Together, we will embolden young minds to become the explorers, innovators and problem-solvers for the next generation.

4 REAL SCIENCE 10 INCREASING ACCESS AND DEEPENING COMMUNITY IMPACT 12 FINANCIAL AID 14 FY15 STATS: BUILDING ON OUR ONGOING MOMENTUM 16 FINANCIALS 18 LOOKING AHEAD 19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 20 THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

2 | 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW The Perot Museum of Nature and Science has enjoyed The year 2015 was pivotal for your Museum: one of great momentum in its first three years to become discovery and decision making, introspection and the most visited cultural attraction in the Dallas-Fort inspiration, growth and gratitude. These themes — Worth region, with a guest satisfaction rating that is woven through the pages of this annual report — came second highest in the nation. The Museum earned to life through innovative programs, key partnerships the highest field trip and outreach penetration and visionary plans initiated during the fiscal year, and fostered the largest professional development and through you. Your extraordinary support and program for teachers of any North Texas science guidance has empowered us to continue inspiring the provider. News coverage of Museum programs in visionaries of tomorrow. Together, we will embolden 2015 exceeded 2,500 online mentions with nearly young minds to become the explorers, innovators and 200 unique stories in print publications and on TV problem-solvers for the next generation. and radio. Approximately 1.1 million guests from around the world walked through our glistening With your enthusiastic support, the future of the front doors last year to explore and to be inspired. Perot Museum is bright indeed. Thank you for helping us change the way tomorrow’s leaders find theirs. However, with tremendous success comes the responsibility to protect and grow opportunities for the future. Guided by rigorous evaluation and thoughtful assessment, the Board of Directors implemented an ambitious strategic plan in 2015 to serve as a roadmap for furthering the Museum’s JOHN JAGGERS mission to inspire minds through nature and science. Chair, Board of Directors The plan defines core “centers of excellence” around which the Museum will build its future exhibits, programming, outreach and community engagement to position the Perot Museum as a national leader in science education. Key to the plan is engaging the community — particularly underserved COLLEEN WALKER populations — in creative ways, through purposeful The Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer partnerships, best-in-class technology and focused marketing. Put simply, we want to provide access to real science for as much of the community as possible in meaningful ways.

PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | 3 REAL SCIENCE

“Thanks to the support of the Explorers Club and the Mamont Foundation, I think we have hit the tip of an exciting paleontological ‘iceberg.’” —DR. TONY FIORILLO

IN THE FIELD WITH DR. ANTHONY FIORILLO

In order to understand our world, we first need His second excursion came about when Fiorillo to understand how we got here. Perot Museum became the fi rst winner of the $100,000 Foundation research programs focus on bringing that journey Mamont — Explorers Club World Exploration Challenge to light. For nearly 20 years in his career as a Grant. This was by far the most remote research site vertebrate paleontologist, Dr. Anthony (Tony) Fiorillo to which Fiorillo has traveled. The grant took the has escaped the Texas summer heat on an Arctic team to an area never before explored for dinosaurs — excursion. In the summer of 2015, Fiorillo had the an area that served as a gateway between North good fortune to go on two separate journeys to America and Asia during the Cretaceous Period, that explore two very different regions of Alaska. last window of time when giant dinosaurs roamed the Earth. More research in this area could provide a His first excursion took him up the famous James deeper understanding of the dinosaur fauna of these Dalton Highway to the North Slope — a place of two continents. And, in time, the discoveries made by uncharted territory for Fiorillo and his team, and a Fiorillo and his team could prove to be the keys that place with a strong scientific reason to be explored. unlock even more insights.

4 | REAL SCIENCE FOSSIL CLAMS — CONFIRMATION THAT

H2O IN RIVERS WHERE DINOSAURS LIVED RAN CLEAR RATHER THAN SILTY

FOSSIL WOOD — PROVING LANDSCAPE WAS ONCE COVERED BY CONIFERS, NOT BIG, LEAFY TREES

A HIKE IN THE BROOKS RANGE SEARCHING FOR FOSSILS

PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | 5 THE FOSSIL UNCOVERED IN AN ELLIS COUNTY SAND AND GRAVEL PIT WHERE IT HAS LAIN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS

