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IMSA Board of Trustees

Excellence and Equity OFFICERS Chairman Sheila MB Griffin As I write this letter I have now been at IMSA for nine days, though by the time you Executive VP, Griffin are reading this I will have been here for almost 90 days. I am excited about what Holdings, Inc. I feel I can offer, and of course a bit anxious about the many things I have yet to learn. First Vice Chairman AT But leadership and risk taking are necessary at every great organization and I am Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius ISSUE confident that the fine people of theIMSA community will work with me to achieve Director, Center for continued excellence for our students and programs on the Aurora campus, across Talent Development, the state, and beyond. Northwestern University Since 90 days have now passed, I ask you to contact me and let me know if I’ve Second Vice Chairman Dr. Erin W. Roche ’89 achieved most of my early plan: Principal, Prescott Magnet Cluster School • To quickly assess the existing issues of the institution Secretary (Non-Voting) • To offer the Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff a way to team with me Catherine C. Veal, and examine IMSA with fresh eyes Vice President for • To get to know the people and programs of IMSA Strategy and Policy, IMSA • To take immediate action on our priority tasks Treasurer (Non-Voting) • To begin the search for a new Chief Academic Officer/Principal Kimberly Corrao, • To build public trust through open communication with parents, students, Director of Business alumni, faculty, staff, volunteers, and government and community leaders and Financial Operations, IMSA JOSÉ M. In order to accomplish all this, I will have to do an extraordinary job of listening, TRUSTEES TORRES, PhD analyzing, and following through. Above all, we all must understand that IMSA cannot Eric R. Brown, M.S. Ed. President, have excellence without equity… and it cannot have equity without excellence. If Biology Teacher, Illinois Mathematics Evanston Township we are to offer a uniquely challenging education for students talented in the areas of High School #202 and Science mathematics and science (our first legislative charge from the State of Illinois) Dr. Jerome “Jay” Academy and if we are to stimulate further excellence for all Illinois schools in mathematics Budzik ’95 and science (our second charge), then equity and excellence must go hand in Chief Technology Officer, Twelvefold Media hand. This is at the core of my personal mission and beliefs. Kathy He In five to seven years I would like ourIMSA community to feel even more proud Chief Executive Officer, of what our faculty, students, alumni, and staff have accomplished. I would like Vivregen LLC IMSA to have international recognition as the premier STEM academy in the world. Dr. Steven T. Isoye I would like IMSA to receive state accolades for promoting innovative STEM education Superintendent, Oak Park and River Forest for over 80% of all students in Illinois. High School District 200 For this to happen we must adhere to an old Chinese proverb (loosely translated): Leslie N. Juby “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” And the main thing at IMSA Substitute Teacher, is STEM teaching and learning. Thank you for your trust and commitment! Batavia, IL Public Schools Dr. Mary Kalantzis Dean, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carey L. Mayer ’90 Architectural Group The mission of IMSA, the world’s leading MAGAZINE STAFF Leader, Dewberry teaching and learning laboratory for Executive Editor, Christina Kaucnik Architects imagination and inquiry, is to ignite and Managing Editor, Mike Abrahamson Dr. Luis Núñez Contributing Writers: Mike Abrahamson, Consultant, BioTarget nurture creative, ethical, scientific minds that and LNK Chemsolutions advance the human condition, through a Melvin Bacani, Lisa Hellman, LLC system distinguished by profound questions, John Hoesley ’90, Carolyn Johnson, Dr. Marsha R. Rosner collaborative relationships, personalized Christina Kaucnik, Paul Milano, Charles B. Huggins Catherine C. Veal Professor, Ben May experiential learning, global networking, Dept. for Cancer generative use of technology and pioneer- PHOTOGRAPHY Research, The University of Chicago ing outreach. Courtesy of IMSA/Chris Reader Dr. H. Steven Sims (unless otherwise noted) Director, Chicago Institute for Voice Care, University of Illinois at Chicago

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EX-OFFICIO BOARD CVS Caremark MEMBERS Corporation Dr. Karen Hunter Troy Henikoff Anderson, Executive Managing Director, Director, TechStars Chicago Illinois Community College Board Mana Ionescu President, Lightspan Dr. James L. Applegate, Digital 04 Executive Director, Illinois Board of Higher Tom Kornmeier Feature Education Portfolio Sales Director, IBM WebSphere Dr. Christopher Koch, State Superintendent, Stephanie Pace Illinois State Board of Marshall, Ph.D. Education Founding President and President Emerita, Dr. Jeffrey Craig, IMSA Superintendent, West Aurora School Eileen Murphy District 129 Founder & CEO, ThinkCERCA PRESIDENT Jacob Plummer ’96 Dr. José M. Torres Vice President, Business Development, IMSA Fund Allscripts for Advancement of Education Jay Porter President, Edelman 06 OFFICERS Chicago President, Andre Reynolds Feature John Hoesley ’89 Vice President, Federal Group Head, Reserve Bank of Technology Banking, Chicago The PrivateBank Glenn Rippie, J.D. Vice President, Partner and CFO, President-elect, Rooney Rippie & Ross Hemphill, Ph.D. Ratnaswamy LLP Vice President, Regulatory Policy & Aalap Shah Strategy, ComEd Co-founder, SoMe Connect Treasurer, Michael Suh ’97 Kim Taylor Index Derivatives President, Trader, Wells Fargo CME Clearing, Securities Chicago Mercantile Exchange Secretary (Non-Voting), Paul Milano Alex Weiner 08 Executive Director of Managing Partner, Development, IMSA INBALANCE Buildings, Alumni LLC Corner BOARD OF Sam Yagan ’95 DIRECTORS CEO, Match Group Anil Ahuja President, CCJM EX-OFFICIO Engineering DIRECTORS Aziz Asphahani (NON-VOTING) CEO, QuesTek Bryan Mathie, Innovations LLC Liason to IMSA Parent Association Council Pamela Blackwell (PAC), PAC President, CEO, Blackwell Senior Manager, Management Solutions Guidance Sales & Vice President, Operations, Blackwell Global TD Ameritrade Consulting 27 Melissa Comenduley ’90 Joe Born Liaison to IMSA Alumni Campus CEO, SONR Labs Association (IAA), Steve Chen ’96 Head of Programs, News Entrepreneur in Broadway Technology, Residence, Google LLC Ventures Luis Núñez, Ph.D., Steve Collens Liaison to IMSA Board CEO, MATTER of Trustees Bob Darin IMSA Board of Vice President, Trustees, Consultant, Enterprise Analytics, BioTarget

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DR. TORRES ANSWERS YOU R QUESTIONS

IMSA’s new President, Dr. José M. Torres, answered questions you submitted to us via Twitter, Facebook, and email.

Given your extensive exposure to and then I thought about it a bit more schools, how is IMSA similar and and now I think that, having dedicated different than other high schools? my career to education, I would be happy —Rich Busby (staff) if it was called A Life Worth Giving. Though it’s still early in my time here, I have certainly seen a few similarities Did Dr. Torres always know what he between IMSA and other schools. We was going to be when he grew up? have comprehensive courses, sports, If yes, why? And if no, what made him and extracurricular activities, for example. change his mind and/or do what he If a stranger came upon IMSA, with does now? no explanation, they would say it’s a —Catherine Drake (student) high school. No, I didn't know. My mother used to tell In many ways we are definitely more me she wanted my brother and me to than a high school, though—the courses become doctors, and my brother went are more robust and challenging and our on to become a medical doctor, but SIR component is unique, though there I “rebelled” by telling her I would be a are other high schools that are starting lawyer instead [laughs]. I ended up similar programs. Having half of our getting my PhD, though, so I guess I did faculty hold PhDs makes our institution become a doctor, after all. very special, and the level of our laborato- In college I tried many different ries and equipment also surpass what I’ve courses, and went through a lot of seen at other schools. I think IMSA has academic trial and error. I took courses the unique personnel, tools, and mission in business, technology, psychology, to transcend the level of teaching and but I ended up finding my calling in edu- learning you see at typical high schools. cation and earning my master's in curriculum and instruction, with training What would you name the autobiography and development being very important of your life? to me. Once I became involved in —Laurie Sutherland (staff) schools I decided to get my PhD, and This one was tough for me! At first I to go on to become a superintendent was going to say A Life Worth Living, and now President of IMSA.

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130577 IMSA Fall360Magazine.indd 4 11/10/14 1:56 PM I would love to know Dr. Torres’ intellectual passion at IMSA doesn’t vision for engaging alums outside of begin and end with STEM subjects. We Illinois, and how he understands appreciate the pursuits of all our our impact (career and otherwise) students and alumni and will continue in terms of IMSA's mission to to showcase their accomplishments, educate students for both Illinois whether they are in medicine or and the world. screenwriting, technology or music, —Chris Tessone (Class of ’00) entrepreneurship or law. Additionally, We want to bring alumni closer to I’ve heard from many of our humanities- IMSA, no matter how far from Aurora focused alumni that their background they are. We will continue engaging in scientific and mathematical thinking alums through out-of-state events has given them a unique, informative and inviting them to come home for background in their fields. Intersession and Alumni Weekend, but we also want to keep in closer What is your experience with contact with those who can’t physically gifted students? What are your JOSÉ M. TORRES, PhD be with us every year. That means goals for IMSA? Before becoming IMSA’s we will be looking for more alumni —Kevin Maher (IMSA parent) President, Dr. Torres served as feedback, networking, and volunteer My first teaching position was at Superintendent of Elgin opportunities moving forward. a gifted and talented high school, and School District U-46, where he: Since I’ve started here at IMSA, I’ve when I worked at the Department been overwhelmed by the support of Defense Schools from 1995–2000 • Led 40,000 students and 5,000 alumni have offered to help further I worked with specialists in this employees with a $450 million the Academy, and I plan to capitalize field to revamp our gifted program. dollar budget on their expertise. Most recently, I led the expansion I see IMSA’s mission to educate of opportunities for gifted students • Was one of three educators students for the betterment of Illinois was Superintendent of the U-46 nationwide to win the Dr. Effie H. and the world as complementary school district, identifying them at a Jones Humanitarian Award goals. We have alumni excelling at younger age, expanding programs, • Extended STEM programs MIT and the University of Illinois, and catering to students who are in all eight middle schools and in Silicon Valley and at Fermilab, and gifted in specific areas, such as math- five high schools we are thankful that our alumni are ematics or language arts. very conscious about their impact I'm still formulating my overarching • Led the creation of a five- on all of the communities they belong goals as I’m getting to know IMSA, year accountability plan to, including ours. IMSA backs up but I know that we need to become (Destination 2015), raising such a noble mission by graduating a national and international player academic standards students that genuinely want to in STEM education. We call ourselves and closing excellence gaps make Illinois and the world better, and internationally recognized, and I • Served on the Federal Equity that was part of the inspiration for me believe we can and should become the and Excellence Commission coming here. I’ve joined IMSA to help national and worldwide presence we us “advance the human condition.” In aspire to be. • Established the Superintendent my role, I want to support alumni We have yet to become what we Scholarship Program locally and globally, and help build can be. I remember when I was • Started the “10 Boys” Initiative IMSA as a launching pad for these growing up people would say to me, future leaders. “you have so much potential” and that use to make me happy, until I'd like to know how he plans to I realized it’s kind of an insult—they engage with alumni who ended up meant that there is more I could be outside of STEM in the arts and doing now. I wouldn’t say that about humanities, and to celebrate those IMSA, because there are so many of us who have achievements and great things that we’re doing now, but accomplishments in those fields. I will say that our best years are yet —Joanna Jordan (Class of ’97) to come. Between hearing the vast accomplish- ments of our alumni and spending For the full Q&A visit our time with students, I can definitively IMSA360 website at say that academic giftedness and https://sites.imsa.edu/imsa360/

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Alumni Expanding STEM Excellence

Stephanie Bernardo ’10, Katja Meyer ’98, Angela McByrd ’08 and Ray Stadt ’93 are all IMSA alumni and are all extending STEM learning to students of every age. They are using their IMSA experience to teach others through inquiry and personalized learning.

Stephanie Bernardo ’10 “I taught these geometry students Stephanie Bernardo is a minority in last year, so I know them on a personal the STEM field, not only as a female, level. I try to give them a discovery but as a Filipino, and she’s working experience in math as it leaves a better hard to change those stats. Stephanie impression on them,” says Stephanie. is focused on making minority females “I was really lucky to go to IMSA the norm in STEM, rather than the and have a problem-based learning exception. experience. I now see how I can utilize With a varied education experience that for my own students. When I herself, starting in an urban school was evaluated, my supervisors liked that in a low-income community, then coming I question and use divergent thinking. to IMSA, and finally attending Loyola I know I learned these skills at IMSA,” University in Chicago, a Jesuit institution, said Stephanie. she soon realized how a 5-digit zip Along with connecting their passions code can determine a student’s educa- to their talents in STEM, Stephanie tion. Her experience at IMSA, where advises aspiring educators to embrace peers came from all types of school questioning and student autonomy districts, demonstrated to her that any in thinking. student talented in STEM could succeed in it, given the opportunity. Katja Meyer ’98 Stephanie was a student teacher Ninety-seven percent of climate just last semester, but now teaches 7th scientists agree that climate-warming and 8th grade math full-time at South trends over the past century are Loop Elementary School in Chicago. The very likely due to human activities. Most 7th grade class is pre-algebra and of the leading scientific organizations the 8th grade class is a gifted class worldwide have issued public state- in geometry. ments endorsing this position.

