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BLUE_SPR09Donors 7/29/09 3:20 PM Page 2 Celebrating 40 Years of the Aquarium

A Conversation with Bill Burgess, Chairman of the Board of Trustees The New England Aquarium would not have been able to accomplish all that it has over the years or plan for an ambitious future without the stellar leadership of Board of Trustees Chair Bill Burgess. We asked him to describe his vision for the Aquarium, the challenges he sees ahead and what keeps him involved.

What do you see as the Aquarium’s After 40 successful years, what is most important role? the biggest challenge facing the Aquarium today? Photo/Dianne E. DeLucia The Aquarium’s true purpose is to educate Barbara and Bill Burgess adults and children on the importance of— Our biggest challenge is getting people to and dangers to—the oceans and our aquatic understand the connection between the resources. This role has not changed since importance of the world’s oceans and “If we can widely the Aquarium opened its doors 40 years ago. humanity’s livelihood. In fact, some do not communicate the Our principal founder and former chairman, yet understand that, on a large scale, the David B. Stone, made this comment about oceans are in trouble and that global species mission of the our mission: “The world is not getting any are in decline—and that all this affects their Aquarium, people easier to live in. Demands on food and water futures directly. will support us are likely to increase as populations grow. If we can widely communicate the mission financially and with Education is our best and perhaps our only of the Aquarium, people will support us their actions. We have hope. That’s where the Aquarium can be financially and with their actions. We have the intellectual capital of great and noble value.” the intellectual capital to drive our mission— to drive our mission— More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface we just need the financial capital to take it we just need the is water—we are the blue planet. We need to the next level. to create a sense of personal responsibility to financial capital What draws more than 1.3 million reduce the stress on our marine environment people to the Aquarium annually? to take it to the because if we don’t do what’s necessary to next level.” save our oceans, we are putting our future It is the mystery and magic of worlds —Bill Burgess at great risk. unknown. The animals we display live in an environment in which we can’t. This makes Over the past decades, we have made them both otherworldly and magical. considerable progress in cleaning up Harbor and in helping to save and protect What keeps you personally committed specific species. But a tremendous amount to the Aquarium? of damage to our aquatic resources has The Aquarium offers a convergence of occurred and is occurring on a daily basis. my passions and interests: education, The Aquarium has been, and will continue environment and love of the aquatic world. to be, an institution of education and action. Plus I believe that we have a cultural imperative to support those institutions that provide excellence and access to the citizens of our region.

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The Power of Giving Throughout the years, numerous individuals, corporations and foundations have provided critical financial support to the New England Aquarium. Each of these supporters has had a lasting impact on the Aquarium, helping the institution achieve its mission to educate the public about the wonders of, and challenges facing, our oceans and aquatic species. This philanthropic support has made it possible for the Aquarium to entertain and inform approximately 1.3 million visitors each year and to conduct the leading research and conservation work that will help protect our blue planet for generations to come.

Mary Renner: Leadership George M. Lovejoy Jr. and A. Neil and Jane Pappalardo: Makes a Difference Henry W. Lovejoy: Working 40 Years of Continuous Support Trustee Mary Renner has made an for Healthier Oceans For Overseer A. Neil Pappalardo, the enormous impact at the New England Magellan Society member and former Aquarium is a very special place because Aquarium. For nearly 20 years, Mary has Chairman of the Board George M. the Aquarium and his company, Medical been a tireless advocate for the Aquarium Lovejoy Jr. joined the Aquarium’s Board Information Technology, Inc. (otherwise and the environment. Through many in 1969, 40 years ago. A veteran of the known as Meditech) were founded in the volunteer leadership roles, Mary has commercial real estate industry, George same year, 1969. Both the company he introduced children and adults alike to the Lovejoy has been an outstanding leader founded—one of the earliest software Aquarium and the wonders of the ocean. and advocate who has helped the companies in and a leading Mary started her Aquarium “career” in Aquarium evolve and change over supplier of information systems for 1990 as a member of the Council and, the years. hospitals—and the Aquarium have since that time, has planned and attended grown up together and are now The Lovejoy family’s involvement with a multitude of Aquarium galas and celebrating 40 years. the Aquarium has not stopped with special events. George. Inspired by Jacques Cousteau, Neil and his wife Jane have been among Currently a Trustee, Mary has also served Henry, one of George’s sons, volunteered the most generous supporters to the as chair of the Board of Overseers, chair at a young age at the Aquarium and Aquarium over the years. Meditech has of the Navigator Society and on numerous learned how to scuba dive. After working also been a long-standing corporate committees, including the executive, in the seafood industry for many years and member of the Aquarium. The Aquarium nominating and gala committees. Mary, recognizing that the oceans are worth would not be a leader in education, her husband Peter and their family give preserving for future generations, Henry conservation and research without the their time and support so generously and his wife Lisa founded EcoFish, a support of the Pappalardo family. The because they believe the Aquarium’s distributor of seafood exclusively from Pappalardos live near the Aquarium and mission truly makes a difference for environmentally sustainable fisheries. visit frequently with their grandchildren. the environment and in protecting They are confident that the Aquarium Located in Dover, N.H., EcoFish supplies the world’s oceans. will be around for at least another more than 3,000 grocery and natural 40 years. “It has given me tremendous joy to be food stores and more than 150 restaurants involved with this world-class institution. nationwide. The Aquarium’s involvement It has been a special privilege to learn with EcoFish includes our participation from the Aquarium’s outstanding staff on the Seafood Advisory Board, which and volunteers about the role that each comprises some of the world’s leading of us can play in protecting our world marine conservation scientists. for generations to come,” Renner said. “I don’t know of a finer institution in Boston.”