ELLIE MAY INSTALLED IN HER PERMANENT HOME ON LEVEL 2 OF THE MUSEUM

THE EXCAVATION TEAM PREPARING TO FLIP THE FOSSIL

FOSSIL PREPARATOR RORY LEAHY IN THE PALEO LAB

NEW DISCOVERY — “ELLIE MAY” COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH

In the summer of 2014, an incredibly pristine and at the Perot Museum has truly been an undertaking. nearly complete Mammuthus columbi (Columbian Her discovery, preservation, mounting in Colorado, mammoth) skeleton was excavated from a gravel and fi nally, return home to Texas is not only a story pit in Ellis County, Texas and generously donated of success through the investment of our community, to the Museum by the McEwen family. Ranging from but also a labor of love by a hard-working Museum 20,000-60,000 years old and 8-9 feet tall at the team. The remarkable fossil made its debut to the shoulder, this new discovery was affectionately public in November 2015, and has been preserved named “Ellie May” having been unearthed in Ellis for scientifi c research and study. It will continue to County in the month of May. Ellie May’s record- play a vital role in inspiring minds through nature breaking 18-month journey from discovery to display and science for generations to come.

6 | REAL SCIENCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE! SPEAKER SERIES — PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL NICKLEN: POLAR OBSESSION PRESENTED BY CHARLES SCHWAB & CO, INC.

Behind every great National Geographic story is global awareness about wildlife issues through his a great storyteller. In partnership with National work. Nicklen has spent a lifetime honing the skills Geographic Live!, the Perot Museum was able to needed to photograph wildlife in the world’s most bring the National Geographic experience to global remote places, shooting stunning and intimate audiences, while celebrating how the power of science, images of Arctic creatures most will never encounter exploration and storytelling can change the world. in their lifetime. Through his passion, talent and humor, Nicklen shared a personal perspective on the The Museum launched the speaker series with Paul fragile and frozen environments in some of the iciest Nicklen, a photographer who hopes to generate corners of the world.

“It just takes one image to get someone’s attention.” —PAUL NICKLEN

PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | 7 PAUL NICKLEN FROM THE PEROT MUSEUM STAGE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE! — PALEOANTHROPOLOGIST LEE BERGER ALMOST HUMAN: A NEW ANCESTOR SHAKES UP OUR FAMILY TREE PRESENTED BY CHARLES SCHWAB & CO, INC.

On the heels of the groundbreaking announcement Berger is an award-winning researcher, explorer, of a new species of human relative, world-renowned author, paleoanthropologist and speaker. He is the paleoanthropologist Lee Berger made his first U.S. recipient of the National Geographic Society’s first public speaking engagement at the Perot Museum. Prize for Research and Exploration and the Academy A long-time Museum partner and founding donor, of Achievement’s Golden Plate Award. Lyda Hill was instrumental in bringing him to Dallas. His work has brought him recognition as a Fellow of In addition to the many ways Hill supports the the Royal Society of and the South African Museum, she also supports Berger’s research and Academy of Sciences and prominent advisory positions helped underwrite the conservation of the site where including the Chairmanship of the Fulbright Commission the new species was discovered. of South Africa, the Senior Advisory Board of the From the stage, he captivated the audience as he Global Young Academy and the Centre of Excellence in recounted the historic finding of this new species, PalaeoSciences of South Africa, among many others. . According to the research published in the journal eLife, H. naledi sheds light on the origins and diversity of the human genus as this species DR. LEE BERGER AND UNDERGROUND ASTRONAUTS BECCA PEIXOTTO, appears to have intentionally deposited bodies of its HANNAH MORRIS AND MARINA ELLIOTT FROM THE PEROT MUSEUM STAGE dead in a remote cave chamber, a behavior previously thought limited to humans.

Berger, research professor in the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, led the expedition that recovered the fossils. The Rising Star expedition involved an international team of scientists, including the six “underground astronauts,” three of whom joined Berger on the Museum stage. These female scientists descended into the Dinaledi chamber to excavate and retrieve the fossils. The team of “underground astronauts” removed more than 1,500 bones belonging to at least 15 individuals — exceeding any other known human ancestor site in Africa.