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130577 IMSA Fall360Magazine.indd 6 11/10/14 1:56 PM Climate change is an issue that if we employs daily with her students is direct allowed me to find metaphors and ignore it, it is at our peril. Alumna and highly effective. Through the allegories that some of my colleagues Katja Meyer is not willing to do that and Academy for Urban School Leadership may not find as obvious,” says Ray Stadt. as Assistant Professor in Environmental (AUSL) and their Math+ program, Ray, an alumnus who teaches chem- and Earth Sciences at Willamette Angela administers pre-tests to 3–5th istry and AP chemistry at Eisenhower University, in Salem, Oregon, she has graders and splits students up into High School in Blue Island, Illinois, chosen the opportunity to teach other groups of four or five depending upon has been refining his teaching style young adults how to become engaged their strengths and weaknesses in now for 10 years. Although Ray’s citizens on this important issue. math. Then she gives them highly undergraduate degree is in Physical With her BA in geology from Carleton personalized instruction to help them Education with a concentration in College, a PhD in geosciences from meet standards. Athletic Training, from Valparaiso Penn State University and postdoctoral “I’ve always wanted to teach. I worked University, the district had a need, and research at Stanford, she was looking with college students and tutored he decided to return to school to for a smaller, liberal arts college where IMSA Excel students. At IMSA I was also teach. He felt science was a natural fit, she could focus on teaching and able to go in-depth into STEM subjects. so he focused his energy there. scholarship. Katja wants to engage with That type of learning and those programs “The laboratory experiences at IMSA her students and give them a person- fueled my desire to continue teaching,” made me understand how powerful alized experience. says Angela. hands-on learning can be, but what I underestimated is that not everyone learns effectively when thrown into the Emissions of greenhouse gases from human inquiry pond and many people need activities are changing the atmosphere in support when they have to approach science in this fashion,” added Ray. ways that affect the Earth’s climate. They are Ray also contributes his expertise emitted from fossil fuel combustion and a as a practicing science teacher to help range of industrial and agricultural processes. IMSA develop talent and leadership in STEM. He has been an invaluable The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming contributor to IMSA’s Problem-Based is occuring. Learning (PBL) summer programs for teachers. In these programs, he —American Physical Society mentors educators both at IMSA and at Benedictine University (BU) where he works with the interns in its Alternative Certification Program(ACP) . He also IMSA helped mold Katja’s style of Angela’s small student groups split co-facilitated multiple PBL Design teaching. “In many ways, IMSA was a their regular classroom time with Institutes in Illinois and throughout the turning point for me to determine what I their tutoring time. Classroom teachers Midwest, and mentors the interns would do in the future. It helped me cannot reach out to every student in BU’s ACP program involved with think about what science really is, and because of large class sizes. Through Summer Sleuths. I learned the scientific process. I didn’t AUSL each year, several under-achieving Ray has also been involved in just learn facts,” said Katja. schools are selected and tutoring is IMSA Preview Days and served as a At IMSA, Katja realized she could implemented to assist students and reunion coordinator for his 15 -year do things she didn’t think she could do teachers until standards are met. class reunion. In all of this work, he before. This year she is teaching By the end of the next school year brings his unique perspective based an introductory level class titled “Earth Angela will have her teaching certificate on his classroom experiences as a System Science,” and she will teach and wants to have her own classroom. science teacher and as a learner at climate change geology and geochem- She loves the Chicago area and only left IMSA. He was chosen as 1 of only 66 istry next year. While every student in her it once to attend Oglethorpe University educators in the U.S. as a Master class will not become a geologist, Katja in Atlanta. Teacher, which means he will share wants them to understand the relevance chemistry lesson plans with other of geology in their everyday lives. Ray Stadt ’93 teachers around the nation. “ IMSA’s focus on conceptual under- Angela McByrd ’08 standing has gone a long way in my There are many methods available to teaching. Although IMSA definitely help students increase their math integrated the mathematics of science, Bonus content available online at abilities, but the one Angela McByrd deep conceptual understanding has https://sites.imsa.edu/imsa360/

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IMSA Alumni Association Executive Officers When I speak about the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and the IMSA 2013-2015 Alumni Association in public, I’m reminded that IMSA has a vast group of impassioned, PRESIDENT devoted and committed Titans! When I speak one-on-one with IMSA alumni, I Melvin Bacani ’90 hear a number of phrases over and again: • “I completed my time at IMSA with friendships that will last a lifetime.” VICE PRESIDENT OUR NEXT Amanda Murphyao ’03 • “IMSA forever instilled in me the lifelong pursuit of learning and inquiry.” PHASE • “What I learned at IMSA still guides me now.” SECRETARY Claire Wang ’93 For many of us, IMSA was the most exhilarating time in our lives. This has been on my mind since Alumni Weekend 2014, where the Charter Class of 1989 TREASURER Melissa Comenduley ’90 celebrated its 25th Class Reunion and record numbers of alumni “came home” for the festivities. It has become so evident to me that our alumni are hungrier than ever IAA At-Large Cabinet to join in the continuing mission of IMSA intellectually, socially and with direct Members 2014–2015

tangible support. As IMSA progresses and steps onward into the next phase, alumni Tiffany (Mayo) can engage more effectively than ever. If you haven’t yet had the chance to meet Chambers ’99 or become acquainted with Dr. Torres, our new President, you will this academic year Reggie Champagne ’02 Kevin Colby ’95 as he, alongside Alumni Relations Coordinator Lisa Hellman, and other Development Cati Crawford ’09 staff journey with me to our largest alumni cities to talk about IMSA’s strategy for the Peter Fang ’94 future. As we continue this progression of introducing Dr. Torres to IMSA alumni, Matthew Isoda ’02 Micha Kilburn ’95 the engagement, participation and support from alumni will be vital. I look forward to Amy (Timm) Kinney ’95 MELVIN BACANI ’90 talking to many of you this year at alumni get-togethers. Eva Meyer ’13 President, It is with immense pride and privilege that I invite all of you to reconnect with IMSA. Sendhil Revuluri ’90 Emmy Riley ’05 IMSA Alumni Please delve into this issue of IMSA360, and explore the IMSA Alumni Association John Thompson ’01 Association website at www.imsaalumni.org to discover ways to be involved with IMSA. Join us as Veena Villivalam ’98 CIO, Leeward we give rise to a greater IMSA and see where bold inquiry leads! IAA Appointed Pointe Capital Cabinet Members 2014–2015 Alumni Weekend 2014 Highlights Theresa Geiger ’07 Ravinder Sahota ’00 More than 300 alumni and their guests, While guests mingled and ate faculty and former faculty converged casual fare, old friends joyfully on campus reliving their IMSA past and reunited and new friends were made. catching a glimpse of IMSA’s future Saturday evening reunion classes this past summer. savored delicious food and drink in ALUMNI Pre-reunion, informal activities various Chicagoland locations. WEEKEND took place Friday, July 19. On Saturday, Members of IMSA’s Charter Class ’89 2 014 Alumni Day consisted of: celebrated at the Hilton Chicago • the all-alumni luncheon Indian Lakes Resort where Cathy Veal sponsored by the IMSA Alumni and other beloved faculty and staff Association (IAA); joined them. • a Q&A session with then President Sunday the inaugural Farewell Cathy Veal, Executive Director Brunch took place at the IMSA of Development Paul Milano and Cafeteria where Dan Christianson ’ 11 Principal Branson Lawrence; entertained alumni with his X-Cube • the IAA Annual Meeting invention. and elections; Alumni Weekend 2 015 is scheduled • an open house sponsored for July 17–19, 2015, with class by the IRC; reunions for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, • and a few interviews of alumni and 2010. Email [email protected] which are posted on the IMSA if you want to be part of your class’s YouTube channel. reunion planning committee.

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SIGRID ELLIS ’ 90, RAMEZ NAAM ’90, AND ERIK VOLKMAN ’03 and wife Michele MICHAEL DAMIAN THOMAS ’92 were all welcomed son Logan Alexander on nominated for the 2014 Hugo Awards, July 11, 2014. awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. NICHOLAS LILOVICH ’04 married Sruti Balakrishnan on April 19, 2014 at the Morton B. SCOTT GAUDI ’91 , astronomy professor Arboretum. at Ohio State, was appointed holder of The Thomas Jefferson Chair for Discovery IVETTE (IVY) BECKER ’08 and Cody Shoultz and Space Exploration in the Office of were married on October 5, 2013. Included Academic Affairs effective September 1, in the celebration were attendants MONICA 2014–August 31, 2019. The Thomas MASUM MOMAYA ’95 is curator at the BHATTACHARYA ’08 and JONATHON Jefferson Chair supports a professor in the Smithsonian and she recently completed BEKKER ’06, as well as guests JESSICA College of Arts and Sciences studying her first Smithsonian exhibition, MEISMER ’08 and BIRCE ONAL ’08. grand-scale space exploration, specifically “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans work concentrating on the search Shape the Nation.” ERIC HULTGREN ’08 and his wife Sarah for extrasolar planets with the potential to were married on May 17, 2014 in Kickapoo, IL. support life. Many IMSA alumni and faculty were in TRISHA JUNG ’91 married Ken Dunn on attendance to help the couple celebrate. April 19, 2014. REBECCA ASLAKSON ’94 is an assistant professor in the Department MICHAEL MCCOOL ’91 is currently penning of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine a science fiction book titled Sleepernet. at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and clinically practices at The SARA A. GOEKING ’92 recently served as Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. lead author of a comprehensive assessment Dr. Aslakson recently received the of the status and trends in New Mexico’s 2014 Presidential Scholar award from the forests. Several federal and academic American Society of Anesthesiologists, researchers contributed to this report, which and the 2015 Early Career Investigator was featured in several New Mexico news Award from the American Academy of outlets. Hospice and Palliative Medicine. CHELSY HOPPER ’92 married Joshua Buffat on August 2, 2014.

JULIA STAMBERGER ’92 and husband TIM MEYER ’92 was named Fermilab’s Todd Bamberg welcomed daughter Chief Operating Officer effective July1 , Frederika Xyla Ray on September 4, 2014. 2014. He previously served as the head of strategic planning and communication ELIZABETH R. KARNIK ’95 and her at TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory husband are expecting baby number three, for particle and nuclear physics. a girl, in December 2014.

JANESSA S. GRAVES ’99 finished a IN MEMORIAM two-year postdoctoral fellowship in TITO M. RODRIGUEZ ’04, February 20, pediatric injury research at the University 1986–July 20, 2014. of Washington School of Medicine and accepted a position as assistant professor at the Washington State University College of Nursing.

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IMSA and numbers seemed to be forever entwined. I graduated from IMSA 25 years ago and I wondered on that day if I would ever return. Ten years later I was back, as a member of the Board of Directors of the IMSA Fund. Now I am writing to you with only a few months left before I step down as the President of the Board after four years at the helm and having seen many changes. GIVING When I joined the Board 10 years ago, very few alumni and parents were donating BACK to the school. Now almost half of the 5,000 alumni have made a gift. Two-thirds of current parents donated last year. Roughly $2.5 million in donations came in for a record-setting year. Our endowment was almost non-existent four years ago and soon it will surpass $5 million. Those are all amazing numbers. But to me they generate feelings—feelings of pride, of change, of enthusiasm, of trust, and of partnership. And they feel like the future. We have an exciting future with our new president, Dr. José Torres, as you’ve read on the previous pages. I was at IMSA the very first day the school opened as a new student with the first president, Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall. And now my excitement is renewed again as Dr. Torres is questioning, pushing for excellence, bringing in new ideas, working to preserve the best of what we already learned works, and reinvigorating students, faculty, staff, parents, and volunteers to reimagine IMSA all over again. JOHN HOESLEY ’89 I now know that you don’t graduate from IMSA and ever really “leave.” You stay President, in touch through classmates, teachers, emails, the website, Facebook, and sometimes, IMSA Fund like me, there are volunteer opportunities. So even though IMSA taught me Group Head, a LOT about numbers, and it is a big part of what I do for a living today, ultimately Technology I have come to appreciate my feelings for IMSA the most. And I feel good about Banking, its future. The PrivateBank I feel very proud of what we have accomplished, but there is still so much more to do. My hope is that my successor, with your support, will bring fresh ideas that will surpass the achievements of the last four years. IMSA is a great institution at a critical junction. I hope that you, Dr. Torres, my successor and the entire IMSA community provide the creativity and energy we need to help IMSA reach its potential. Thank you for allowing me to serve as the President of your Board of Directors these past four years. I’m humbled by the faith you placed in me and look forward to finding new ways to help IMSA going forward.

What is the IMSA Fund?

The IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that raises donations from alumni, parents, friends, faculty/staff, businesses and foundations and uses that money to support the programs and projects of IMSA.

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IMSA360 ANNUAL REPORT FY14

PRIOR IMSA and IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education PROGRAM YEAR Revenues and Expenses July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014 AND STUDENT FEES

STATE Revenues GIFTS AND GRANTS State $18, 413 ,400 Program and Student Fees $2,675,600 Gifts and Grants $2,473,200 Prior Year Gifts and Grants $110,900 Total Revenues $23,673,100

RETAINED GIFTS AND FUNDRAISING, GRANTS Expenses* ALUMNI AND RESIDENTIAL MARKETING Residential Academic Program $9, 311,200 ACADEMIC Residential Student Activiites Programs $2,066,000 ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM Extension Programs $2,399,100 Technology $1,630,000 OCCUPANCY Occupancy $3,736,900 Administration $2,063,300 Fundraising, Alumni and Marketing $1,081,700 TECHNOLOGY Retained Gifts and Grants $1,384,900 RESIDENTIAL Total Expenses $23,673,100 EXTENSION STUDENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAMS PROGRAMS

STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS Current Year Gifts & Grants

State and Federal Grants $33,000 CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS ALUMNI Alumni $1,147,000 Parents $302,000 Friends $125,000 Faculty and Staff $24,000 Corporations and Foundations $842,000 FACULTY Total $2,473,000 AND STAFF FRIENDS

PARENTS Endowment and reserve funds invested, held, and pledged for the IMSA Fund: $6,129,300

Audited Financials available upon request

* Expenses in detail Residential Academic Program: faculty, library, counseling, nurse, etc. Administration Residential Student Activities Programs: co-curricular, sports, clubs, Fundraising, Alumni, Marketing and Communications, and meals, trips, etc. Parent Relations Extension Programs: serving students and teachers across Illinois and Retained Gifts and Grants: per donors for FY14 and transfers beyond with professional development and math and science enrichment to Endowment Technology Occupancy: student housing, utilities, maintenance, grounds, including extension programs

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Thank you to the many donors who supported the IMSA Fund in the 2014 fiscal year (July1, 2013–June 30, 2014).

