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Unrestricted Contributions/Gifts, 7/1/04 through 10/31/04 Donor List The USTA Tennis & Education Foundation is grateful to the following individuals and companies for their generous support of our mission. Every effort has been made to be complete and accurate, but in compiling such listings, errors may occur. If you should notice inaccuracies, please contact the Foundation’s office at 914-696-7223 so we can correct our records. AMA-Eagle, LLC Mr. Lawrence Bragg, III J.A. Frost Mr. Fredric Mack Mr. Barry Segal Amerada Hess Corporation Mr. & Mrs. L. Squire Bressor Ms. Shatzi Gaines Mr. & Mrs. J. Alan Mack Dr. & Mrs. Enzo Sella American Airlines Mr. Matthew Bronfman Mr. Ralph Geller Mr. Stanley Malless Mr. Paul Shaffer Angelo Gordon & Co., L.P. Ms. Jane Brown Mr. & Mrs. Andy Glaser Mr. & Mrs. Mark Mansa Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shaw Citizen Mr. Vance Brown Ms. Carol Glassman Mr. & Mrs. Wellington Mara Mr. William Shaw Evian Mr. Butch Buchholz Mr. Mike Goldstein Ms. Elizabeth Mathieu Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shen Friends of Catherine Nolan Ms. Dale Burch Senator Roy Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester Mazzella Mr. Patrick Shields – Fromuth Tennis George Foreman Ms. Joyce Burke Mr. & Mrs. John Gordon Mr. Frederick McNair Ms. Pam Shriver Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. Ms. Eleanor Busman Mr. Mike Goss Mr. & Mrs. Richard Menschel Mr. Eric Smith & Ms. Tamara Fillhart Harman International Mr. & Mrs. Horace Butcher Mr. & Mrs. D. Lee Hamilton Ms. Esther Miller & Family Mr. Gordon Smith King & Spaulding LLP Ms. Laura Canfield Mr. James Hamous Drs. Mani & Noushin Morshed Mr. Randall Smith Kraft Foods Mr. D. Sumner Chase, III Mr. & Mrs. John Harris Mr. & Mrs. Richard Myers Mr. & Mrs. Renny Smith Lehman Brothers Mr. Leonard Chase Mr. Thomas Hastings Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Neumann Mr. Herbert Sockman MassMutual Financial Group Mr. Alan Chaskin Mr. Andre Hawaux Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Nicholas Mr. Anthony Spikes Mt. Kisco Dough Boys Inc. Ms. Shirley Churgin Mr. & Mrs. George Haywood Mr. John O’Leary Mr. & Mrs. Dean Staats New York Post Ms. Wendy Clark Mr. Edmond Heisler Ms. Phyllis Osterman Ms. Nancy Staves PepsiCo Foundation Mr. Russ Cline – RCA Group Mr. Paul Heller Mr. Steve Palm Ms. Sheila Stoltz Phoenix Industries of N.Y. Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Bob Cochran Mr. John Hess Mr. Nicholas Palumbo Dr. Sandy Sulik The Port Authority of NY & NJ Ms. Gloria Cohen Ms. Norma Horan Vogt Ms. Judith Pasamanick Ms. Dolores Swirin Quad Graphics Mr. & Mrs. William Connor Mr. & Mrs. Fred Horne Ms. Jean Paulsen Ms. Dorothy Szczepanski RCM Construction Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Cook Mr. Robert Horne & Ms. Laurie Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Peek Mr. & Mrs. David H. Taylor Silver Tennis Collection, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Howard Cowan Lindenbaum Ms. Katherine Petitti Mr. & Mrs. John Thorndike Staples Ms. Elaine Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Bill Humes Ms. Donna Pierre Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tilley State of New York Mr. Michael Daly Mr. David Humphreys Mr. Craig Puffenberger & Dr. Christiane Tsakis Tennis Week Mr. & Mrs. Gary Davis Mr. Bruce Hunt Ms. Janet Spina Ms. Doris Tulcin Tiffany & Co. Mr. & Mrs. Carlo DiCristofaro Mr. & Mrs. Edward Jacoby Mr. Bjorg Ragnarsdottir Mr. & Mrs. George Unhoch, Jr. Toys R Us Children’s Fund Mr. & Mrs. David Dines Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rand Mr. Bahar Uttam & Ms. Kathryn Mr. & Mrs. David Dinkins Ms. Anne Kalanty Ms. Christine Rankin Soderberg Ms. Doris Acerbo Ms. Rosalie Dolmatch Ms. Laurie Kamhi Ms. Denise Raptoulis Mr. & Mrs. Mark Vallely Mr. & Mrs. William Adams Mr. Herb Dorsey Mr. Ken Karole & Ms. Lisa DeMarco Mr. Joe Rasgado Mr. & Mrs. Phil Walker Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Aikins Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Downie, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Katz Ms. Julia Rellou Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Warburg Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ainslie Ms. C.C. Dyer Ms. Jayne Keith Ms. Vicki Resnick Ms. Rosalind Walter Ms. Rozlyn Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jay Eliezer Kerry Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Peter Roden Ms. Sue Ann Weinberg Mrs. Louise Andren Mr. C. William Ellis Mr. Rob Kinas Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Rodriguez Dr. George Weiss Ms. Pamela Applebee Ms. Nancy Feller Ms. Margaret Koch Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rotondi Ms. Sue Whiting The Honorable Donna Arp Mr. & Mrs. Brian Finch Mr. Herb Kohler Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Russell Mr. Charles Whitman, III Mr. & Mrs. George Beitzel Mr. Michael T. Fiur Ms. Rochelle Korman Ms. Antoinette Sanders Ms. Janet Wilkins Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bell, Jr. Ms. Shelley Fleshner Ms. Diane Kressner Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Savoca Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Wilson