THE FIRST CAST OF H. NALEDI, GENEROUSLY GIFTED TO THE PEROT MUSEUM

8 | 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW DR. LEE BERGER AND LYDA HILL

MARINA ELLIOTT, BECCA PEIXOTTO, DR. LEE BERGER, COLLEEN WALKER AND HANNAH MORRIS

SIMULCAST AUDIENCE LISTENING TO THE LECTURE FROM THE AUDITORIUM

REAL SCIENCE | 9 INCREASING ACCESS AND DEEPENING COMMUNITY IMPACT

TECH TRUCK, POWERED BY DELL

Rolling into neighborhoods soon! Through a generous The super-cool, custom-outfi tted van got its name $1.13 million grant from Dell, the Perot Museum has from an acronym that spotlights the program’s mission created a mobile innovation truck that will bring to inspire youth to “Tinker, Engineer, Create and science, technology, engineering, art and math Hack.” Specially trained Museum educators will work (STEAM) learning to a broader and more diverse to inspire children to solve design challenges through audience in the Dallas-Fort Worth region and beyond. hands-on making, tinkering and creative problem-solving. The TECH Truck will provide more opportunities for Activities will include soldering, squishy circuits, the community to engage in Museum experiences coding, robotics, wind-tube challenges, 3D printing, through free, out-of-school educational and laser cutting and stomp rocket design, to name a few. interactive programs, including drop-in sessions and The TECH Truck, which debuted this fall, will operate workshops, using no- and low-tech activities as well throughout the year and reach an estimated 20,000 as high-tech experiences. The program is designed people annually at community centers, libraries, public to reach people who, for a variety of reasons, do areas and parks, community events and out-of-school not or cannot engage with the Museum at its programs. Plans are to launch a second TECH Truck in physical location. the spring of 2016.

10 | INCREASING ACCESS AND DEEPENING COMMUNITY IMPACT KOSMOS ENERGY STEM TEACHER INSTITUTE

Through funding from the Institute of Museum Teacher Institute launched in the summer of 2015 and Library Sciences, Kosmos Energy, The Dallas with 130 teachers placed into four academies for Foundation and Alliance Data, the Perot Museum intensive, weeklong training sessions focused on was able to transform and expand its professional inquiry-based models of science instruction. The development offerings for teachers. The Museum program has continued into the school year with launched and evaluated a STEM Teacher Institute deep content-based weekend training, and has designed to measurably improve the quality of expanded to include nearly 160 teachers. The second formal science instruction for participating K-12 year will begin in the summer of 2016. Evaluation teachers and drive engagement in STEM subjects results from the first year are expected as early as among their students. The Kosmos Energy STEM the spring of 2016.

EDUCATORS PARTICIPATING IN WORKSHOPS

PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | 11 FINANCIAL AID

The Perot Museum is committed to bringing science, technology, Since opening in 2012, the engineering and math (STEM) to life for school-aged children across Museum has served more than North Texas. A recent study showed: 1.8 million • of Dallas-area eighth-graders met the minimum children under the age of 18. state standards in math

• of Dallas-area eighth-graders met the minimum standards in science The Museum serves over

• of 12th-grade students nationally are profi cient in science* 230,000 In an effort to address this crisis, the Museum is committed to bringing students annually with school STEM programs and fi eld trip experiences to as many students as possible fi eld trips, outreach and across North Texas. We offer a heavily discounted ticket for every child distance learning programs. who visits the Museum through a school group, as well as a generous fi nancial aid program. Each student ticket is discounted to $5 from the standard youth admission price of $12. For schools where the discounted In 2014-2015, the Museum ticket is out of reach, the Museum maintains a formal fi nancial aid distributed nearly program offering additional assistance to qualifi ed schools, in some instances covering the full price of admission. $550,000 in fi nancial aid to schools The hope is that their experience here at the Museum will inspire and across 118 school districts engage students in subjects that are often diffi cult to bring to life in the throughout North Texas for classroom. In addition to the exhibit halls, the Museum offers 26 distinct, educational fi eld trips and classroom-based educational programs for students in pre-K through outreach programs. 12th grade, with emphasis on topics that strengthen defi cient math and science performance.

*2012 study published by the OECD (The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).