Fortune Brands, Inc. Waste Management, Inc. Hamilton Sunstrand Corporation Winston & Strawn Foundation The Kaleidoscope Society Joanne and Richard Hansen The Kaleidoscope Society honors donors whose lifetime Harris Foundation Red $10,000+ giving has reached $10,000 or more. Greg and Ann Jones & Family Anonymous Drs. Srinivas and Vijayana ABS Graphics, Inc. These donors are also prominently displayed on the Jujjavarapu AmerenCIPS Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keiser Donor Ameren IP donor wall inside IMSA’s main entrance. We thank you Advised Fund American Honda Foundation for your consistent and significant support ofIMSA KemperLesnik Integrated Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Anderson and its students. Communications Mr. and Mrs. Frank Angelillo Nancy and Herb Knight Aramark Education Names listed in italics are new to the Kaleidoscope The Lehman Brothers Foundation The Associated Colleges of Illinois The Lumpkin Family Foundation AT&T Society in fiscal year2014 . Molex Incorporated Aurora National Bank Novell, Inc. P.J. ’98 and Eric Balin-Watkins Precision Scientific, Inc. David Barr Qwest Communications Marjorie Craig Benton Magenta $2,500,000+ The Crown Family International, Inc. The Grace Bersted Foundation The Harris Family Foundation Dillon Foundation SAP America, Inc. Best Buy Children’s Foundation Helen Thom Edwards The Seedlings Foundation Ms. Pamela O. Blackwell Violet $1,000,000+ Charitable Trust Sigma Aldrich Corporation S & E Bramsen Foundation The Schwab Charitable Fund through Jean R. Finley Michael Suh ’97 Chelsy Ann Buffat ’92 the generosity of Steven ’96 Ford Motor Company Fund In Loving Memory of Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock and Jamie Chen Illinois Tool Works Inc. Scott Swanson ’90 Foundation The Grainger Foundation David ’96 and Shirley Kang Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fred and Kay Krehbiel Orange $25,000+ Mrs. Philip Cain Indigo $500,000+ Mr. and Mrs. James R. Lancaster 3M Foundation CBI Foundation Anonymous (2) Penney Fillmer and John Lorentzen Duncan M. Alexander Mr. Tien-Chi Chen Abbott Fund Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall and Ameren Corporation The Cherry Corporation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Mr. Robert Marshall Bell Laboratories Library Chicago Tribune Foundation Andrew Corporation and Michael McCool ’91 Carol and John F. Berger ChicagoFirst its employees William G. McGowan Charitable Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce AT&T Fund, Inc. Borwell Charitable Foundation Dr. Harry and Mrs. Sue Chung Lloyd A. Fry Foundation James D. and Marlene F. Pearson The Chicago Community Foundation CMS Foundation Hansen-Furnas Foundation, Inc. Pittway Corporation Charitable Samuel S. Choi ’89 and Karen Choi ComCorp, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Malott Foundation Comer Science and Education Corporate Development Associates Tellabs Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Foundation Fund at The Chicago Scott and Marci Crawford J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Community Trust Steve Crutchfield ’93 Blue $250,000+ Foundation Coopers and Lybrand John Deere Foundation Michael and Kay Birck (Tellabs, Inc.) Robert Pritzker (Pritzker Foundation) Helen and Don Edwards Drs. Richard F. and Linda Y. Dods BP America Inc. ProQuest CSA Fifth Third Bank Susan K. Eddins Caterpillar Foundation Rauner Family Foundation The Forest Fund The Eli Nelson Charitable Gift Fund Virginia B. Cherry The Searle Funds at The Chicago W.W. Grainger, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Floyd L. English ComEd Community Trust The Mayer and Morris Kaplan FMC Foundation Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc. Family Foundation Dr. Philip H. and Diana Francis Grand Victoria Foundation Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Ellen and Leon Lederman Christopher B Galvin The Hitachi Foundation William J. and Jane S. White Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Inc. Family Foundation JPMorgan Chase & Co. Sam D. Yagan ’95 and Milken Family Foundation Mr. Antonio and Mrs. Sabrina Gracias Malott Family Foundation Jessica Droste Yagan ’95 Richard M. Morrow Sheila and Woodie Griffin Motorola Solutions Foundation Jarvis and Tracy Ye Nayak Family Brian M. Grunkemeyer ’94 Toyota USA Foundation NICOR, Inc. GTE Foundation Yellow $50,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Nordlund Dr. Lee and Mrs. Jan Gurga Green $100,000+ Anonymous Nortel Networks Terrence J. Hall Family Anonymous 3Com Corporation Old Second Bancorp, Inc. Matt Hellige ’96 AbbVie Foundation Applied Computer Technology, Inc. The Pentair Foundation Ross and Joyce Hemphill Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Archer Daniels Midland Foundation Rockwell Automation John ’89 and Jae Hoesley Alcatel-Lucent G. Carl Ball Rush-Copley Medical Center In Loving Memory of Ameritech-Illinois Susan Snell Barnes S & C Foundation Bernard C. Hollister AMSTED Industries Incorporated Tom and Joan Castino In Loving Memory of Javal Shah ’04 Bill and Cathy Howes Apple Computer, Inc. Caterpillar Inc. Teacher Today Publications Patrick and Nancy Hurst The Ball Foundation Walter and Virginia Cherry Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Impact ll Inc. Bell & Howell Foundation Community Foundation of the UOP Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ingersoll The Boeing Company Fox River Valley Donald C. Van Pelt, Jr. Foundation BP Foundation Michael and Jacky Ferro and the Varlen Corporation (Mr. Richard Wellek) Intel Science Talent Search Samuel M. Cherry Memorial Ferro Family Foundation In Loving Memory of Mary Van Verst Michele and David Joerg ’89 Charitable Trust Paul and Mary Finnegan Cathy and Bill Veal Eric N. Johnson ’94 and Ruth Goerger

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130577 IMSA Fall360Magazine.indd 12 11/10/14 1:56 PM The Johnson Foundation Winjie Tang Miao ’94 and Darryl Miao Kathy Rink ’89 and Mike Holm Eric F. Stuckey ’93 and Kirti Kamboj ’98 Paul and Judy Milano E. Glenn & Rachel E. Rippie Mia K. Markey ’94 Mr. William K. Kellogg, III Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Montgomery The Rocking JT Foundation Andrew Surasky and John P. and Harriet Kelly Harle G. Montgomery Matthew and Tracey Rossi Gloria Ysasi-Diaz Mr. and Mrs. Teodozyj Kolasa Lorin Murariu ’97 Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Preston Swafford, Senior Vice Ada ’90 and Alan Kumar In Loving Memory of Julie Namkung ’91 Ed Saunders President, ComEd David Kung ’89 Neha Narula ’99 James T. and Mary J. Schaefer Phillips Swager Associates LaSalle Bank Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oberlander Stephen and Allison Schmitt Aaron Thompson ’99 and Bernice E. Lavin Jumpstart Fund The Oh Family (Andrew Oh, ’89) SealMaster Bearings Marina Sivilay ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Neal K. Levin Stephen ’00 and Pilar Paige G. D. Searle & Company William A. and Mary VanSanten Charles & Ruth Levy Foundation Ronjon Paul ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sharpless Walgreens Co. Lundbeck, Inc. Mr. Jay Prasad Samuel K. and Mary Jacobs Skinner Dr. Bruce and Mrs. Joan Winstein Mr. and Mrs. Fidel Marquez, Jr. The Quaker Oats Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Spitzer Jasen Yang ’96 MK and DD McInerney Kurt Revis ’91 State Farm Insurance Companies Dr. Tito Yao and Mrs. Lilia Yao Vijay S. Menon ’90 Reyes Holdings LLC Paul Strasma ’94

Pooja K. Agarwal ’01 and Chuck Rickert ’98 Muon Society Samuel M. Cherry Memorial The Muon Society honors donors who have notified us Charitable Trust that they have created a gift to IMSA through their estate Kevin ’95 and Julia ’96 Colby Steve Crutchfield ’93 plans (including bequests, trusts, or annuities of any size). Jean R. Finley Joshua A. Gerlick ’99 The Muon Neutrino was discovered by IMSA co-founder Sarah “Sally” Strayer Levin Dr. Leon Lederman, for which he won a Nobel Prize. The Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall and Muon is one of the longest lasting elements in the Mr. Robert Marshall Maria Pacana ’99 universe. Appropriately, gifts from Muon Society donors, James and Marlene Pearson often for endowment, are some of the longest lasting. Virginia Kathleen Ryan, J.D. ’98 and Kathleen Theresa Hentsch To learn more about making a planned gift to IMSA please Michael Sloan contact Paul Milano (630-907-5989, [email protected]). Scott Swanson ’90 Cathy and Bill Veal

Amy Kinney ’95 • Jill Ko • Leadership Giving Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall • Gifts were received from the following individuals who Carey L. Mayer ’90 • served on one of the Academy’s leadership boards during Tiffany Mayo-Chambers ’99 • Dr. Glenn W. “Max” McGee • the 2013–14 fiscal year. Sarah L. McPike ’07 • Roger Moore • Legend: Eileen Murphy • • IMSA Board of Trustees Amanda Murphyao ’03 • • IMSA Fund Board of Directors Joe Nolan • Dr. Luis Núñez • • IMSA Alumni Association Cabinet Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius • • Parent Association Council Executive Committee Jacob R. Plummer ’96 • Jay Porter • Andre Reynolds • E. Glenn Rippie • Anil Ahuja • Theresa L. Geiger ’07 • Dr. Erin W. Roche ’89 • Aziz Asphahani • JuliAnn Geldner, J.D. • Ana Rodriguez, Esq • Melvin R. Bacani ’90 • Sheila MB Griffin• Dr. Marsha R. Rosner • Samuel D. Berger ’07 • Kathy He • Ipsita Mahapatra • Pamela O. Blackwell • Ross C. Hemphill • Aalap Shah • Joe Born • Troy Henikoff • Stephanie T. Song ’06 • Eric R. Brown • John B. Hoesley ’89 • Michelle Sparks • Dr. Jerome (Jay) Budzik ’95 • Ellen Huxtable • Michael Suh ’97 • Reginald A. Champagne ’02 • Mana Ionescu • Kim Taylor • Steven S. Chen ’96 • Matt Isoda ’02 • Claire C. Wang, M.D. ’93 • Steve Collens • Dr. Steven T. Isoye • Alex Weiner • Melissa Comenduley ’90 • Leslie N. Juby • Sam D. Yagan ’95 • Catherine R. Crawford ’09 • Dr. Mary Kalantzis •

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Ericsson Inc. • Nissan North America, Inc. • Fidelity Foundation Oracle • Corporate and Foundation Giving Lloyd A. Fry Foundation The Pentair Foundation Thank you to our corporations and foundations for your Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust Polk Bros. Foundation gifts to the IMSA Fund during the 2013 –14 fiscal year. GE Foundation • Rexam Inc. • • General Mills Foundation • • The Rock Island Community Foundation With your support, IMSA’s innovative programs that foster Goldman, Sachs & Co Matching Gifts • Salesforce.com Foundation imagination and inquiry served thousands of students Goodrich Corporation • SAP America, Inc. and teachers throughout Illinois and beyond! Google, Inc. • Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc. • • W.W. Grainger, Inc. • • Sephora USA, Inc. Legend: Hansen-Furnas Foundation, Inc. Spencer Foundation • The Harris Family Foundation • Sun Trading Solutions LLC • • Includes matching gifts IBM Employee Services Center Silicon Valley Bank • • Includes payments on pledges made in a previous year Illinois Tool Works Inc. SVB Foundation Intel Foundation • Takeda Pharmaceuticals JPMorgan Chase & Co. North America, Inc. • • JPMorgan Chase Foundation • Tellabs Foundation Anonymous (1) Samuel M. Cherry Memorial Kaplan, Inc. • Teza Technologies LLC • • Abbott Fund • Charitable Trust KJWW Engineering Consultants The Travelers Companies Foundation AbbVie Foundation • The Searle Funds at The Chicago Kraft Foods, Inc. • UBS • Alliance Data • Community Trust Kunaland Productions United Technologies • AllState Giving Campaign • The Clorox Company Foundation • Lone Pine Capital LLC • Upp Consulting, LLC • Ameriprise Financial CME Group Inc. Lundbeck, Inc. Verizon Foundation • AMSTED Industries Incorporated • • Cognolink Inc. The John D. and Catherine T. The Vitale Family Foundation Inc. Apple Matching Gifts Program • ComEd • MacArthur Foundation • The Washington Post Company • AT&T • Community Foundation of the Mattel Children’s Foundation Matching Wells Fargo Foundation Educational AT&T United Way Great River Bend Gifts Program • Matching Gift Program • Baxter International, Inc. • The Crown Family Maxx Products International, Inc. The Xilinx Community Fund, a corporate Blackwell Management Solutions • Dart Foundation William G. McGowan Charitable advised fund of Silicon Valley The Boeing Company The Nick DeWolf Foundation Fund, Inc. • Community Foundation • Boeing Gift Matching Program • Dillon Foundation Mentor Graphics Foundation • • Yahoo! Inc. • BP America Inc. eBay Foundation Matching Microsoft Corporation • • Your Cause, LLC-HP Company Match • Bright Funds Foundation Gifts Program • • Motorola Solutions Foundation • Caterpillar Inc. eBay Inc. Motorola Solutions, Inc. • Causecast Foundation Helen Thom Edwards Charitable Trust New York Life Foundation •

COMED, AN EXELON COMPANY ComEd has a strong tradition of community involvement—of committing its energy for the community. IMSA knows this well. While ComEd continued to financially support IMSA’s energy initiatives this year, ComEd employees also volunteered along- side IMSA students planting seeds and pulling weeds in a prairie in Oswego. Now that’s sustainable!

“I enjoy working alongside IMSA students. We learn a little about each other while doing a project that makes a difference. Experiences like these provide me with great confidence that our future is in good hands.” —Ross Hemphill, Vice President of Regulatory Policy & Strategy at ComEd, also the Vice President of the IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education Board of Directors

Brian Cudiamat ’96 Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Endowment Donors The Harris Family Foundation Thank you to the donors who supported the IMSA Bob, Margaret, Connor, Fund's endowments this fiscal year. Molly and Erin Hernandez Michael Keyton Michael Suh ’97 Tellabs Foundation

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An education at IMSA offers far more than conventional honors courses. Our talented faculty members offer IMSA students the opportunity to study with acclaimed scientists, scholars and entrepreneurs. Students explore questions of their own, champion their ideas for product development and make significant leadership contributions. The support the IMSA Fund receives from donors helps us continue this important work. By donating to the IMSA Fund, your gift helps guarantee IMSA’s future for the next generation of STEM talent.

Because of generous people like you, the IMSA Fund can: • Assist in student recruitment, especially in under-represented populations and areas • Upgrade campus facilities to create a more comfortable living and learning environment • Enrich the “home away from home” experience for IMSA students by providing monetary support for prom, graduation, Intersession and more.

