aaron Isaac Moreno Noah Matthew Raizman, M.D. John T. Lindholm Charles L. Morey Jan C. Ralph Charles Victor Linshaw Evangeline Morphos Federico Ramos-Yordan and Julianne Ramos Andrew E. Lippmann and Marlene Lippmann Jonathan D. Morse Camille Alicia Rankine Jack P. Litewka Whitney Alice Morse Elizabeth F. Ratliff Jill F. Lloyd Jacqueline Bell Mosio Michael James Rau Eric Sillman and Dr. Rebecca Johansson Locke Fred G. Muehlfelder and Lois J. Muehlfelder Michael Brian Rauch Dr. Peter I. London Donald R. Mullen Julia Margaret Raynor Ruth Lockwood Loomis Meredith A. Muncy James F. Reda Hal Alan Luftig Clarence D. Musser Candice Alycia Reffe Luma Pictures Lois Nachamie Victoria Rexer Lunchbox Productions Adam Andrew Nagorski, Esq. and Sara Bailey Nancy Cooper Reyner W. Thomas Lundell Nagorski Nikki Richards Eugenia A. Macer-Story Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke G. Neidich Dr. Carl Richardson Donna Herlinsky MacPhee Foundation Diane M. Ridley-White, M.D. Caitlin C. Macy Paul E. Nemser Mr. John M. Rieck Christopher Erric Maddox Nathaniel Graham Nesmith Thanassis Rikakis Alexandra T. Maeck Margaret Gutman Newburger Sandra Joan Riley Laila Maher Donovan Pierce Newell , Jr. Scott Barrie Snyder and Andrew Anthony Maietta Henry E. Niese Dr. Jennifer Ripton-Snyder

14 Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts Jacob Daniel Robbins Maura Claire Smith Matthew Weisman Cynthia V. Roberts Sandra S. Smith Miranda Weiss William Gary Roberts, M.D. Tara Bray Smith Roderick A. Wells Joel S. Rose William Jay Smith Carson Wen Arthur S. Rosenbaum Jon Robert Snyder, M.D. and Wendy Nan Snyder Benjamin R. Wheeler Martin J. Rosenthal Paul J. Solit John Whelpley Salvador Edmundo Rosillo Stephen H. Goers and Mary Solon-Goers John P. White Anna Veronica Quilligan Ross Katherine S. Sonnenborn Harry A. Wiland Julie Dobrow Rossi Diana T. Soorikian Elizabeth M. Williams Adam Rothschild Jan Staller Beryl Wing Andrea Rounds Frances A. Stanton Jeffrey C. Wisotsky Brie Ruais Garth F. Stein and Andrea Jo Stein Daniel Connor Wood Howard Case Runyon Jacob Randolph Stein Elizabeth A. Wray Kathleen Moira Ryan Paul J. Stellato Peter Anthony Graham and Elizabeth D. Wright Maureen Ann Ryan Lorna Stevens Helene Kaplan Wright Nancy Jo Sales Brian E. Maas, Esq. and The Honorable Peter Lewis Brown and Jana Hart Wright Gina G. Sangster Carol A. Stokinger Richard Wright Dennis Santella Sally Stovall Roger Brian Wyatt Christina Maria Saraceno Charles L. Strum and Rebecca W. Strum Lori-Ann Wynter George Satran, M.D. and Karen Satran John B. Stuppin X.J. and Dorothy M. Kennedy William Joseph Saunders Zarvin Swerbilov Yahoo! Shelley Nadia Scaletta Robert Elbert Swigert Charles J. Yeske Eliot Anthony Schain Karl Edgar Swingle Susan Shiva Yoonessi Eric Anthony Chan and Heather S. Schatz Adam Matthew Szymkowicz Joel Leon Young Kenneth A. Schept Afshin Taber Robert Wells Youngs Miriam Baker Schiffer Christopher Donlon Taggart Anthony J. Zaza Joan Stein Schimke Gina Lola Taglieri James Wharton Zug, Jr. Natalie Schoen Kyoko Takahashi Barry Schoenfeld Kathleen Ann Tarbell Peter M. Schoenfeld and Helene L. Taub Charlotte W. Schoenfeld Eleanor M. Taylor Benjamin H. Schore Patricia Ann Taylor Carrie Meyer Schrader Peter Teschner and Gloria Teschner Steven E. Schrader The Meredith Corporation Foundation Christopher Matthew Schroeder Carolee B. Thea Amy Schultz Emily Beth Thomas David George Schultz Eliza Thorne Ira J. Schultz and Patricia M. Schultz Philip C. Thurston Erich Harris Erving and Mark Daniel Schultz Sally Wilson Tippman Jenny Schwartz Robert Totten and Carrie R. Totten Jeannette J. Segel Reuben J. Trane Jr. James Curtis and Caroline Mary Sharp Eric Howard Tuchman Julie Anne Sheehan Susan Watson Turner Ashley Ward Shelby Deborah H. Tuthill Maureen Ann Sherry The Vanguard Group Foundation Iman Louise Shervington Edward Jartin Vega Ruth Lande Shuman Rachel Elizabeth Victor Gedi Sibony Christian Von Tippelskirch Shirley G. Sievers Richard A. Vos Brent Sikkema Christian Michael Warner Alan M. Silberstein Dr. David A. Wasser and Andrea L. Wasser David R. Silver Eleanor Humphreys Watts Jane Simon, M.D. Sandy Walker and Ellen Webb Carl Vincent Sivo Frances M. Webb David Lowell Skeist David B. Weber Adele F. Slaughter Eric J. Johnson and Dr. Elke Weber George E. Sledge III Joan L. Weber Marion T. Smit Judith E. Weber Alexandra M. Smith Simone B. Wehba Douglas W. Smith Carl R. Weis