12 | FINANCIAL AID COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM 76239 76239 76238 Tioga 75058 76271 75495 75490 Valley View 76271 76272 Gunter Bailey 76270 762HH 76234 In the summer of 2015, the Perot Museum introduced the Community Partners AccessibilityTr entoProgramn . 76240 Van Alstyne Participants of eligible supplemental programs — like SNAP, TANF and WIC — qualified for $1 Museum general 76225 5 6270 Pilot Point Leonard admission tickets. This program helped to further the Museum’s mission to reach out to audiences who would 754 not otherwise attend. The success of this program was reflected in the attendance numbers, with 11,549 total Sanger Weston Anna Alvord redemptions, as well as an expanded geographical footprint.

Celina Blue Ridge Aubrey Celeste Melissa

Krugerville

431 2015 ATTENDANCE* Prosper

New Hope Decatur Members Denton dgeport McKinney 75034 75070 Farmersville Nonmembers Corinth Fairview Paradise 75035 Frisco Green Members and New Fairview Allen Lucas Nonmembers Highland Village The Colony 75025 Justin 75002 Josephine Boyd Lewisvill e Plano Parker Hebron CommunityNevada PartnersCaddo Mills Wylie Lavon Aurora Rhome Murphy Accessibility Program Carrollton

Richardson Newark Flower Mound Garland*Graph reflects attendanceRoyse City from the top 8 1 zip codes for each group. Southlake 75248 Springtown Grapevine Addison Fate Coppell Garland Mobile City Farmers Branch Reno Pelican Bay 75243 Rockwall Keller Sanctuary Azle Colleyville 75225 Saginaw 76244 75218 McLendon-Chisholm University Park North Richland Hills Irving 75205 75214 Highland Park 75228 75206 Sunnyvale Lake Worth Fort Worth Dallas River Oaks 75149 75227 Forney Mesquite Weatherford Grand Prairie 75208 86 75211 Hudson Oaks Willow Park Westover Hills Cockrell Hill Balch Springs 75216 Terrell Annetta North Arlington 75217 Talty

Annetta Aledo 75052 Annetta South Post Oak Bend City Crandall Benbrook Duncanville Oak Ridge

DeSoto

Lancaster

Kaufman Combine Crowley

9 Oak Grove Scurry

76049 76036 Red Oak 76084 HdC Johnson Co GPii 75143 MILITARY DISCOUNT

Through the generosity of the Perot children in honor of their father’s birthday and in recognition of his military service, for the second summer in a row, the Museum was able to extend free admission to U.S. military personnel and first responders, plus discounted general admission for their immediate family members. The Perot Museum welcomed 3,521 guests through this program.

FINANCIAL AID | 13 FY15 STATS: BUILDING ON OUR ONGOING MOMENTUM

In FY15, the Museum had the fortune of sharing its mission with guests from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, and on an international scale, the Museum served guests from 25 countries outside of the U.S.!

144 After-Hours Events

1,595 volunteers serving 29,957 Miles Traveled for Outreach/Offsite Programs 54,012 hours

Oldest fossil is the stromatolite, which is

$19,526,441 2,200-2,100 million years old Endowment

250,000 35,504 gallons of rainwater captured Memberships Sold

6,493 THIRD BIRTHDAY SNAPSHOT School Field Trips Total visitors since opening:

3,874,868 (AS OF 12/1/2015) 674 Birthday Parties Financial aid awarded since opening:

22 Sleepovers $1,676,411 (AS OF 12/1/2015)

14 | FY15 STATS: BUILDING ON OUR ONGOING MOMENTUM TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

2THEXTREME: MATHALIVE! This exhibition brought to life the mathematics behind what kids love most — video games, sports, fashion, music, space, robotics and more. Through innovative technologies and hands-on activities, this exhibition sparked a passion for math and showed our guests the formula for fun.

Presented nationally by Raytheon. Produced by Evergreen Exhibitions. Presented locally by The Episcopal School of Dallas and St. Philip’s School & Community Center.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Along the dim, gas-lit streets of Victorian London, a crime has transpired that has mystified even Scotland Yard’s finest. Guests worked alongside the great Holmes to observe a perplexing crime scene, gather clues, analyze the data and formulate fact-based theories using crime scene analysis techniques developed well over a century ago and still in use in forensic science today.

Exhibition developed by EDG and GMA in collaboration with the Conan Doyle Estate Ltd, OMSI and MOL.