We encourage you to become personally invested by financially supporting the IMSA Fund and we thank you for considering a gift. There are numerous ways to support IMSA’s mission.

Donate Online Your secure online donation can be made at www.imsa.edu/giving.

Donate by Mail or Phone Mail your donation to IMSA Fund at the following address: 1500 Sullivan Road, Aurora, IL 60506 or call us at (630)907-5040.

Become a Monthly Donor By giving a regular amount each month, your gift adds up to make an even bigger difference.

Make a Pledge A pledge can be paid over time in cash or stocks. Monthly, quarterly and other payment schedules are available.

Memorial and Honor Giving Celebrate the life of a friend or loved one by making a donation to the IMSA Fund in their honor or memory.

Employer Matching Gifts Many companies offer matching gift programs to encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations. Some provide matching funds to support employee volunteer hours. Most of these programs match contributions dollar for dollar, and some will even double or triple the amount of your gift. To find out if your company has a matching gift program, please visit www.imsa.edu/giving/matching-gifts.

Gifts of Securities A gift of securities may provide significant tax benefits to you as a contributor.

Planned Giving Planned giving is a great way for you to leave a legacy gift to IMSA. We can help you make gifts through a bequest, a trust agreement, life insurance and more. Learn how a donation may fit into your financial, tax, or estate goals.

We’d like to make it easy to donate in whatever way is most convenient for you. To make your gift or for additional questions or concerns, please contact the Development Office at (630) 907-5040 or email [email protected].

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James N. Hallick ’94 and Amy Downey ’89 and Phil Gartner Chulee Santilukka Hallick ’94 Bob Ducker and Beverly Bunch IMSA Fund Honor Roll of Donors Dr. and Mrs. Carl Heine Franz and Lucille Eckrich The fiscal year2014 Honor Roll of Donors recognizes Matt Hellige ’96 Susan K. Eddins the annual support of our donors by giving levels. Thank The Henikoff’s Mitchell Gordon ’89 and Andrew ’00 and Elizabeth Hoesley • • Karen T. Kiener ’89 you for your generous support of IMSA. Mana Ionescu Dr. Irfan Hafiz and Michele and David Joerg ’89 Dr. Nausheen Din Hafiz Legend: Eric N. Johnson ’94 and Ruth Goerger John and Susan Harness • Includes matching gifts Stan ’89 and Seonyoung Kim Michelle Hart ’92 and Dan Lee ’92 • • • Includes payments on pledges made in a previous year Usha Koganti Heartland Blood Centers John Koval ’05 • Michael and Lisa Hellman David Kung ’89 Ray and Barbara Herr • Samuel Kwan and Xiaoling Chen • Gerrad A. Holtz ’94 Titans ($100,000+) President’s Society ($2,500+) Gregor Leckie and Sylvia Carroll Carolyn and Bill Johnson AbbVie Foundation • Blackwell Management Solutions • Tanya Leinicke ’90 Trisha Jung ’91 • The Schwab Charitable Fund through Ms. Pamela O. Blackwell Alan ’94 and Christina Magerkurth • Dr. Mary Kalantzis the generosity of Steven ’96 and Scott and Marci Crawford • Saugar Maripuri M.D., M.P.H. ’99 and Terry and Brenda Kardatzke Jamie Chen Dillon Foundation Megha Maripuri, M.B.A. Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Kim Penney Fillmer and John Lorentzen Allen and Margaret Hensley • Thomas and Stephanie Marsh Michael H. Kim ’93 • The Harris Family Foundation • John ’89 and Jae Hoesley Max McGee and Jan Fitzsimmons • David A. Knol ’93 and Lora Knol • JPMorgan Chase & Co. Nancy and Herb Knight Eileen Murphy Vadim and Yelena Kontorovich • Jordan Miles Koss ’89 and Joe Nolan Mr. Kevin and Mrs. Theresa Kovach Founder’s Circle ($50,000+) Susan Kim Koss The Oh Family (Andrew Oh, ’89) Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krause The Boeing Company Paul and Judy Milano J. Orloff and Associates Inc. Surender Kumar and Seema Sodhi • Andrew Moth ’99 Andrew Beaver ’93 and Drs. Michael Kuna and Trailblazers ($25,000+) The Pentair Foundation • Renee Pazdan ’93 • Julie Nelson-Kuna Anonymous (2) John and Brooke Peoples James and Marlene Pearson • • Jon-Paul Leduc ’91 • Samuel M. Cherry Memorial SVB Foundation Jacob R. Plummer ’96 • Alexander Limson Charitable Trust The Swerbenski Family Al and Olga Pomella Emily Ling ’14 ComEd • Aaron Thompson ’99 and Jay Porter and David Smith Jim and Diana McNish Paul and Mary Finnegan Marina Sivilay ’99 Mr. Jay Prasad Vijay S. Menon ’90 Helen Thom Edwards Angie Tuglus ’94 and Charulata Ramaprasad ’95 and Barbara Miller Charitable Trust Mark McCarthy ’93 Kurt Krukenberg ’95 Bin Mu and Hailin Yan Illinois Tool Works Inc. The Vitale Family Foundation Inc. John B. Randall ’97 and Andrea Ngola ’97 • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keiser Donor Brook Haley Connie Jung Park M.D. ’01 and Advised Fund Innovators ($1,000+) Kurt Revis ’91 Brian Park ’01 Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Anonymous (2) • Andre Reynolds Aaron Parness ’00 William G. McGowan Charitable Pooja K. Agarwal ’01 and Chuck Kathy Rink ’89 and Mike Holm Jason Petsod’s Parents (2006) Fund, Inc. • Rickert ’98 The Rock Island Community Jeff and Jenny Phung • Motorola Solutions Foundation • American Chemical Society Foundation Kelly Jean Rabin ’98 and Kavin Arasi ’06 Ms. Ana Rodriguez, Esq Kevin Rabin Pioneers ($10,000+) Aziz and Wendy Asphahani Aalap Shah Dr. and Mrs. Frank Radosevich BP America Inc. Pramod Atluri ’94 Amanda Leonard Shanbaum ’96 Arkalgud and Jyotika Ramaprasad Caterpillar Inc. P.J. ’98 and Eric Balin-Watkins • Kenneth and Mary Spreitzer Ranjeet Rao ’97 The Crown Family Charles Ballowe ’97 Gabe Suarez ’90 • Erin Roche ’89 Steve Crutchfield ’93 Joe Beda ’93 Andrew Surasky and Victoria Diane Rose Mrs. Jean R. Finley Joe Born Gloria Ysasi-Diaz • • J. and Lauren Rosenthal Paul Galvin Memorial Michael and Jia Brezette Kim Taylor Marsha and Robert Rosner Foundation Trust James M. Browne ’91 Alexander C. Templeton Barry Schnorr ’98 Ross and Joyce Hemphill • Jerome Budzik ’95 and Anna Testa Richard R. Tung ’93 • George Schwartz ’92 Lundbeck, Inc. Dr. John Burke and Alex Weiner Brian A. Sebby ’96 Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall and Ms. Vicky Sroczynski Charles and Denise Yager Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sharpless Mr. Robert Marshall • Rachel J. Burrell-Nichols, Ph.D. ’94 and Jasen Yang ’96 Mrs. Yanhua Shi Polk Bros. Foundation Dewayne Nichols John and Janet Siemens SAP America, Inc. Mrs. Philip Cain Ambassadors ($500+) Ravi K. Singh ’95 Michael Suh ’97 • Dr. James and Mrs. Kathleen Carson Anonymous (2) Mr. Vikas and Mrs. Anuradha Sinha Tellabs Foundation Tom and Joan Castino Donna and Bruce Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Spitzer • Sam D. Yagan ’95 and Peter Zhe Chu ’94 • • Sachin Agarwal ’98 • Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Stillman Jessica Droste Yagan ’95 CME Group Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Sherriff Alli-Balogun Christopher T. Sukhaphadhana ’97 • Steve Collens Chris Andreoli ’94 and Jan and Susan Suwinski Benefactors ($5,000+) Community Foundation of the Denise Gee Steven and Barbara Terrell Christopher B Galvin Family Great River Bend Steven V. Anichini ’93 Anil Thacker and Vidya Kotecha Foundation Dart Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Armand Angela Marie Thelen ’97 and Brian M. Grunkemeyer ’94 • On behalf of Jacqueline Pearl (Steffen) Bud and Victoria Bergie Brent C. Spillner ’95 Hansen-Furnas Foundation, Inc. Dolan ’08 Dr. Sharon Brown-Haynes Suchon Tuly ’93 • Kapil Kamdar ’00 Jianming Dong and Yufeng Huang William Bunnelle and Leslie Evans • Jacek and Theresa Tyszkiewicz Ada ’90 and Alan Kumar Jane Fiala Matthew D. Carter ’07 Jared Wadsworth ’96 Winjie Tang Miao ’94 and Michael and Claudia Fisher Andrew Dali Chen ’96 Dave and Gina Zager In Memory of Darryl Miao Minu and Atul Garg Ernest Chu ’94 and Stephanie Chu Scott Zager ’06 E. Glenn & Rachel E. Rippie Dr. Stephen Gieser and Mr. John D’Arcy, Jr. United Technologies • Dr. Ruth Williams Decatur School District #61 Patrons ($250+) Cathy and Bill Veal Rajesh Govindaiah ’92 The Nick DeWolf Foundation Anonymous (6) Jarvis and Tracy Yeh Dr. Lee and Mrs. Jan Gurga (Margaret DeWolf) Mr. Reuel G. Abraham

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130577 IMSA Fall360Magazine.indd 16 11/10/14 1:57 PM Dr. Tunji and Mrs. Omolara Akintilo Leon Heller Alexander M. Scherer ’01 Brian Baker ’05 Omar and Ishiani Ali Steve and Judy Hennenfent The Honorable Jeffery and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baker Ameriprise Financial Vangie Hovermale • Dr. Linda Schielke Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Balogun Tod and Jeanne Balzuweit Jesse Hsu ’93 and Annie Chong Hsu Kyle Schirmann ’08 Bankole Family Lizz Bartos ’09 Fengling Hu ’15 Dale and Annette Schuh M. Rose Barlow ’96 Jacqueline Bauer Jennifer Hu ’10 Mr. Alexander Shabayev and Ms. Diana Tung Barnes ’02 and James and Maria Bayer Joe and Lane Hudgins Lyudmyla Ignatovych-Shabayev Jason Barnes ’01 Angwo Bian and Honmin Chen Vanessa Knapp Hughes ’93 Eunjoo Shin Jeanine M. Batterton ’96 Mr. Eduardo and Mrs. Alejandra Illinois State University John and Pamela Simmons Ravi and Dhana Bellamkonda Bistrain • Kraig ’95 and Sarah Jakobsen • Amy Courtin Sohl ’89 and David Sohl Mr. Leo Bellantoni Gabriel L. Black ’93 Hemanth Jasti ’05 George W. Su ’94 Sara Benson ’91 Kim and Jeff Boland-Prom Joe ’91 and Naomi Kestel Katerina A. Swanson ’96 • Katie Berger Brad Boyer ’94 Rajesh Keswani ’94 Nancy Young Tayui ’89 Julia de Caradeuc Bernd ’94 Gary and Julie Brown Michael Keyton Adam M. Theros ’93 and Kode Sham Bhat ’97 Bangji Cao Anne L. Kinderman ’95 Rachael Theros Jean Bigger Paul J. Capriotti ’89 and Kamal Kishore TranzAct Technologies, Inc. Susan and John Bisinger Cynthia Capriotti KJWW Engineering Consultants (Mike and Jean Regan) Dayanandam Bitra & Anantha Bitra Marsha Carter Paula and Chris Kubilius Kenneth and Barbara Valin Joanna ’90 and Neal Black Mrs. Patricia Cecil • Rosanna and Ray Lam The Walders Ann and Douglas Bongen Frederick W. Chen ’93 Belinda Langner • • John Wandolowski Kora Bongen ’04 Yong Chen ’02 Branson and Ann Lawrence Mr. Zhibi Wang, Mrs. Xiaoli Jiang and Kathleen (Ervin) ’96 and Samuel S. Choi ’89 and Karen Choi Eric J. Lee ’94 Amy Wang Jonathan Booth ’96 • Elizabeth Chung ’93 Mr. John Lee Sarah Warning ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Borecky Elizabeth Cohen ’97 Shawn Lewis and Theresa Szeto Jason Y. Wu and Yanling Tang Ms. Cathy Boren Kevin Cousins Xiubei Liao and Tong Shen Michael and Leah Xu Jonathan A. Bragg ’06 Wayne Cowlishaw and Mary Carhart Helen H. Lin ’91 and Chieh T. Cheung Qian and Qiang Yuan Catherine Breckenridge ’02 Ray Dames ’89 Zheng-Tian Lu and Diyang Wu Dr. Steven J. Zelman Susan (Pasnick ’96) and Jake Brinton Clay M. Dean ’92 Wei Luo ’07 Richard Zhang and Ling Zheng Michael H. Brody ’96 Daniel DeUgarte ’90 Rebecca Machalow ’98 • Weizhen Zhong ’04 Mr. Eric R. Brown Drs. Richard F. and Linda Y. Dods Mr. Efren and Mrs. Jovie Mangulabnan Richard and Michelle Bubulka Drs. Jared and Maryann Dorn Jeff ’00 and Lacey ’01 Associates ($100+) Dr. Mary Budzik Mykal Dortch ’02 and Kathleen Dortch (Langguth) Margolis Anonymous (29) Erik and Ketlen Bystrom Joe and Ida Dunham Mr. Miguel and Mrs. Aurora Marquez Deke Abbott William and Shannon Calice Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Dunham George and Gail Mavrogenes Mr. Mathew Abraham Timothy Campbell and Seung Shin Paul and Debra Eaton • Britta and Steve McKenna Lauren Abrahamson Louis Camras Patricia B. and Donald E. Elmore Jennifer Mo ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Adams • Paul and Rebecca Carlberg Brian ’93 and Rita ’94 Etscheid • Ash Morgan ’94 • Rob and Diane Adams Leonard Carlson and Helena Echols Joy and Gerry Fernandez Andrea (Lauterbach) ’94 and Mr. Lateef and Mrs. Virginia Adeleye Chris Caruso ’89 Mr. Gabriel Flores Scott Myers • • Olubunmi H. Ajayi ’08 Jim Castillo and Lisa Wu ’92 Jacob Foster ’04 Nneka and Ejikeme Obasi Ms. Maria Alcantar Dawn Cavagnetto • Jen Cha ’93 Alicia J. Chan ’03 Samantha Chan ’03 Gary and Laura Chandler WILLIAM G. MCGOWAN FUND The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund provided Satish Charo ’93 and Kathleen Tung Charo ’93 three years of funding to support IMSA Fusion Mr. and Mrs. Dong Chau for 4th–8th graders in East Aurora School District. Sridhar and Arathi Chelikani Ann H. Chen ’93 “I love to see the kids' enthusiasm when working Mi (Amy) Chen ’06 • with math and science. They are engaged Hongbo Chen and Lichun Xu Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Chen and really excited about learning. The teacher William Chen and Hai Hua Gong • training and equipping is a huge benefit, Yong Chen and Jizhen Zhou especially for our under-resourced schools,” Karen Chesley ’98 Nina Chinosornvatona ’96 and —Sherilyn Kingsbury, Trustee, William G. Phillip Kang Bob and Eun Choi McGowan Charitable Fund Mr. Swee Hock Choo and Mrs. Kiag Lian Chin Kevin T. Chu, Ph.D. ’94 and Anna Chiu, Ph.D. Dr. Arnold D. Chung ’94 David N. Franklin ’89 Rowena Torres-Ordonez Mr. and Mrs. Lyubomir Alexandrov Julie Ciota and Nathan Ciota • Mr. John and Roxanne Frey Ann Pan ’07 Paula and David Altekruse Linda L. Cline Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frey Jae Park and Hyunjung Kim Alaina M. Anderson ’93 Mattthew and Tracy Cluff Stu and Lisa Funderburg Jackie and Karen Parker Nikhil Agarwal ’01 Joaquin Cocjin Lauren and David Gordon Hemal V. Patel ’07 Arjunakani Arjunan and Matthew Cohen ’99 Gretchen E. Green, M.D., M.M.S. ’92 Bob Petersen ’94 Thangeswari Arjunakani Jocelyn Marie Collins ’94 Ed and Kim Griffith Douglas Pratt ’97 and Erin Skene-Pratt Dr. and Mrs. Kent Armbruster Timothy Collins and Shannon Price Groble Family Chris and Elizabeth Quigg Brianna Arrington, MD ’01 Melissa Comenduley ’90 Neal Groothuis ’97 Dr. and Mrs. Paul Reith Sanjay and Rajni Asija Michael and Susan Cooper Terrence J. Hall Family Richard and Janet Remiker Mr. Ramesh Atluri and Dr. Hima Atluri Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corrao Greg and Sharon Hatz Dr. and Mrs. James Rydland Dr. MG and Doris Aung Joseph and Joanne Costa