Bold = loyal donors (2 or more gifts in fiscal years 2008 -2012), + = Bequest, * = Founding donor, Lenfest Center for the Arts 15 NAMED FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND ENDOWMENTS

Academy Internship Program David Crain Austin Award George Raimes Beach Fund for Graphic Arts Big Beach Award for Best Director Martin Birnbaum Scholarship Faber Birren Scholarship Brevoort-Eickemeyer Fellowship and Prize The Brick Company Producing Prize James Bridges Development Award Benjamin T. Burns Poetry Fellowship Lucas T. Carlson Memorial Fund Katherine Garrison Chapin Seminars in Poetry Clein/Lemann Esperanza Fellowship Lewis Cole Memorial Award for Excellence The Linda Corrente Poetry Fellowship Gheorghe Costinescu Fund Felipe P. De Alba Fund for Writers Deluxe Development Award Doddle Award for Collaborative Achievement in the ASCAP/CU Film Scoring Workshop Doddle Development Award Helen R. Elser Scholarship Entertainment Partners Producing Award Arthur Krim Memorial Award William Shelley Scholarship Everest Entertainment Development Award Carla Kuhn Memorial Fund Shubert Internship Program Andrew Fisher Fellowship Fund Stanley Kunitz Fellowship Fund Shubert Presidential Scholars Program Film Manufacturer’s, Inc. Fellowships Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Award SimonSays Entertainment Award for Focus Features Best Film Award Playwriting Liberace Scholar Award Innovative Filmmaking Fondation Femme Debut Fellowship The Ezra Litwak Award for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Forman/Hausman Development Fund Distinction in Screenwriting Screenplay Award Morty Frank Traveling Fund Ninah and Michael Lynne Fellowships Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Short Film Robert Gamblin Fellowship for Oil Painting Visual Arts Program Fellowship Production Award Estate of Ellen F. Gelman Agnes Martin Fellowship Fund Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Web Series Award Ellen Gelman Endowed Fellowship Fund James Brander Matthews Fund for the John and Jane Smith Fellowship The Eve and Herman Gelman Professorship Dramatic Museum Sound Lounge Post-Production Sound & of Visual Arts The Lini Mazumdar Fellowship Design Award The Eve and Herman Gelman Studio Visit Series Edward Mazzella Scholarship Joan Sovern Sculpture Award Herbert S. Germaise Endowed Fellowship Meisel-Kingman Endowed Chair in Painting Howard Stein Fellowship Fund Marshall Glasier Endowed Fellowship for the Kathryn and Gilbert Miller Fund Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Fellowships Study of Drawing Felicia Montealegre Scholarship T Fellowship William Goldman Fellowship National Board of Review Student Grants Whitman Theatre Management Fellowship Zaki Gordon Award for National Board of Review Jesse Thompkins III Screenwriting Award Excellence in Screenwriting Marion Carter Green Award Three Arts Club Scholarship Philip Guston Endowed Writing Fellowship LeRoy Neiman Fellowship Fund Toby Fund Award Oscar Hammerstein II Fund LeRoy Neiman Print Studies Endowment TOMS Fellowship Oscar Hammerstein II Prize in Theatre LeRoy Neiman Professorship Fund Twentieth Century Fox/Farrelly Brothers Stuart Harris Memorial Lectureship LeRoy Neiman Special Programs and Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Award D’Arcy Hayman Fellowship Fund Projects Fund Visual Arts Graduate Fellowship Gift HBO Development Award OFFHOLLYWOOD Development Awards Jacob P. Waletzky Fellowship Award Henfield Foundation Scholarship Fund Peters-Futtner Fund Thornton Wilder Prize Henfield Prize Endowed Fund Columbia Poetry and Prose Magazine Gift Paul Fiske Willard Fellowship Hertog Research Fellowships André W. Pollock Theatre Fellowship Fund Writing Program Fellowship DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Fellowship Reader’s Digest Endowed Scholarship Fund Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellowship Marguerite P. Roche Fund The Bob Hope Fellowships Richard Rodgers Scholarship Fund Israel Artists Fund Harriet Savage Smith Fellowship David Jones Memorial Directing Award Schapiro Fund Models Gift Nikos S. Kefalidis Endowed Fellowship William Schuman Award Fund Dong Kingman Visual Arts Fellowship Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for John W. Kluge Fellowship Challenge Best Female Director

16 Bold = Endowment COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S 1754 SOCIETY

The 1754 Society honors and acknowledges alumni and friends of Columbia who have made plans for the University through trust, estate, or other future gifts.

Theodora Christie Gheorghe Costinescu Guoxi Fu Thomas M. Garrett Amy E. Gillen Marjorie Greif Charles Gruppe Aaron I. Hamburger Jerilyn J. Jurinek Stephen Katz Dr. Nobuko O. Kuhn Roland F. Pease Floyd Evan Sklaver Marilyn L. Stasio

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Roberta W. Albert Please call 212-854-7724 to report any changes, Associate Dean for Development errors, or omissions. Columbia University School of the Arts 2960 Broadway Credits: 305 Dodge Hall, MC 1803 Brochure Design: New York, NY 10027 Verge Group www.vergroup.com 212-851-0275 [email protected] Student Photography - Pages 5, 8, 9, 12: Gil Lavi Visit SOA online at arts.columbia.edu www.gillavi.com The gifts listed in this Donor Honor Roll were made to the School of the Arts between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2012. Every effort was made to ensure that these gifts were listed accurately.

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