AMAZING ANIMALS: BUILT TO SURVIVE Sharks that crush 8,000 pounds in their jaws. Fish that bite through bricks. Spider webs stronger than steel. Guests of all ages marveled at the animal kingdom’s ultimate innovators!

Presented by Highland Capital Mangagement. Supported by Texas Instruments, Inc.

This exhibition was developed by The Field Museum, Chicago, in partnership with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, with generous support provided by The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust and ITW.

BUILD IT! NATURE Take creativity to the wild side! To complement our traveling exhibition Amazing Animals: Built to Survive, the Museum created a place for guests to get a nature-themed crash course in designing, building, engineering and testing!

Presented by Neiman Marcus.

FY15 STATS: BUILDING ON OUR ONGOING MOMENTUM | 15 FINANCIALS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ASSETS

Cash and Cash Equivalents...... $16,647,356 Investments...... $27,102,094 Accounts Receivable...... $447,336 Contributions Receivable, Net...... $12,610,552 Prepaid Expenses ...... $955,399 Property and Equipment, Net...... $146,267,843

TOTAL ASSETS...... $204,030,580

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses ...... $3,451,606 Unearned Revenues ...... $879,241 Total Liabilities...... $4,330,847

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted...... $149,232,315 Unrestricted, Board Designated...... $24,460,284 Temporarily Restricted...... $18,507,134 Permanently Restricted...... $7,500,000 Total Net Assets...... $199,699,733

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS...... $204,030,580

16 | FINANCIALS STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

EARNED REVENUES -0.8 Investment Admission Fees ...... $8,496,361 30% Membership...... $1,041,709 4% 0.6 City of Dallas Education Program Fees...... $1,453,180 5% 1.0 Membership

Ancillary...... $3,147,252 11% 2.0 Night at the Museum

Total Earned Revenue ...... $14,138,502 3.1 Ancillary

3.4 In-Kind

9.2 Gifts & Grants

CONTRIBUTED REVENUES 9.9 Admissions & Programs IN MILLIONS Gifts and Grants...... $9,182,891 32% City of Dallas...... $601,252 2% In-Kind ...... $3,416,754 12% Special Events...... $2,061,550 7%

Total Contributed Revenue . . . . . $15,262,447

Investment Income/(Loss) ...... ($811,337) -3%

Total Revenues & Support...... $28,589,612

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL

EXPENSES FUNDRAISING

Programs...... $12,005,612 3%

Operating...... $7,745,698 23% Marketing...... $2,336,001 Facilities...... $8,775,348 $33,892,808 Technology...... $3,030,149 FUNCTIONAL Total Expenses ...... $33,892,808 EXPENSES 74% Change in Net Assets...... ($5,303,196) Net Assets at Beginning of Year . . . . $205,002,929 Net Assets at End of Year...... $199,699,733 PROGRAM SERVICE

FINANCIALS | 17 LOOKING AHEAD

The Perot Museum would like to express sincere gratitude to all of its donors, members and partners. Because of you, extraordinary accomplishments have been made, not only this year, but throughout the three years since opening the doors of the campus in Victory Park. Thank you! Your support enables the Museum to provide fun and engaging learning experiences that inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, mathematicians and paleontologists.

18 | LOOKING AHEAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sheila Davis Beuerlein EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sam A. Bloom MEMBERS William Lane Britain Michael W. Brittian BOARD CHAIR Kelly H. Compton John Jaggers Dave Duncan IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Heather Gilker Carolyn Perot Rathjen Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D.* Loren Greaves CHAIR-ELECT Hernan J. F. Saenz, III Jeffrey Greenberg Joan Buchanan Hill, Ed.D. SECRETARY/LEGAL Forrest Hoglund Elizabeth (Libby) McCabe Donald D. Humphreys TREASURER/FINANCE/AUDIT Stephanie Hunt Mark Plunkett John Jaggers Karen Katz INVESTMENT Heather Gilker Elizabeth (Libby) McCabe Mac McFarland BOARD DEVELOPMENT Thomas. E Meurer Barton E. Showalter Carrie Johnson Phaneuf STANDING MEMBER Mark Plunkett Mac McFarland Devarati Rastogi Carolyn Perot Rathjen STANDING MEMBER Eric Reeves Kenneth W. Wimberly Hernan J. F. Saenz, III Barton E. Showalter Sharon F. Tindell Abby Williams Kenneth W. Wimberly Alex J. Winslow