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Dr. Ron Cox John Curtis and Karen Mauldin-Curtis AVERAGE GOAL Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Xiaorong Cygan Doug and Deborah Czerwonka 30% Ezzat and Delores Dabbish Martin and Beth Daly 25% Bob and Debbi Daniel-Wayman Soph Davenberry ’89 Derek and Jackie Dearborn 20% Sharon ’03 and Michael DeCaro Zhimin and Yanping Deng Family 15% Lew and Linda Detweiler Courtenay Laryssa Diehl ’96 and 10% Benjamin Alan DeGraves Daihung Do ’91 Ms. Ruth Dover 05% George and Aria Dovgin Matt Drake ’06 00% Craig Drennan Arek D. Dreyer ’89 and 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 Heather Jagman Karen Druffel Katie Duncker ’97 Robert Dyas and Becky Lindgren-Dyas Rise To The Challenge: Giving by class John W. Ellingson ’89 and Antoinette Ellingson Have you ever wondered how your class compares to others in terms of giving back to Thomas and Kathryn Elliot IMSA? During the 2013 –14 fiscal year, alumni from every class year made a donation to David and Sheila Elston the IMSA Fund, collectively resulting in15% alumni participation. Congratulations to the Shawn and Christen Embry Julie May Eng ’00 charter class of 1989 for rising to the challenge to win this year’s class competition! Heidi ’95 and Anthony ’95 Engel Ryan Engelbrecht Please give each year and encourage your classmates to do the same. Every gift counts. James and Joan Engstrom Matthew and Sarah Erwin Timothy and Diane Etzkorn Alysia S. Evans, Esq ’91 and Cory Jay Evans Dr. Edwin and Ms. Linda Goebel William and Denyse Herrmann Leslie and Michael Juby Michele and David Evans Dr. Benjamin ’93 and Desiree Gold Algi Hill and Sylvia Stein Amanda Kabak ’92 Dr. Michael Evans and Ms. Maria J. Gomez Tom and Diane Hinterlong Adam Kalinich ’12 Ms. Suzanne Ginger Tingjian Gong and Dong Chen Jim and Joan Hocker David Kalinowski Tiernan L. Evans ’08 Meredith G. Good ’92 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hoesley Cliff S. Kane ’95 Dale and Carol Ewen Dr. Girish and Mrs. Shubhra Govind Thomas and Margarita Hoffman Jacqueline P. and Steve E. Kane • Dan and Linda Fane The Govind Family Mr. Roger Hohle and Dr. Helen Dane Meng Kang ’07 Si and Rebecca Fang Thomas J. Gower ’96 Mrs. Victoria E. Hollister Valdimir and Yulia Karpovich Megan Fast ’01 Sheila and Woodie Griffin James Holmes ’03 John and Kristin Kazenas Anne Catherine Feltovich ’99 Matt Groch ’93 Jane Meng and Haiping Hong Jim and Marlene Keenan Paul and Joan Feltovich Lee Groner Avery ’97 and Michael Hoppa Eric J. Keller ’95 Tian Feng and Baoyun Yin Mark and Gayle Grunberg Dave and Marian Hopper Kaamil Kemet and She She Imara Dilini Fernando ’99 Martha C. Guarin Hornbeck Family Dean Kessel Ms. Patricia A. Ferriter Drs. Bitthal and Meena Gujrati Matthew G. Horr ’93 Bernard and Sheila Kestel Mr. Ralph Flickinger Luis and Jacqueline Guzman Emily E. Hostetter ’92 and Timergali Khabiboulline Robert Forler ’05 and Samiyah Siddiqui Glen E. Hamman ’06 Timothy I. Meyer ’92 Ahsan and Anjum Khaja Joyce and Martin Fornek Wei Han and Rongjuan Yang Saunders Hsu, M.D. ’89 Alok Khuntia ’93 Aaron Foss ’99 Michael ’89 and Cathy Hancock Caiping Huang and Jian Yang Mr. John and Mrs. Kathleen Kiener Jayaraj Francis and Bindhu Varughese Charles and Robin Hannon Manxing Huang • Ms. Angela Kiess Jill and Steve Franks Andrew K. Harrison ’89 Miguel and Aleyda Huerta Francis N. Kim ’95 John and Kimberly Freund Ms. Elisher Harvey Mr. Conrad Iandola and Han Y. Kim ’94 and Aileen Kim Sarah Jane Frey ’92 Dr. Katherine M. Hashimoto ’90 Dr. Sonia Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Jason Kim Patrick and Emily Furlong Sikander Hayat Emmanuel and Bridget Imoukhuede Jason H. Kim ’91 Mary K. Gaillard Deana A. Haynes ’00 Gennady G. Ioffe ’95 Jennifer L. Kim ’95 and Jack Gall Mr. Gregory and Mrs. Sophia He Steven T. Isoye Benjamin Hellweg Ki J. Gang Kathy He and the Wu Family • Albert and Agnes Ito Toshio Kimura ’95 Sivaram Gangireddy and Jeffrey and Christina Heidrich August Jackson ’93 and Barry Clukey Brad and Laurie King Vijetha Gondipalle Mr. Michael and Dr. Cecilia Heiges Mr. and Mrs. Nitin Jain Kathleen A. King ’01 and Steve Raciti Mingshen and May Gao James and Paula Hellige Prasad and Sreelatha Jasthi Zachary and Patricia King Garcia Family ’96 & ’95 Tom and Ginny Helm Tony and Sheryl Jedlinski David ’95 and Amy ’95 Kinney Geronimo Garcia, Jr. and Dolores Mr. Jeff Hempstead and Gary and Mary Jewel Sandra L. Kirmeyer and Estrada-Garcia Dr. Camilla Hempstead Jane Jih ’99 and Eddy Chen Nathaniel Hausfater Michelle M. Garrison ’93 Dr. and Mrs. Leo Henikoff Zhongmin Jin and Ying Xiong Mr. and Mrs. Kiat Kitipongpatana Dr. and Mrs. Peter Geldner Cathy and Dan Herdeman Abigail Catherine Johnson ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Jack and Jill Ko Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Gerry Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hermes Drs. David Johnson ’00 and David and Anne Kodama The Getz Family Bob, Margaret, Connor, Molly and Lyn Wancket ’99 Kameswar and Suguna Kodavatiganti Rick ’89 and Jen Gimbel Erin Hernandez Michele Jonsson Funk ’90 Sushma Kola ’09 Jim and Sandy Giordano Ariel M. Herrmann ’97 Tashil Ju ’98 Adam and Trudy Konopka •

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Newell ’00 Ms. Karen Rubrich Dr. Vijaya Kumar and Michelle Malenke Penny and David Newton Paul and Kristin Rabideau Dr. Regina Xavior Kumar • Tariq and Cynthia Malhance Dalia Nilles Doraisamy and Mr. and Mrs. Dimtri Kuznetsov Princilla Mallory Vickie Nopachai ’94 Sharmila Radhakrishnan Anne Kwei ’06 Dr. and Mrs. Miles J. Maloney Clair Null ’97 Sudhakar Rajayohan and Erin Lales ’01 and Dean Lales ’01 Timothy Mangan and Karen Sample Joseph and Lisa O’Brien Malarvizhi Sudhakar Sarah L. Lambert ’03 Jeremy and Donna Manley Michael and Barbara O’Brien Rajan Rajbhandari ’91 Sam Lao Elliot L. Margul ’09 Mr. William and Mrs. Donna Oberhardt Karen Rakers-Dowd ’94 Robert Andrew Larson ’90 Elise A. Marifian ’07 Angela Oehlerking ’01 Ravi Ramakrishnan and Sabrina Lato ’13 Walter and Shirley Massey Mr. and Mrs. Hayri Onal Radhika Srinivasan Julie Lauffenburger ’03 Sanford and Jenine Mathias Joy R. Ott ’92 Benjamin and Maria Ramirez Erin Lawrence ’01 and Robin May-Davis ’90 Maria Pacana ’99 Rich Ramsey Noah Alan Cook Allen ’90 and Carey ’90 Mayer Joselito and Diana Pacheco Brian and Evelyn Randall Lucinda Lawson ’98 and Joshua Miller Tiffany Mayo-Chambers ’99 Scott E. Page ’09 Sumit and Archana Ray William Lawson ’05 Susan G. McAdams ’89 and Edward Palacios and William and Celestine Reda • • Samanth Laxman and Kevin B. McAdams Angela Aeschliman Thomas Reed and Jayashree Kumar Jessica McAlear ’00 Michael and Lynnette Palmisano Crystal Momon-Reed Kornelia Lazarski ’05 John Philip McFerrin ’98 Lingyun Pan and Wen Ye Sendhil Revuluri ’90 and Gaynold and Juvy Leano David and Monica McGovern Daniel Pape ’91 Venu Gupta, J.D. Mr. and Ms. Chung-Chieh Lee William McGrail Hansa and Kiran Parekh Scott and Sherry Reynolds Ivan Young Lee ’01 Deckle and Pamella McLean Pariti Family Jason Ribando ’90 Mr. Jason and Mrs. Lu Lee Jennifer Zimmerman McMillan ’93 and Junhyan and Inwha Park Jay and Jane Rich John and Grace Lee Scott McMillan Dr. Paul and Mrs. Jongmi Park Katherine ’00 and Kyung-Un and Seon Lee Dara and Gloria Meas Tom Parkin and Tibby Murphy Annabelle ’00 Richard Michelle Sangmee Lee ’03 Amy Patricia Meek ’98 Amit Patel and Vaishali Shah Gerard and Elizabeth Rickert Mr. Pui Mun Lee and Dr. Lan Li Darshan H. Mehta ’94 and Mahendra and Jyotsna Patel Alex and Leticia Rivera Richard J. Lee ’98 • Swati Darshan Mehta Mikin Patel ’04 Minji Ro ’02 Mr. Lewis and Patricia Lehnhardt Parthiv Mehta ’92 Parimal and Nishita Patel Carol Robinson and Art Gould Erica Leifheit-Limson ’01 and Dr. and Mrs. Sukumaran K. Menon Suresh and Minal Patel Jason Rock ’08 Kent Limson ’01 Larry and Brenda Miller, and William Paterson ’95 Timothy Roderick ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leonard Keegan Miller ’04 Mary B. Patterson Natasha Rodgers ’97 Youngsuk and Manvika Lertratanakul • Brian Mirous ’96 Kent and Amy Paul Benjamin V. Rodrigues ’07 • Jason and Jillian Leslie Gokula Mishra Matthew R. Pearl ’94 and Connie Hsu Paul and Susan Rodriguez Rich and Esther Levey Mr. John and Mrs. Gail Mitchell Tony Pechi Myra and Rommel Rodriguez Demmaree Lilley Li ’94 • Dr. Yin Yuan Mo and Paul and Cynthia Pederson Matthew and Tracey Rossi Ernest Liang ’90 and Leelila Strogov Mrs. Wuhua Sun Greg Peloquin Erik ’89 and Gloria Rothbaum Min Liang and Shaolin Wang Kara L. Molenhouse Ronald and Kathy Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rotskoff Jack and Brenda Lilley Kirsty Montgomery and Amy Peterson ’04 Mr. Mark Ruffin• Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Pamela Lisk Chris Hasselbring Cari L. Peterson ’09 Jaime Salas and Leticia Salas-Terrazas Jordan Litvak and Ruta Kulys Litvak Camille Moore ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Peterson Salesforce.com Foundation Ariel Liu ’09 The Moos Family Charise Pettit-Shartle ’01 Mike and Judi Salkas • Dr. Guang Liu and Mrs. Sunny Chen Christopher and Diane Moreno Joe and Mischelle Pfeiffer Sarah Sanders ’01 Joseph Liu ’03 Jill Mosshamer Mr. Jose Philip and Mrs. Maria Mathai Mr. and Mrs. Nitin Sarode • Dr. Zhiwei Liu and George and Wilma Muckom Srinivasa and Rajani Pidaparti Sushant Satpathy and Ipsita Mahapatra Mrs. Zhenghong Hou Mihai and Liliana Murarus Tony Pira ’90 Ernest and Denise Schirmann Hweimin Valerie Lo • Sivakumar Muthuswamy and Mr. Socrates Ponnusamy and Brandon Schlesinger ’99 Kelly and Brad Lofgren Anupama Ramamurthy Mrs. Sujatha Socrates David and Denise Schuster David P. Loveland ’06 Mary Jane Myers Babu and Sudha Prasad Garrett and Tamara Scott Robert and Sarah Loviska Zsolt Nadas ’99 Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Julia Pusey • • Polina A. Segalova, Ph.D. ’01 Kevin Lu and Aixin Li Scott and Anne Nagro David Qasem ’05 David and Stella Senning Mr. Jeong-Yun and Mrs. Hyejoung Seo Sephora USA, Inc. Mr. Anil and Mrs. Anjna Sethi Mr. Nilesh and Mrs. Beena Shah “IMSA has afforded me a remarkable number of opportunities for Urvi Shah ’03 • educational and career growth. Though I did not realize it at the time, David and Rebecca ’02 Shane Mr. Ravi and Mrs. Vidhya Shanker the things that I learned at IMSA will continue to reap dividends Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw throughout my career. I give back to IMSA with my time and finances, Dr. Salman Sheikh and because I want others to have an opportunity to experience such a Dr. Anoosh Salman Chandra and Archana Shekara diverse and challenging educational environment.” Steve and Bonnie Sherwin Mr. Rengchao Shi and Mrs. Luis Feng —Reginald Champagne ’02 Dr. Xiaofa Shi and Mrs. Chunyun Liu Xu Shi and Xiang Yang Dr. Dongil Shin and Mrs. Eunsook Park Megan L. (Mandernach) Shober ’95 •