Ms. Donna Bernstein Ms. Pat Freebody Ms. Louise Lamphere Mr. Raj K. Saxena Ms. Diane Wolfe Baroness Angela Billingham Ms. Elaine Freeman Mr. Bob Lessin Mr. & Mrs. Y. David Scharf Peggy & Edgar Woolard Ms. Sally Bliss Mr. & Mrs. Stan Freimuth Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Levering Mr. Jonathan Schiller Ms. Barbara Wynne The Honorable Paul Borman Mr. Michael Friedman Ms. Mary Jane Luther Mr. & Mrs. Alan Schwartz Dr. Bertram Zarins Presorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID 70 West Red Oak Lane Boston, MA White Plains, NY 10604-3602 Permit No. 54162 VOLUME 4 ★ ISSUE 3 ★ 2004 Published by USTA Tennis & Education Foundation 70 West Red Oak Lane White Plains, NY 10604-3602 (914) 696-7223 www.usta.com (link to USTA T&EF) Pam Shriver, President Karen Martin-Eliezer, Executive Director Ellen Del Colle, Editor Design H. ZIMMAN, Inc. VOLUME 4 ★ ISSUE 3 ★ 2004 From Pam Shriver Former President & Mrs. Bush Join Foundation Supporters at the 2004 Gala T&EF Events at the US Open Raise Over $400,000 Promoting “champion citizens, not just champion tennis players,” former President George Bush and his wife Barbara joined friends of the USTA T&EF at the 4th Annual OPENing Night Gala on August 30. Bush spoke of his family’s long friendship with Foundation President Pam Shriver and humorously recount- ed matches between the Hall of This year’s US Open was as exciting as ever and I love still Famer and his children. “We’ve had some wonderful times playing dou- being a part of it—now from a broadcast booth and in my role Left to right: Pam Shriver, Alan Schwartz, and Karen Martin-Eliezer as President of the USTA Tennis & Education Foundation. with President Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush bles and it’s a great reminder of the Whether they won or lost, we saw champions in action— benefits of tennis—like friendships, players who gave 110 percent and had fans alternating sportsmanship, a healthy sense of competition…it’s just a terrific game for everyone.” between sitting on the edges of their seats and leaping to their The 4th Annual Opening Night Gala and other 2004 US Open-related events raised over feet cheering. $400,000 to benefit the USTA Tennis & Education Off court, the Foundation also had a thrill-packed two Foundation. weeks, starting with the Annual OPENing Night Gala and At the Gala, Patrick McEnroe served as Master of ending with the Annual ProAm. It is remarkable to see that Ceremonies, and joined Foundation President Pam what began as ideas have grown into annual events that gener- Shriver in leading a live auction featuring tickets to ate funds for grants to community tennis programs around the the 2005 Super Bowl, lunch and afternoon matches country and college scholarships for disadvantaged high school in the USTA President’s Box, and passes to 2005 golf seniors. The OPENing Gala was our 4th Annual, the ProAm events, the Masters and US Open. was the 2nd Annual and the enthusiasm for each event is so contagious! I am so grateful to President George Bush and his wife, President Bush with Y. David and Cheryl Scharf Barbara, for taking time from their busy schedules to be our special guests and attend this year’s Gala. I treasure their friendship and I am so honored that they helped support the Foundation. Thanks also to Harman International for their second year sponsorship of our ProAm. Kudos to my tennis buddies, Mark Bey, Peter Fleming, Brian Foundation Board Member Larry Rand, his wife Madelon and Nancy Gottfried, Jim Grabb, Tom Gullikson, Luke and Murphy Newman Jensen, John Lloyd, Gretchen Magers, Bill Mountford, Hank Pfister, Richey Reneberg, Joanne Russell, Mike Sell and Eliot Teltscher, who hit the courts bright and early to give “the Ams” a day to remember. Thank you to the USTA Board, staff and volunteers for their help throughout the US Open. Ronnie Schwartz, Audrey and Fred Horne with Last, but certainly not least, many thanks to you for your President Bush generosity—together we are “building lives through tennis and education.” Best wishes for a joyful holiday season! OUR MISSION STATEMENT THE USTA TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THROUGH TENNIS Foundation Board members Judy Levering (left) and Mary Wilson (center) with Donna Arp, former Mayor of Coleyville, Texas Kathryn Soderberg and Bahar Uttam AND EDUCATION. From the Desk of Grantees Honored at Annual Karen Martin-Eliezer College Scholarship Recipient In the Northeast, the sunshine and warmth of the Thanks Donors at Gala summer season has given way to crisp, tangy air and Aimee Kim, a Yale University sophomore from falling leaves. The door closed on the US Open and Irvine, California, spoke at the USTA T&EF’s we immediately started planning for next year, begin- OPENing Night Gala and thanked the attendees for ning with the OPENing Night Gala and concluding their support of the Foundation’s college scholarship with the Foundation ProAm. Many thanks to all program. Karen Martin-Eliezer those who participated in our special event. I enjoyed “Thank you for giving me the chance of a lifetime. My dream was to USTA Tennis & Education greeting many new friends and saying “hello” to attend Yale and my scholarship helps make it possible.