*Deceased

PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | 19 THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

Did you know that the Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Jonathan Allred Keith Hutton Hall featured over 338 gems and minerals last year? Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky) Katherine Jetter Be sure to check it out each time you visit, as you will Blake Barnett and Robert Allen likely see something new. These beautiful specimens Kevin Brown Pinnacle Group are often donated or loaned to the Perot Museum Michael Biavati Jeff Kremer by a very generous group of donors. Thanks to them, Diane and Keith Brownlee Dona and Wayne Leicht the Museum can continue to showcase dazzling Debra and Lance Cook Shawn Maddox and awe-inspiring gems and minerals for guests to Sharrie and Rick Ely Wally Mann explore! Empire Partners Monika and Herb Obodda (Fallon and Robert Vaughn) Mark Pospisil THANK YOU TO THESE WONDERFUL Judy and Jim Gibbs John Rodakis GEMS AND MINERALS DONORS! Deborah Perez and Gail and Jim Spann Steven Goldfine Jeff Starr Lyda Hill Carol and Karl Warning Marla and Mark Hughston Benjamin Zucker

20 | THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS Thank you to the following Texas Instruments, Inc. Philip Theodore Bee Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. generous donors for your Time Warner Cable Charitable Trust Kelly and Scott Drablos continued support of the TXU Energy Peter S. Bing Foundation For The Education Perot Museum. Alice and Michael Brown Of Young Women October 1, 2014 – Maura and Tim Costello Betsy and Richard Eiseman, Jr. September 30, 2015 $25,000 Ka and L. L. Cotter The Aaron and Catie Enrico Family Foundation Alliance Data Systems Peggy Dear Ernst & Young The Catholic Foundation Roger Enrico Fidelity Investments $100,000 Pat and Gill Clements HEB/Central Market Foundation Cathey and Don Humphreys Amy and Lee Fikes David M. Crowley Foundation Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Jane and Ron Gard American Airlines Kathryn H. and Alfred G. Gilman Gene and Jerry Jones Marena and Roger Gault Bain & Company, Inc. Haynes and Boone, LLP KPMG LLP Margaret and Doyle Hartman City of Dallas, Office of Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt The M.O.B. Family Foundation Martha and Doug Hawthorne Cultural Affairs Nancy Perot and Rod Jones Tom and Charlene Marsh Hillwood Development Group, L.P. Communities Foundation Carl B. and Florence E. King Family Foundation Ann and Lee Hobson of Texas Foundation Libby and Murray McCabe Ms. Marguerite K. Hoffman Dell USA, L.P. Suzanne and Patrick McGee David B. Miller Family The Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Hunter L. Hunt The Explorers Club Foundation The Rosewood Corporation Husch Blackwell, LLP ExxonMobil Corporation Katherine and Michael Phillips Jennifer and Andy Scripps James M. Collins Foundation Judith and James Gibbs Primrose Schools Jane and Bud Smith Ashley and C. Elliott Jeter Highland Capital The Rees-Jones Foundation James and Gail Spann Dallas Jewish Community Management Katherine and Eric Reeves Sharon and Kip Tindell Foundation Lyda Hill Catherine and Will Rose Vinson & Elkins LLP Eugenia and Frank-Paul King Lyda Hill Foundation Jean and Tom Walter Lisa and Peter Kraus Lamar Hunt Family Heather and Ray Washburne Kroger Company Norma Hunt Wichita Falls Area Community Lakeside Foundation Rita and Lamar Hunt, Jr. $15,000 Foundation Allyson and Hays Lindsley Sharron Hunt Anonymous The Alinda Hill Wikert Locke Lord LLP Tavia and Clark Hunt Foundation Diane and Hal Brierley Mason Brown Family Toni and Dan Hunt Foundation, Inc Brown-Forman Corporation Institute of Museum and Holly and Tom Mayer Nancy and Clint Carlson Library Services Morphosis Architects Chase Kosmos Energy, LLC $5,000 Harry S. Moss Foundation Children’s Health Susie and John Adams National Philanthropic Trust Margot and Ross Perot Ms. Caroline Rose Hunt Peggy and Richard Allison Neiman Marcus United Way of Metropolitan Rusty and John Jaggers The Theodore & Beulah Beasley The Northern Trust Company Dallas The Carl J. and Margot A. Foundation Johnson Foundation Oncor Carolyn and Steven Becker Junior League of Dallas, Inc. OsteoMed Linda and Steven Blasnik Carol and John Levy Gail and Bill Plummer Cecilia and Garrett Boone $50,000 Vin and Caren Prothro Mark B. Plunkett Balfour Beatty Construction Foundation Kate and Lane Britain Cindy and Howard Rachofsky Bank of America Raytheon Company Lucy and Michael Brittian Radiology Associates of Nancy and Randy Best Riveron Consulting, LP Cabana Lifestyle LP North Texas Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Stephen and Elisa Summers Cisco Systems, Inc. Lisa and John Rocchio The Dallas Foundation Texas Instruments Foundation Virginia and Ansel Condray Ruth C. and Charles S. Sharp Foundation Inc. Al G. Hill, Jr. USI Southwest Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Coney Tenet Healthcare Corporation The Hoglund Foundation VEX Robotics Mary McDermott Cook Mary and Mike Terry Sally and Forrest Hoglund Millie and Ken Cooper Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Tobey Lockheed Martin Catherine A. Corrigan Rosemary Haggar Vaughan The Mudge Foundation Corrigan Investments, Inc. Family Foundation Carolyn and Karl Rathjen $10,000 Kathy and Harlan Crow Vaughn O. Vennerberg II Deedie and Rusty Rose Anonymous Dallas Safari Club Gretchen and Michael M. Vick Stephen M. Seay Foundation Baker Botts L.L.P. Ms. Anne Davidson