“It has given me tremendous joy to be involved with this world-class institution. It has been a special privilege to learn from the Aquarium’s outstanding staff and volunteers about the role that each of us can play in protecting our world for generations to come.” Photo/Jessica Hosman — Mary Renner Photo/Dianne E. DeLucia Mary Renner George M. Lovejoy Jr. 15 BLUE_SPR09Donors 7/29/09 3:20 PM Page 4

Education and Entertainment Make an Impact

The Aquarium has been taking action to protect the blue planet for 40 years. We combine education, entertainment and action to address the most challenging problems facing the oceans. Our exhibits, as well as our extensive education, conservation and research programs are some of the ways we have been making a difference to the oceans and ocean species.

As an educational Education resource, the Aquarium For 40 years, the Aquarium has provided has helped thousands life-changing educational experiences for of teachers captivate people of all ages, from a child touching their students a sea star to an adult learning how his daily actions can affect the ocean. The Aquarium’s with marine and educational impact is broad and ever- environmental topics expanding. From toddlers to retirees, from while improving the heart of Boston, across New England academic performance. and around the world, our diverse audiences have experiences they will never forget. Programs such as Harbor Discoveries Camp expose young people to marine animals and habitats, encouraging a lifetime commitment to protecting the blue planet— one former camper is now a Ph.D. candidate studying marine biology. Through our youth programs, more than 700 inner-city teens have worked alongside Aquarium staff members, gaining valuable experience and academic performance. More than discovering their potential. Most of these 140,000 schoolchildren experience the teens have gone on to college—often the Aquarium every year, either through field trips or special programs at their schools. Exhibits The Aquarium’s exhibits instill a sense of wonder at the beauty of the ocean and provide a glimpse of life below its surface. When it opened in 1969, the Aquarium provided a revolutionary way to view aquatic animals, and we remain a leader today in exhibits, animal husbandry and visitor engagement. We were among the first aquariums to display habitats and ecosystems first in their families to do so. Our lecture rather than isolated species. Our exhibits are series hosts world-renowned scientists and widely recognized for their detail and conservationists, who enthrall and inspire accuracy, from the reproduction of a coral more than 500 adults each year with reef in the Giant Ocean Tank to the tiny their talks. habitats in our frog exhibit. As an educational resource, the Aquarium When the Aquarium opened, the Giant has helped thousands of teachers Ocean Tank was the largest in the world; captivate their students with marine and it remains a model for other aquariums. We environmental topics while improving were the first to exhibit species, such as the