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Jason W. Siefferman ’99 • Jaime Erin Devereaux Wiley ’98 Ann Simmons Brian and DaWana Williamson IMSA BOARD OF Ajay and Shalini Singh • Lonzell ’90 and Judy Wilson BUSINESS & TRUSTEES AND Kelly Wojcik Smith ’90 • Randall Winans FOUNDATIONS IMSA FUND BOARD Lisa M. Smith ’90 and Dustin Smith Vida Winans OF DIRECTORS Mr. and Mrs. Rajendra Sonarikar Arthur Wojtowicz Wit ’02 • FRIENDS Mr. and Mrs. John Sosa ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Derek E. Wolfgram ’89 ALUMNI Steve and Linda Spencer In Memory of Colin ’08—Dan, Angela, FACULTY & STAFF Austin T. Spread ’96 and Ryan ’05 & Rory Woods Mayumi Spread Mr. Howard Wu and Mrs. Guowen Zhu Mr. Raghuram Srinivasan and Irene I. Wu ’94 and Adam Dunn STUDENTS Mrs Rohini Raghuram Jane Wu Alka and Amit Srivastava Mark Wu ’91 and Yvonne Hao ’91 Karen Stallman Mr. Wei Wu and Ms. Guanhua Qian Phil Stanton ’03 Xuanhong Wu and Yanping Shen • Daniel and Paula Steimel Yawen Wu and Tianying Jiang Harrison Stein ’03 Xiaoliang Xu and Kathy Cai Andrea Stonecipher ’90 and Family Guna Yerrabolu ’15 PARENTS Meichen and Kevin Stonecliffe Young and Soo Yom OF ALUMNI Paul Strasma ’94 A. Clay Young ’89 and Monica Cline Sabrina ’98 and Andy Streagle Jiang Yuan and Shufang Hua James and Gloria Studnicka David Yung ’89 Winston Su and Linfang Zhu Matt Zanon ’97 Mr. Roberto Suarez Mr. Wei and Mrs. Young Zeng Patricia A. Sullivan ’95 Richard Zhang ’06, Vivian Zhang ’12, PARENTS OF CURRENT Tracey Sullivan-Covert Jiao Zhang and De Yang • STUDENTS Nelasari Sumali Mr. Yan Zhu and Mrs. Ying Qin Sheng Sun and Jie Ma Linda and Christopher Zillner • Christopher E. Szucko ’03 Marisa Zuskar ’99 WHO GIVES TO IMSA? Mike S. Tae ’93 Brian Tao Supporters (Up to $99.99) The success of IMSA depends on donations at every level, Dr. Michael and Mrs. Heidi Tartaglia Anonymous (43) • coming from those who are closest to IMSA. Thank you to Adam Taylor ’90 Phillip and Dana Abraham Dr. and Mrs. Rogers Taylor Peter Adamczyk ’98 the record-breaking 1, 9 92 donors who supported the IMSA Chris Tessone ’00 and Sue Massey ’01 Michael Adams ’14 Fund in 2013 –14. Prakash Thimmapuram and John Frederick Bart Addison ’01 Sasidevi Buchupalli Anjali Adukia ’96 Kim and Kevin Thomas Prachi Aggarwal ’14 Glenys A. Thorstenson ’92 Purusharth Agrawal ’91 Bruce and Barb Tietz Pedro Luis Aguirre ’09 To Family Yaw B. Agyemang ’96 Erik S. Baly ’07 and Samantha Baly Joseph Bonomo ’91 and Ellyn Stewart Brendan Todt ’02 Joshua-Paul Ajayi ’14 Evan Balzuweit ’10 Kent Borecky ’00 Andrew Torres ’98 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Akstins • Susan and Russell Banjavcic Tom and Dina Bradley Richard Tsai ’90 and Cecilia Tsai Jacob Akstins ’14 Janine Barajas Kevin and Laura Brady ’89 Anthony Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Ali Aktan Cathy and Randy Barnes Jessica (Yokley) Brand ’99 Michael S. Turner and Barbara Ahlberg Susan Albrecht Dani Barstad ’93 Doug and Charlene Brandt Matt Unterman ’93 Simone Alexandrova ’14 Deneb Bates ’94 Donna, Cameron ’09 and Duncan ’13 Gaurav A. Upadhyay ’96 and Mr. and Mrs. Jose T. Almeida Ms. Mavis Bates Breedlove Smita Singh Cindy Almond ’00 Chelsey Bayer ’06 Terry and Debra Broadwater Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Urbanski Shadrach and Veronica Amegashie Mrs. Julie Bayless Mr. Joseph Broomes Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vago Jacob Ament ’97 and Connie Ellis Ament Christopher Beck ’92 and Dr. Sandra Boyce Broomes Stephen and Tammy Valentine American Endowment Foundation Nicole P. Aranas ’93 Ayun Brown ’13 • Richard and Frances Vaughan Michelle Anderson ’97 Donald and Lorraine Beers Mrs. David Brown Armando and Terri Vega Charlene Angeles ’14 Marilyn McConachie Bellert Barbara A. Buchthal ’93 Tom and Janet Veihman Cindy Angpraseuth ’11 Steven P. Benario ’04 Will and Jody Buergey Anupam Verma Ashok Arjunakani ’14 Henry A. Bene ’93 and Wendy Bene Chelsy Ann Buffat ’92 The Vimawala Family • Mark Armantrout ’89 Jennifer L. Bennett ’10 Jordan McNair Burdinie ’05 David Alan Walker ’00 • Michael and Allyn Armour Michael and Charlotte Bennett Vicki and Tony Burgholzer Christopher Walsh and Ellen Kaplowitz Rebecca L. Arnal ’89 Rachel Benoit ’92 Charles and Judith Burke Mr. Ching-Tung Wang and Ms. Julie Shi Randy and Virginia Arnold Samuel Berger ’07 Christopher C. Burke ’93 and Claire C. Wang, M.D. ’93 Wendy Arrington-Kleczewski and Rachel Bergherm ’14 Dawn Burke Zhenyong Wang and Xiaozhu Pan Daniel Kleczewski Dr. Harry and Mrs. Deborah Berman Claire Burke Dr. Jesse and Mrs. Brid Wardlow Tasha Arvanitis ’11 • Judy and Beniedick Bernardo Lauren Burke ’14 Alice C. Watson ’90 and Peter Watson Tim and Donna Aspy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bernier Susan Meredith Burt Suzanne Weber, M.D. ’91 Aylesworth Family Shreyas Bhat ’03 • Isiah Butler ’14 Raymond Wee ’94 and Ann Wee Maciej ’97 and Christina Bruley ’97 Ethan Bian ’14 Brian ’89 and Michelle Markey ’90 Dale and Kim Weitekamp Babinski Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bieniek Butler Daniel Wenny and Wendy Gibbons The Bacani Family Andre Bistrain-Diaz ’13 • Flora Cai Bayly Wheeler ’00 Quintin and Tiffany Backstrom Mr. Walter and Marlys Black Carol and Roy Candler James and Kayla Wheeler Gultekin and Diana Badur Mr. and Mrs. Leland J. Blain Grace Cao ’12 • Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Mehmet G. Badur ’09 Justin Edward Blanchard ’02 Leonard Cao and Anita White Christine Bail Sarah Blanco ’14 Phuong-Thao Nguyen Dr. Herman B. White Kandyce Baker David and Allison Boldridge Mr. and Mrs. Allen Carlson Damian M. Wiest ’94 Karen Ballinger ’95 Jorrell R. Bonner ’07 Colleen Caro ’94

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Kourtney Hodges ’14 Margaret Kessel Mack Lee ’14 Marco Medina ’14 Jennifer Hoelzer ’14 Arshia Khan ’01 and Jeremy R Boyens Norman Y. Lee ’94 Anna Melberg ’14 Heather Anne Hoff ’07 Elaine C. Khoong ’03 Dave and Bonnie Leemans Mary Mench Erica Hogan ’01 Arnold Kim Ryan Leemans ’14 Cristina Menchaca ’14 James M. Holmes ’03 Nicholas Kim ’03 • Sophie Legan ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mercado Jia Hong and Qing Liu Sun Joong Kim ’14 Grant and Marie Leljedal Dr. Carol Mertz Jianqing and Suethei Hong Taeyoung Kim ’14 Carol Letner Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Muriel Messer Dr. and Mrs. Marc Horn Yong and Hee Kim Leung Family Eva Marie Meyer ’13 • Isheng Hou ’14 Tamora Kimmitt '91 Stephanie L. Lewis ’02 Katja Meyer ’98 Derek A. Houston ’98 and Michele Kinama ’14 Arthur Li ’14 Linda E. Meyer Jami Lea Houston Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Kinder • Evan Hanlei Li ’14 Hugh Michael and Shahnaz Sultana Katherine Lorentzen Hove ’01 Al ’92 and Kim ’91 Kinsella Grace Li ’13 • Michael Mikulka, Jr. ’05 Alisha G. Howell ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Ravi Kiran Mr. Henry Li and Ms. Lucy Lu Hannah Miller ’12 • Dr. Alan Hsu ’93 Ujwal Kiran ’14 James Yanqing Li ’00 and Lijing Du Jacob Miller ’11 • Jonathan Hu ’14 Pirapat Kitipongpatana ’14 Judy Xiaoyue Li ’14 Jim and Sue Miller • Michael and Holly Huang Rebecca Lynn Kleina ’14 Kevin Li ’14 David Byung Min ’96 and Julianna Hulina David H. Klempner ’02 Andrew Liang ’14 Megan Moore Donohue Eric Nels Hultgren ’08 Christen Klochan ’99 Mr. Zhigang and Mrs. Amy Liang Kathryn Amanda Misner ’95 and Nathan Huxtable ’14 Dr. and Mrs. Robert Knol Mr. and Mrs. Rogelio Limon Matthew Misner Robert and Ellen Huxtable Taylor Knopf ’14 Elizabeth Lin ’97 Jill Mitchell ’89 David E. Ignacio ’01 • Knopf Family Sharon S. Lin ’95 Prabhat and Shiva Mittal Areto Imoukhuede ’95 Barbara Kobernat Mr. William Lindemann and Erma Mladenova ’14 Kayla Ingram ’14 Jeff Kobernat Dr. Ruth Lindemann Vinod and Manjula Mody Nicholas Inocencio ’16 Tanya E. Kobyluk ’91 • David Lisk ’14 Jess Monigal ’14 Matt Isoda ’02 Jonathan Koch ’08 Gina Liu ’14 Mr. John and Mrs. Roselle Monigal Aarti Israni ’05 William and Betsy Komerska Tony Jiehua Liu ’07 Michael and Jennifer Moore Fred Iutzi ’97 Steven Kosvick ’14 Mr. Wei Liu and Mrs. Chunhua Zhao Roger and Therese Moore Margaret Jacobs ’93 Jakob Josef Kotas ’05 Andrea Llenos ’00 Valerie Anne Moore ’14 Gabriel William Jacobson ’04 Ankur Kothari ’97 and Kerri M. Lockhart ’95 Colette Moos ’14 Jessica Jacobson ’03 Guinevere Kothari • Dr. and Mrs. Sundaram Logaraj Carrie and Kurt Moranz Mr. Olivet Jagusah and Srisha Kotlo ’14 Itzel Lopez ’13 • Nicholas P. Morley ’00 Mrs. Sheila Doak Karen and Sheil Kottkamp George Lu ’97 Robert Morphis and Heidi Hietanen Ankit Jain ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Jerzy Kowal Lucy Lu ’01 Brian and Victoria Morrical Himanshu and Payal Jain Milosz Jerzy Kowal ’14 Zouyan Lu ’02 Mallory Arnell Morris ’02 Shreya Jain ’14 Ms. Dorothy Krett Ms. Tiffany Lyles Stanley Morris Sanjay and Sonal Jaiswal Alarmel Gita Krishnaswamy ’96 Chelsea Lynn ’02 and Erin Maiero Allison Morrow ’11 Jesse T. Jang ’02 Jacob Kronenberg ’14 Avram J. Lyon ’02 and Mr. Gary Morrow and Ms. Elisa Dressler Jinit and Pankti Jani Ray and Janice Krouse Aygul Gimranova Lyon Luann and William Moth Chandana Jasti ’03 Anna Kathy Kryczka ’14 Alex Y. Ma ’08 Mr. Narender and Mrs. Savita Mothkur Kumar Javvaji ’97 and Nicole Javvaji Kristen Ksepka ’14 Corinne A. Madsen ’11 Shruthi Mothkur ’14 Jill Jeffe ’00 JaEun Ku and Yoon Lee Raymond A. Magee, Jr. ’01 Rebecca Joan Mundell ’92 William and Monica Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Krishna Kumar Matthew and Diane Magerko Alexander Bartolo Muñoz ’10 The Jian Family Saurabh Kumar ’14 Wanda Mahoney ’93 Mr. Bartolo Muñoz and Ben Johnson ’96 Sharad S. Kumar ’05 • Aranza Maldonado ’14 Mrs. Cecylia Muñoz Glenn and Louise Johnson Sneha Kumar ’03 Fernando and Matilde Maldonado Jonathan Muñoz ’11 Kim and Ken Johnson Usharani and Mohan Kumar Kathleen Theresa Malinowski ’03 Jose and Ana Muratalla Dr. and Mrs. Steven C. Johnson Mr. Kevin J. Kunstman Meg McConnell Mall ’97 and Sam Mall Maliha A. Mustafa ’00 Terry and Sue Johnson Mark Kuruc Jenna Maloka ’05 Kyle Pierce Naff ’01 Derek and Angela Jones Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kusoro Madilyne E. Fogarty ’01 Vaisak O. Nair ’10 Benjamin A. Jorns ’03 Patrick Kutz ’94 Kristen Mancini ’14 Akhil Narang ’00 • Mr. and Mrs. Chanda Joshi Andrew Kuznetsov ’14 Earl Mangulabnan ’14 Somasundaram Narayanan and Soon Yung Jun and Seon H. Jun Eun Maria Kuznetsov ’14 Greg M. Manning ’89 • Geetha Somasundaram William and Barbara Jung Joanne Kwak ’14 Anthony Marquez ’14 Vishesh Narayen ’00 • Kady Family Mr. David and Mrs. Anna Kwan Mr. Jozef and Mrs. Elizabeth Marszalik Gangadhar and Sobha Narla Mohamed Kady ’14 Jasmine Akinyi Kwasa ’09 Karla Marszalik ’14 Heidi Neal ’02 Adam Kalinich, ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kwiecien Mrs. Susan Martin Jean Catherine Near-Ansari ’91 and Mr. Sudhir and Mrs. Kavitha Kallu Jennifer Kwon ’14 Helmer and Betty Martinez Naveed Near-Ansari Ronald Kambach Jacob Lahr ’12 • Gina Martyn ’90 Philip Nebres ’14 Kirit and Urmila Kamdar Ben Lai ’99 Jack and Lauren Mastrud Luke L. Nelsen ’08 Sunjay Karan and Kanchan Mala Ming-Long and Gina Lam Bryan and Jane Mathie John A. Niebruegge ’96 and Vandana Karan ’14 Elizabeth N. Lampe ’02 Kyson Joseph Mathieu ’08 Amanda Christine Niebruegge Anton Karpovich ’14 Andrew Blake Langan ’02 Mark and Deborah Matthews Mr. Fernando Noriega and Kauffman Family • Ian C. Langan ’07 Tara Melissa McConkey ’89 Mrs. Jacinta Theobald The Lee A. Kaufman Family Meghan ’02 and Joe ’02 Langan Paul and Shannon McDermott The Department of Leadership, Sam Kaufman ’13 • Mr. Michael and Mrs. Carolyn Langan Erica McEvoy ’99 • Educational Psychology and Vivasvat Kaul ’03 Carissa Lao ’14 Kevin McHugh ’05 Foundations at Northern Illinois Jim and Jean Keeney Ted and Sara Larkin Ian S. McInerney ’11 University Ms. Sandra J. Kehl A. Leahy William Keith McIntosh Dr. Luis Núñez Omkar Kelkar ’14 Lakhena Leang ’14 Cynthia (Westphal) McKendall ’92 Mr. Terry and Agnes Nunn Loretta M. Kelly ’99 Christy Lee ’92 John and Beverly McKeown Gregory Tremel O’Bannon ’14 Susan E.J. Keown ’00 and Hankyul Lee ’14 Caitlin McMahon James J. O’Donnell ’96 Brice S. Keown Jeanne Lee, M.D. ’03 Damon and Terra McParland The O’Reilly Family Ravi K. Kesari ’07 Jessica Lee ’14 Sarah L. McPike ’07 Jameson O’Reilly ’14 Elizabeth Darr Keserauskis ’94 Kristen Ann Lee ’09 Antonio Medina and Monica Segura Ocola Family