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS | 21 Merry and Chad Vose Jennifer and John Eagle Muffin and John Lemak Deacon Denis and Colleen Walker and Felipe Mr. and Mrs. Tracy D. Edgemon St. Mark’s School of Texas Lady Denise Simon Gumucio Eli Lilly and Company Mary And Richard Templeton Camille and Earl Simpkins Westwood Holdings Group, Inc Foundation, Inc. Foundation Pat and Ray Smerge Williams Family Foundation Emerald Energy, LLC Marguerite and Michael Marz Judy and Neil Smiley Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Young EnviroPhase Environmental Tim McCabe Southwestern Medical Sharon and Michael Young Consulting Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Y. Foundation/UT Southwestern Dr. and Mrs. Henry Estess McClellan V Ann and Robert Steffler Toosje and Richard G. Fagin Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. McClurg, Jr. Mrs. Deborah Stewart $2,500 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Faulconer Mrs. Eugene McDermott Gayle and Paul Stoffel Accenture Ben Fischer and Laree Hulshoff Cassie and Mac McFarland Drs. Helen Hobbs and Dennis Stone Marcia and Robert Ackerman Courtney and Michael Flanagan Steven L. McKnight Marlene and John Sughrue Gail Alpert Rebecca and F. Barron Fletcher Elaine and Kenneth Mecca Summit Transportation, Inc. Kay and Darcy Anderson FLUOR Corporation Cynthia and Forrest Miller Greg Swalwell and Terry Connor Anonymous (5) Mrs. Jacqueline Fojtasek Virginia and Ben Mimmack Mr. and Mrs. Jerry V. Swank The Baldridge Foundation Julie M. Ford Janet and John Mockovciak Barbara and Bob Sypult Carolyn and Ken Barth David Fremerman and Lark and J.C. Montgomery Devarati Rastogi Ms. Jill E. Tananbaum BBVA Compass Bank Vinette and Michael Good Fulton & Farrell, Inc. Montgomery Carolyn and Jere Thompson The Beck Group George A. & Nancy Shutt Cecilia and John Morgan Mr. Jere W. Thompson, Sr. Charles N. Bell, Catherine E. Foundation Bracken and Barbara A. Bell Ms. M. Katie Morgan Thompson & Knight LLP Kathleen and Robert Gibson Ben E. Keith Company Paula and Jon Mosle Tonti Properties Jenney and J. David Gillikin Ben Mar LTD. Inc. Ms. Ruth Mutch Triebold Paleontology Inc. Deborah Deitsch-Perez and Sheila and David Beuerlein National Geographic Cinema Turner Construction Company Steven Goldfine Ventures Barbara and Bob Bigham TurningPoint Foundation Stephen F. Goldmann Navias Family Foundation Sarah and Sam Bloom Ms. Nancy E. Underwood Good Fulton & Farrell NFI, Inc. Bloomberg UniFocus, LP Robyn and Andrew Gould Alice and Erle Nye BOKF Foundation USA Plastic Surgery Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy A. Valenta David and Zoe Bonnette Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. John A. O’Dwyer Fay Clark Walker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Boone Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Haggerty Omnicom Management Services John N. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Briggs Dr. and Mrs. John M. Haley Mercury Communication Kay and Elliot Cattarulla Marnie and Kern Wildenthal Winborne and Davis Hamlin Services, Inc./Greg and Mr. and Mrs. Truman Williams Chatham Hill Investment Linda and Milledge Hart Amy Osler Partnership Winstead PC Carol and Jeff Heller Page Southerland Page, LLP Jennifer and Coley Clark Angela Wommack and Ted Casey Heritage Auctions Mr. Rajan Patel Kathy and James M. Clark Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Young Mr. and Mrs. Kris Herrin Katherine and Bob Penn Cobb Martinez Woodward PLLC Zhulong Gallery Margaret and Bradford Hirsch Pioneer Natural Resources Kelly Compton The Hockaday School Mr. and Mrs. Bart D. Plaskoff Marilyn R. Corrigan Howard, LLP Laurie and Todd Platt Erin Nealy Cox and Trey Cox Marla and Mark Hughston Karen and Richard Pollock Credit Suisse Suzanne and Walt Humann PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Linda and Steven Curts Susan L. and James W. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Priddy Linda and Bill Custard Dr. and Mrs. Richard K. Irwin Mandy and Trent Quinn Amanda C. Dake and Isaac I. Foundation Inc. Barbara and Stan Rabin Christopher Rowley Jackson Walker L.L.P. Marybeth and Craig Reid Dealertrack Technologies Gunjan and Anurag Jain Riggs Family Foundation Nancy M. Dedman Melinda and Jim Johnson Candace Rubin and Sands Harris Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Delimitros Jennifer and Thomas Karol Lisa and John Runyon Charron and Peter Denker Karen and Alan Katz Hernan Saenz and Sylvia Cespedes Angela Downes Luther King Capital Management Diane and John Scovell Cheryl and James Drayer Kline Family Foundation Debbie and Ric Scripps Mr. and Mrs. W. Byron Dunn Laura and Gregory Koonsman Ginny and Conner Searcy Kimberly Mudge Durham The Lamplighter School Margareta Shea