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chain dogfish, that are now popular in scientists discovered a group of North aquariums worldwide. We have developed Atlantic right whales off the Bay of Fundy, important exhibit innovations, such as the and since then we have operated the longest- cornerless circulating tank for sea jellies. running study of this species. Working to And we were the first aquarium to invite prevent right whales’ extinction, the visitors to handle live animals in the Edge Aquarium helped advocate for recent of the Sea, the tidepool touch tank that is regulation of ship speeds in the U.S. to one of our most popular exhibits. We look reduce the occurrence of ship strikes, one forward to adding more touch experiences of the greatest threats to these endangered in the near future. creatures. Similar work in Canada’s Bay of For 40 years, visitors have enjoyed our Fundy in 2002 reduced strikes by 90 percent. animals here on , but people Beginning in 2000, our scientists led efforts from around the world are now able to to explore and protect the pristine coral reefs Beginning in 2000, our explore our exhibits virtually as well. and biodiversity of the Central Pacific’s scientists led efforts New NEAq Insider tours allow anyone Phoenix Islands. That work bore fruit in to explore and protect to visit our exhibits via their computers, 2008, when the government of Kiribati the pristine coral reefs mobile phones and MP3 players. announced the decision to form the world’s largest contiguous marine protected area, and biodiversity of neaq.org/insider an unprecedented accomplishment for an the Central Pacific’s institution such as the Aquarium. Phoenix Islands. Visit neaq.org to download the free NEAq Insider tour. Taking a comprehensive, multi-tiered approach to the issue, the Aquarium is a national leader in advancing seafood Conservation and sustainability. Aquarium researchers work Research with the fishing industry to help them improve practices and reduce accidental As the first Aquarium in the country bycatch. Our conservation staff advises to establish conservation and research some of the world’s largest seafood retailers departments, we have long believed that and suppliers to encourage responsible solutions to environmental threats can be management of the world’s fisheries and achieved through collaborative efforts. informed purchasing decisions. Through Scientists at the Aquarium produce programs, educational materials and events, more peer-reviewed articles on marine we work with consumers to help them conservation and research than any other make ocean-friendly choices. U.S. aquarium. This research has informed efforts to understand and protect species and their habitats around the globe. Photo/Cat Holloway Our programs have regional and international impact. In 1980, our

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The Aquarium is 40—and Looking Forward

We’re feeling celebratory! This June marks the 40th year since the New England Aquarium opened its doors to a curious public—with 12,000 visitors thronging the building on the first day. It has been more than four decades since David B. Stone and a courageous group of colleagues in the Boston business community created a private, independent, non-profit aquarium that would promote the creatures of the sea to the citizens of Boston. During the intervening years, we’ve created dozens of exhibits that connect visitors to the oceans and marine animals, including major exhibits on penguins, turtles, sharks and rays, jellies, and seals. Visitors have flowed into the Aquarium in impressive numbers: 1.3 million in 2008 alone. Our signature exhibit, the Giant Ocean Tank, ultimately became a model for many other aquariums across the globe. Photo/Jessica Hosman Bill Burgess, His Excellency President Anote Tong Since our founding, the vision for the Aquarium has evolved significantly. of Kiribati, Bud Ris Our research and conservation programs have expanded their reach and impact quite substantially, and we’ve become a huge educational resource for thousands of school children and teachers throughout the region. Practicing what we preach, we have “greened” the Aquarium, making it a more energy-efficient operation every time we have modernized or changed exhibits. And we have focused on giving individuals truly viable ways to “live blue” by making smart choices in their daily lives. As we head into our 41st year, we reflect on some of the key accomplishments from 2008. New Balance Foundation Center. Thanks to a $3 million gift from the New Balance Foundation, we started construction on a new Marine Mammal Center that will open July 1, featuring up-close visitor interaction with these highly athletic fur seals and a brand new Harborwalk on the water side of the Aquarium. Initiatives to improve school programs. A new educational initiative was launched, aimed at improving the quality of school group visits. Pilot programs have begun with three . Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). Last year, PIPA was expanded to become the largest marine protected area in the world at more than 158,000 square miles. Conservation of endangered right whales. The Aquarium’s long-running program for the protection of North Atlantic right whales won a major policy victory this year when the federal government issued a new rule establishing speed limits for shipping traffic in the vicinity of right whales, a critically endangered species. Launch of an informative new Aquarium Web site. Early in 2008, we introduced a new Web site, focusing on the animals that help us understand our watery world. The site includes many exciting features, including videos, online tours and blogs, that have dramatically increased visitor interaction and traffic to the site. Our accomplishments of 2008 would not have been possible without the outstanding leadership provided by the members of our Boards who work tirelessly on our behalf. And we particularly want to thank our many donors for their financial support; giving in 2008 reached a total of $12.9 million from individual donors, members, corporations and foundations—$6.3 million used to support our annual programs and operations and $6.6 million to support longer-term capital projects and program expansion consistent with the Aquarium’s five-year Action Plan. Their names and organizations appear in the section that follows. We owe all of them tremendous thanks for their very generous support. Bud Ris President and CEO

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Thank You, New England Aquarium Donors