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130577 IMSA Fall360Magazine.indd 22 11/10/14 1:57 PM Georgianne Oman Nancy and Gary Railaenu Ravinder Sahota ’00 Carlene and David Smith Carlo J. Ordonez ’02 David H. Raileanu ’04 Satoe Sakuma ’11 • Vimig Socrates ’14 Eric Ordonez ’12 • Vijay Rajagopal ’99 • Chuck ’93 and Lisa Saletta Cliff '92 and Jen Sodergren Amy Leigh Orsborn ’03 Kavita L. Ramakrishnan ’03 • Roman and Kristine Salij Saigopal Somasundaram ’14 Anthony Ortiz ’14 Yvette Ramirez ’14 Rasleen K. Saluja ’04 Stephanie Ting-Ting Song ’06 Mr. and Ms. Mario Ortiz Gouthami Gudur Rao ’08 Mr. and Ms. Venkateswarlu Sama Thomas and Christine Song Sue E. Ouellette Saieesh Rao ’13 • Ricardo Sanchez and Alicia Jimenez Jennifer M. Soriano ’93 Maria Padilla-Sawyers Deborah Linksvayer Rash ’94 and Natasha D. Sansone ’06 Lynn Sosa-Bergeron ’94 Jim J. Pai ’96 John Rash Murali and Shailaja Santhanam Samantha E. Spalding ’06 • Nitya Sri Pariti ’14 Beth and Tom Rasmussen Shreya Santhanam ’14 Eric and Michelle Sparks Deborah Yae-Jung Park ’14 Vignesh Ravi ’14 Sidanth Sapru ’10 Megan Leigh Spencer ’98 Jean R. Park ’03 Pamela Rawe ’95 Arjun Sarode ’14 Mathew and Eva Spinks Matt Park ’14 Joseph Reda ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sartain Maya Srikanth ’00 Nahee Park ’14 Sankeerth Reddy ’14 Kevin T. Satler Ray ’93 and Jane Stadt Mr. and Ms. George Parks Patrick and Deirdre Redington Sreyesh Satpathy ’14 Mr. Richard Stalmack Priya H. Khetarpal ’01 Alison Nicole Reiheld ’93 John and Ann Satter Simona Stancov ’15 David M. Stears ’00 Stegmeyer-Robackouski Family Wendy and Tom Stratton Joe and Sherri Strullmyer THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE CALL Anthony J. Stuckey ’89 Donations raised through the phonathon fund programs to directly support IMSA students Mr. and Mrs. Bum K. Suh Jason and Michelle Suh and urgent needs of the academy. Your support is greatly appreciated! The Fall Phonathon Michelle Suh ’12 • runs through December 18; Spring 2015 dates to be announced. Ramona Sullivan Stephanie Sullivan ’03 Anitra Sumbry ’01 Brenda Sumbry Yuchen D. Sun ’09 Ashok and Neelima Paruchuri Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reinke John Robey Satter ’14 Mr. Rajesh Sundaran and Sandeep Paruchuri ’08 • Hannah Celene Reiser ’09 Sajishnu Savya ’14 Mrs. Rekha Rajesh Dr. Phadmakar A. Patankar Paul and Vicki Remy Elizabeth Schaefer ’97 Mr. Kalyanasubbu Sundaravelu and Neel Patel ’12 • Dr. Kangtai Ren and Ms. Dongyi Li John Schaefer ’00 Dr. Roselin Arunachalam Mr. Pravin and Mrs. Kokila Patel Xueyang Ren ’14 Andrew Schell ’14 Poornima Sundaravelu ’14 Ram Patel ’14 Kristin and George Reyes David and Kristi Schell Michael Sunu ’00 Ruchi Patel ’14 Jeremy Reyes ’02 Erin S. Schillie ’94 and John Schillie Laurie Sutherland Viveka Patel ’13 • Monica Reynolds ’04 Erin ’02 and Kevin ’02 Schlee Sherry Sutphen • Bruce and Sue Paterson Tony and Angela Richardson Dr. Jacob and Dr. Rebecca Schlee Christopher Swan ’96 Carole Pechi Kevin J. Richter ’89 and Alisa Richter Randy Schlesinger Erica N. Switzer ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Fortunato Pena, Sr. Aracelys Rios Christian and Paula Schmidling Heather Taff ’04 Fortunato Pena, Jr. ’92 Andrew Jeffrey Ritchie ’08 Lindsey Schobert ’09 Sai Talluru ’14 David and Luzelena Perez Shailushi Baxi Ritchie ’94 • Scott and Jolene Schroeder Steven Tan ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Ventura Perez Siris R. Rivas ’00 Addison Lang Schwaller ’14 Van T. Tang ’95 David Perkins ’97 • Douglas P. Robinson ’02 and Travis Russell Scott ’14 James Tao ’14 Toni Petersen Crystal Robinson Chuck and Laurice Sears Israel Tapia-Paramo ’95 Greg and Sabrina Petesch Sheri D. Robinson ’93 Christopher M. Sedlack ’92 Monty and Patrice Tarr Kyle Petesch ’14 Mr. and Mrs. David Rock Ms. Mary Seegers Donald and Sheila Taylor Jamie Pflasterer ’94 Matthew ’00, Timothy, ’03 and Jessica R. Senning ’02 Adam E. Tenhouse ’07 Joseph Phan ’05 Jennifer ’09 Roderick Frances Seo ’14 The Tennenhouse Family Robert and Kathy Phillips Aimee Wilczynski Rodriguez ’99 Alexander P. Serrano ’04 Eugene Terry Jenson Phung ’14 Mariela Rodriguez ’12 • Abhishek Sethi ’14 Rachel Thain ’14 Anne Pipathsouk ’09 Tito Rodriguez ’04 Carrie Sha ’13 • Rakesh and Falguni Thakkar Alexandra Plattos ’07 Frank and Elisabeth Rogers Amer and Deborah Shah Lou and Mary Theodor Patrick Sullivan Polk ’01 Michelle A. Rogers ’06 Ami Shah ’04 Angelika Thomas Arthur J.J. Pope, Ph.D. ’01 Mr. Joshua and Mrs. Nancy Rolock Ankur H. Shah ’94 and Marissa Rubio John Reginald Thompson ’01 Atene Sotera Poskute ’14 Andrea Ronkowski ’00 Bansi N. Shah ’06 Jennifer Tietz ’97 Donald and Michelle Potempa Christina Rosenmeier ’93 Sunny Shah ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Timm Jen Poulsen ’03 and Joe Bagley Daniel Rosenthal ’14 Joan Shang ’13 Kelly Cahill Timmons ’89 Michael Tyler Pradaxay ’14 Aldo M. Rossi ’10 Shreya Shanker ’14 Lynette To ’14 Sysounanh and Pattarawadee Pradaxay Isabella T. Rossi ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Randy Shaw Aaditya Tolappa ’12 • Paul Gregory Pressley ’01 Isolina R. Rossi ’10 Bo Shi ’08 Bharath Tolappa Rep. and Mrs. Robert W. Pritchard Vincent J. Rossi ’08 Susie Shin ’14 Drs. Deepti ’95 and Veeral Tolia Dwan LaMar Prude ’97 and Mitch Roth, Wilma VanScyoc and Woohyun “Tony” Shin ’14 Marge Tomasik LaChelle Dione Prude Nate Roth ’06 Alan Shramuk ’12 • Shruti Topudurti ’14 Sagar Punhani ’14 Donald Rousser Maxwell Shramuk ’16 Amanda Jean Townsend ’04 Brianna Pusey ’14 Alison Ruddy ’01 • Dr. and Mrs. Deepak Shukla Rasesh and Pinky Trivedi Sarah Puttarat ’14 Melcolm Xavier Ruffin ’09 Si Si ’11 • Mr. Dennis Tsai Mr. Ang Qian and Ms. Qianlu Li Ben Rugg ’99 Maximiliano Silvestre ’06 • Jeffrey Tucker ’14 June Qian ’14 Sandy and Ken Ruksakiati Daniel Brian Sinars ’92 and Juris and Velga Turlais Mr. Jorge A. Quero, Sr. Mrs. Karen Ruscitti Cindy Renee Sinars Phil and Clemencia Turner Dr. Saleem and Mrs. Shahana Qureshi Pratyush Rustagi ’14 Suraj Sinha ’14 Mr. Carl Tyler Benjamin Rabe ’14 Rabeah S. Sabri ’02 Ben ’93 and Kelly Siron Jeremy Tyszkiewicz ’14 Alexandra Sasha Rahlin ’04 and Joseph Sachleben and Nighet Razvi Robert and Cathlene Slowikowski Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Unterman Justin Michael Curry Kavitha Sagi ’98 David and Barbara Smiley Vaibhav Upadhyay ’03