22 | THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

Save the date for our annual fundraiser, Night at the Museum. November 12, 2016

HELP US INSPIRE A MILLION MINDS

The Perot Museum actively works to inspire the next generation of STEM workers and enthusiasts and has a strong track record of delivering targeted, meaningful and successful education experiences to learners of all ages. The Museum has inspired over 4 million minds since opening in December 2012. With your help, the Museum can inspire a million MORE minds in the coming year! Please consider making a gift to the Perot Museum to help us keep the momentum going. Your gift could help the Museum acquire a new specimen, underwrite a research expedition, help make the Museum accessible to schoolchildren, bring a real-world explorer to North Texas and so much more! Each donation is meaningful and impactful — and, most importantly, immediately put to work supporting the Museum’s mission to inspire minds through nature and science. Thank you for your consideration and continued support of Perot Museum programs and operations. We truly could not achieve any of it without your generosity!

INVEST IN OUR FUTURE

If you would like to invest in our mission of inspiring minds through nature and science, please call a member of our development team.

CHRISTINA CAVALIER, Vice President of Development MEAGAN HEMENWAY, Director of Individual Giving [email protected] [email protected] 214.756.5805 214.765.5808

INVEST IN OUR FUTURE | 23 INSPIRING MINDS THROUGH NATURE AND SCIENCE.

2201 N. FIELD STREET DALLAS, TEXAS 75201 PEROTMUSEUM.ORG

The Perot Museum is an AAM-accredited institution, supported in part by the City of Dallas Offi ce of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Satellite image of globe used within the Perot Museum logo provided courtesy of NASA.

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