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Tony Vadakumchery ’14 Rebecca D.G. Wassell ’94 and Jonathan Wilson ’96 Charles Yoon Aruna and Padmanabha R. Vaitla Charles S. Wassell Adrienne Winans ’99 Kristine Yoon ’14 Sarah Valentine ’14 Winn W. Wasson ’01 Alyssa L. Winans ’08 Vanya Yorgova ’12 • Luke J. Valentino ’96 Tiffanie Waterford ’97 Mateusz Wojtaszek ’14 Valerie A. Young ’08 Lia Ann Vallina ’14 Janice and Rick Watson Jason Wong ’92 Aaron Yu ’14 Prof. Constance Van Brunt The Watson Family (Shannon ’92) Linus Wong ’99 Yisong Yue ’01 Laurie Van Hulle Joseph Weinrich ’14 Pius D. Wong ’01 Kenneth Yun ’14 Chutchai and Chadaporn Mr. Robert Weinrich Grace Woo ’02 Mr. Steve Zant Vanichsombat Elizabeth Weiss ’14 Kaitana ’08 and Jerard Woods Earl I. Zaromb ’95 Vanessa R. Vardon ’02 Anne Weitekamp ’14 Lori Brinkmann Worledge ’90 Oleh Zaychenko ’08 Carlos and Yara Vega Ms. Lisa Wentzel Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Worrell Emily L. Zeissler ’01 Phuong Vo ’14 Isabella West ’14 Ethan Wozniak ’99 Scott Zelman ’14 Erik Volkman ’03 David and Susan West Johnny Wu ’14 Selam Zenebe-Gete ’14 Nisha Wadhwani ’04 Jessica Peterson White ’94 and Joshua Wu ’14 Michael Zeng ’14 David Wagner ’93 Nathan White Summer Wu ’13 • Rocio Zepeda Brennan Wakey ’14 Karen and Frank White Yun Wu ’02 Luke Zhan ’14 Benjamin B Walker ’00 Charles Whittaker ’07 • Kwin Xie ’05 Peter and Betty Zhan Vanessa H. Wallace ’00 Michelle Wiebe ’14 Kevin Xu and Helen Lin Ellen Zhao ’14 Mark and Sari Wancket Walter and Denise Wiebe Weisong Xu and Hua Wang Mr. Guohong Zhao and James Z. Wang ’03 Ellen Weiss Wiewel ’97 and William Xu ’14 Mrs. Weiqing Feng Kaihong Wang and Hong Zhu David Ian Sacks Danny Yagan ’02 Amy Qin Zhu ’14 Leo K. Wang ’94 and Irma Wang Terri L. Willard ’89 Kevin Yang ’02 Mr. and Mrs. William Zimmer Ryan Yuan Wang ’08 Dan and Linda Williams Amanda Murphyao ’03 and Mr. Radoslav and Mrs. Milena Zlatanova Stephanie Wang ’14 Leah Berman Williams ’93 • Richard Yao ’03 Alan Michael Ware ’02 Rebecca Williams ’03 Ben Yates ’14 Gift-in-kind Contributions Joe and Deb Warning Family Sebastion Williams and Ying (Amy) Ye ’05 Anonymous Karen (Beilsmith) Warren ’90 Karen Ray Williams Emilie T. Yeh ’06 Cynmar Corporation, Inc. Joseph and Rachel Washington John and Gloria Williamson Hyun Yeo Hewlett-Packard Company

Marie Cerny Jill Mosshamer Andrea Ngola ’97 Cathy Veal Tributes and Memorials Tributes are designed for a variety of uses at IMSA, yet Julie Christman Dora Phillips they all have a shared purpose—to memorialize or honor Cathy Veal Cathy Veal

a family member, friend, colleague or group. Kimberly Corrao Dr. Ronald Pine Cathy Veal Clay M. Dean ’92 Honoree name in italics Marjorie Donath Davender Sahota ’99 Andrea Ngola ’97 Ravinder Sahota ’00

Gifts were received in Susan G. McAdams ’89 and Taylor Herr ’14 Eric Smith Loving Memory of: Kevin B. McAdams Ray and Barbara Herr Cathy Veal Susan Croll The Department of Leadership, Andrea Ngola ’97 Educational Psychology and Julia Husen Mary Spreitzer Foundations at Northern Illinois Cathy Veal Cathy Veal Dr. Jose (Gerry) Fernandez University Joy Fernandez Jamie Pflasterer ’94 Clifford Steven Kane ’95 in The Tomsic Family Douglas Pratt ’97 and recognition of his significant Cathy Veal Gil Ferrando (to CADHA fund) Erin Skene-Pratt accomplishments, both Mrs. Susan Fox Goldstein Kevin J. Richter ’89 and Alisa Richter foreign and domestic Cathy Cousins Veal Kathy Rink ’89 and Mike Holm Jacqueline P. and Steven E. Kane Kevin Cousins Bernard C. Hollister Stephen Scott ’89 Mrs. Victoria E. Hollister Amy Courtin Sohl ’89 and David Sohl Chris Kaucnik and Mike Syphers John Wandolowski Cathy Veal Cathy Veal Cathy Veal Dr. Eric McLaren Anonymous Alumnus Helen and Josephine Niemotko Herbert Knight Aaron Yuan ’16 Rebecca L. Arnal ’89 Jacek and Theresa Tyszkiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frey Michael and Jia Brezette Amanda S. Besinger ’02 Chelsy Buffat ’92 Colin Woods ’08 Christopher Kolar Eva Yuan ’09 Joseph and Joanne Costa Dan, Angela, Ryan ’05 & Rory Woods Cathy Veal Michael and Jia Brezette Drs. Richard F. and Linda Y. Dods Arek D. Dreyer ’89 and Heather Jagman Scott Zager ’06 Michelle Kolar Marriage of Darlene A. Ziegler and Jill Gengler ’89 Dave and Gina Zager Cathy Veal Robert J. Niemotka Stephanie A. Hanson ’01 Jacek and Theresa Tyszkiewicz Emily E. Hostetter ’92 and Gifts were received in Dr. Leon Lederman Timothy I. Meyer ’92 Honor of: Anonymous Abigail Zillner ’06 Stephanie Jayne ’90 and Kevin Lawrence “Bud” Bergie Linda and Christopher Zillner Narimatsu ’89 Cathy Veal Birth of Ava Grace Margolis Stan ’89 and Seonyoung Kim Jeff ’00 and Lacey ’01 Kristen Ann Lee ’09 (Langguth) Margolis

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130577 IMSA Fall360Magazine.indd 24 11/10/14 1:57 PM Cynthia Nguyen Dang James Parkin Thank You Alumni Volunteers Scott Powers Nearly 200 alumni, from every graduating class, generously gave nearly 3,000 hours of Chuck Saletta their time and talent to IMSA during the 2013–2014 academic year. Brian Sebby Rebecca Shane These alumni volunteers served as mentors to current students, recruited prospective Sarah Stevens Ryan Wang students, planned special events, taught Intersession, served on the IMSA Alumni Association Meg Welter cabinet, spoke at assemblies and many other events. Alumni volunteers also provided Summer Wu strategic counsel to the IMSA Board of Trustees, the IMSA Fund Board of Directors, Richard Zhang Alice Zhao Admissions Student Review Committee and more. Preview Day IMSA would like to extend a sincere thank you to the many alumni who shared their Reggie Champagne personal and professional time and resources over the past school year. Your participation was invaluable. Regional Event Melvin Bacani We tried to include everyone who was involved as an alumni volunteer this year on this list. Kevin Colby Steve Crutchfield Our apologies if we inadvertently missed someone. If so, please let us know so we can update David Gabrius our records! Email [email protected] or call (630)907-5679. Christen Klochan Amanda Kracen Ron McKenzie

Admissions Review Committee Nicholas Tenczar Board of Trustees Science Olympiad Jessica Anderson Courtney Thompson Jerome Budzik Regional Event Jodi Anderson Lisa Thompson Carey L. Mayer Dani Ducharme Raymond Buhr John Thompson Erin Roche Ada Kumar Kathleen Danakis Snehalata Topgi Irina Pushel Jasmine Flanagan Shannon Watson CCC Forum Ajay Ladsaria Christina Flores Colbert Osman Ahmed Marilyn Blasingame Wanda Mahoney Patrick Forman Ande Croll Ngola Temi Okubadejo Sarah Frey Alumni Cabinet Richard Dunham Ben Taylor Eric Frost Melvin Bacani Matt Isoda Osman Ahmed Tiy Goddard Samuel Berger Stan Kim Matt Groch Tiffany Chambers Amy Kinney TALENT Michael Hancock Reggie Champagne Matthew Knisley Dane Christianson Mandy Hayes Kevin Colby Akhil Narang Alexander Drummond Kristen Jolaoso Melissa Comenduley Rena Patel Shawn Jain Glen Kabumoto Cati Crawford Elise Sivilay Jason Lin Elizabeth Keserauskis Theresa Geiger Sarah Song Ravi Pilla Tania Khanna Matthew Isoda Meghan Tadel Jacob Plummer Mason Kidd Amy Kinney Rachel Walker Tamora Kimmitt Sarah McPike Convocation Kevin Wang Elizabeth Kinsella Amanda Murphyao Jenny Deller Summer Wu Sonia Lal Stephanie Song Alan Shramuk Sam Yagan Michael LeResche Claire Wang Jennifer Lewis Hollister Leadership Veterans Day Wei Luo Alumni Weekend Reggie Champagne Vincent Enriquez Biancha Martinelli Amy (Peterson) Fahnestock Emily Mellott Kemi Aladesuyi IMSA Fund Board Michelle Meneses Richard Bergstrom Steve Chen Tim Messer Sital Bhargava John Hoesley Barbara Myers Jen Byers Dan Mueth While we carefully Anthony Nuval Dane Christianson Jacob Plummer prepare donor lists, we Temitope Okubadejo Jocelyn Collins Michael Suh Matthew Pena Cati Crawford Sam Yagan recognize that errors Manuel Perez Vidiya Govind may have occured. Casie Pezzarossi Cheryl Heinz Intersession Please accept our Robert Pollett Liam Hession Nicole Aransas Dwan Prude John Jaeger Brian Baker apology if your name is Melinda Rankin Garry J. Kennebrew Jr. Kora Bongen not properly represented Jason Rock Opeyemi Kusoro Robert Cheung and contact the Jonathon Ronchetti Tiffany Mayo-Chambers Kevin Colby Tricia Sabathne Kate Murray Brittanie Crain Development Office at Ravinder Sahota Alicia Passfield Thomas Houlahan (630-907-5040) or Sarah Song Anne Pipathsouk Forrest Iandola email [email protected] John Sosa Carrie Steyer Michael Kilburn Philip Stanton Carol Willhelm Dellinger Eileen King so that our records can Lucas Sturnfield Felicia Williams Aimee Lee be corrected. Ami Szechinski Jason Lin Ali Talha Steven Lucy

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130577 IMSA Fall360Magazine.indd 25 11/10/14 1:57 PM Alumni Awards

Board of Trustees Alumni Awards Recipients 2014

In 2007 the Board of Trustees of IMSA began granting the Alumni Awards, not only to honor worthy recipients, but also to inspire students and alumni. Two IMSA alumni are recipients of this year’s Board of Trustees Alumni Awards. Steve Crutchfield’93 is the recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award and Melvin Bacani ’90 is the Alumni Titan Award recipient.

Steve Crutchfield was appointed the Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Options at NYSE Euronext in August 2012 to create a “more integrated and efficient operation,” and became CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of NYSE Amex Options LLS, all accomplished before he turned 40. Taking a lead role in engaging members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Steve provides counsel on regulatory issues facing all exchanges and their constituents in the context of the Dodd-Frank Act. Steve exemplifies significant civic and community contributions with his fundraising involvement for St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, and his fundraising involvement Steve Crutchfield ’93 and engagement with IMSA. Steve attended the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he received an MBA with High Honors, Econometrics and Statistics/Analytic Finance in 2009.

Melvin Bacani has been an active and engaged volunteer with IMSA and the IMSA Alumni Association (IAA) since 2009, when he first joined the IAA cabinet and took the lead role in planning his 20-year reunion for his class. Melvin’s leadership has elevated and empowered the volunteer leaders of the IAA, and has set the stage for more meaningful and strategic activities between alumni, students and IMSA. Last year Melvin helped start a new com- modities firm, Leeward Pointe Capital, as theCIO , and the firm recently merged with Typhon Capital Management. Melvin also took the additional role of CTO/Director of Operations at Typhon Access (part of the Typhon family). Melvin Bacani ’90 He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1994 with a BS in Pure Mathematics.

2014 Board of Trustees Alumni Awards Ceremony

IMSA will recognize these two esteemed alumni at an on-campus assembly December 2, 2014. We are now accepting nominations for the 2015 Alumni Awards, so visit www.imsaalumni.org or email [email protected] by January 31st to see your classmates recognized for their achievements!

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25% OF SENIORS NATIONAL MERIT AND SEVEN STUDENTS NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SEMIFINALISTS The National Merit® Scholarship Program recently named 48 semifinalists fromIMSA in its 2015 competition. Approximately 25% of IMSA’s senior class were recognized as semifinalists, in comparison to less than one percent of the average school to enter the nationwide competition. Additionally, seven IMSA seniors qualified as semifinalists in the 2015 National Achievement Scholarship Program, an academic competition for African-American high school students.

GIRL TECH STARTUPS WIN FIRST AND SECOND PLACE AT POWER PITCH FINALS Female-led teams of student entrepreneurs won first and second place in the IMSA TALENT Power Pitch competition, which was held at 1871 in Chicago on Tuesday, April 29. Trisha Prabhu (mentioned below as a Google Science Fair finalist) won first place and $3,000 from Chase, who sponsored the event, with her anti-bullying software SiftThru. ReWrite, a glove that helps arthritis sufferers hold pens without joint pressure, won second place and $2,000 from Chase for a group of IMSA female entrepreneurs.

IMSA TOP FIVE FINALIST IN NATIONWIDE NASA COMPETITION An IMSA team led by Science Faculty Dr. Eric Hawker was one of five teams of high school student engineers that made it to the final round in a competition that built and tested radiation shield designs for NASA’s new Orion spacecraft.

IMSA SOPHOMORE AND POWER PITCH WINNER NAMED 2 OF 15 GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR GLOBAL FINALISTS Pranav Sivakumar, IMSA Sophomore, and Trisha Prabhu, IMSA TALENT Power Pitch competition winner, were two of only fifteen Global Finalists selected from the thousands of entrants to the 2014 Google Science Fair. Sivakumar’s project used quasars to study the future of the universe and Prabhu developed and tested software that reduces teen cyberbullying.

RESIDENCE HALLS UNDERGO MAJOR RENOVATION, SCIENCE LABS NEXT IMSA renovated all seven of its residence halls this summer thanks to a $6.26 million investment by the State of Illinois. The residence halls feature new siding and windows, AC/heating units in every room, and a “face lift” for the exteriors. The renovation for the upstairs science labs have also begun, having secured $3.85 million in funding from a public-private partnership between the state and innovative companies.

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Save The Date FOR THE FOLLOWING IMSA EVENTS

Alumni Weekend 2015 July 17–19, 2015 Includes reunions for the Classes of 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010. If you want to join your class reunion planning committee, contact [email protected]

Alumni Regional Events Meet the President Dr. Torres will be traveling across the country this upcoming year to meet you! Watch your emails and Facebook for upcoming cities and dates.

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