Major Gifts to the David B. Stone and Margot D. Stone Great Benefactors Tim and Lucy Vaill We are particularly grateful to the Aquarium’s Great Action Plan Through Edwin S. Webster Foundation Benefactors, who have each contributed more than December 2008 Up To $49,000 $1 million throughout our 40-year history. The following donors have committed George Baldwin and Family Anonymous (3) leadership gifts to the Aquarium’s Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Campanelli Robert L. Beal Action Plan, generously helping to James Collins and Lisa Pisano Arthur F. Blanchard Trust, The Bank of New York, advance the institution in the years Mr. and Mrs. John J. Doyle Jr. Mellon Trustee to come. Douglas I. Foy The Boston Foundation $3,000,000+ Ms. Paula Gold Bill and Barbara Burgess The New Balance Foundation, designated Lily Rice Hsia Hans and Margret Rey/Curious George Fund of 2001 to the New Balance Foundation Marine Mr. and Mrs. P. Eric Krauss Charles Hayden Foundation Mammal Center Alexander Leventhal Paul Maeder and Gwill York Institute for Museum and Library Services $1,000,000-$2,999,999 The Mateo Family Jane’s Trust Anonymous Bill and Barbara Burgess Dr. Neil S. Shifrin John and Marilyn Keane The Lovett-Woodsum Family Alan and Susan Lewis Solomont Mr. and Mrs. George M. Lovejoy Jr. Joe and Katherine O’Donnell Robert and Mary Uek The Lovett-Woodsum Family Mr. and Mrs. A. Neil Pappalardo The Lowell Institute Edward and Pamela Taft, designated Massachusetts Cultural Council to the New Balance Foundation 2008 Massachusetts Development Authority Marine Mammal Center National Marine Fisheries Service Diane, Martin, David and Laura Trust Annual Support National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Trust Family Foundation National Science Foundation $500,000-$999,999 Individuals The New Balance Foundation Beacon Capital Partners, LLC Robert L. Beal The following individuals provided Joe and Katherine O’Donnell Alan and Akiko Dynner unrestricted operating gifts to the The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $250,000-$499,999 Aquarium in 2008. Mr. and Mrs. A. Neil Pappalardo James N. Bailey and RoAnn Costin President’s Circle Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Dr. John and Bette Cohen James and Marilyn Simons Hans & Margret Rey/Curious $25,000+ David B. Stone and Margot D. Stone George Fund of 2001 Robert L. Beal Edward and Pamela Taft Pamela and John Humphrey and Family Josh and Anita Bekenstein Diane, Martin, David and Laura Trust and Institute for Museum and Library Services Bill and Barbara Burgess Dr. John and Bette Cohen the Trust Family Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cox Jr. Edwin S. Webster Foundation The Jeffrey H. Pierce Family Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter Jr. $100,000-$249,999 Pamela and John Humphrey and Family Robert A. Lawrence Anonymous (3) The Lovett-Woodsum Family The Boston Foundation Joe and Katherine O’Donnell Ogden and Nina Hunnewell Mr. and Mrs. A. Neil Pappalardo John and Marilyn Keane The Jeffrey H. Pierce Family Ann and George Macomber Lowell and Karen Richards Duncan and Elizabeth Richardson James and Marilyn Simons Louis J. and Carol M. Volpe Diane and Martin Trust $50,000-$99,999 Anonymous (2) Deep Sea Navigators Jeannie and Henry Becton Jr. Cabot Family Charitable Trust $15,000-$24,999 Mr. and Mrs. George M. Lovejoy Jr. Anonymous Gail Sullivan and Scott Page Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley The Harold Whitworth Pierce Anne and Walter Gamble Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. R. Jeremy Grantham Donna and Chip Hazard

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Ms. Kathryn B. Kavadas River Navigators Freshwater Navigators Charles W. Pingree Duncan and Elizabeth Richardson $2,500-$4,999 $1,500-$2,499 Mr. Daniel L. Romanow and Mr. Andrew Zelermyer Anonymous Anonymous (2) Dawson and Debra A. Rutter Coastal Navigators Mr. and Mrs. James R. Andrew Mrs. Hope L. Baker Mrs. Miriam K. Schwartz $10,000-$14,999 George Baldwin and Family Mr. Talbot Baker Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Snider Anonymous (2) Dr. and Mrs. James F. Bastian Ms. Cynthia A. Becton John and Susan Spooner James Bailey and RoAnn Costin Michael J. Bohnen, Esq. Jeannie and Henry Becton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Stansky Alan R. Dynner Susie and Sted Buttrick Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Beede Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Stecker Fan Pier, The Fallon Company Stewart B. Clifford Jr. Mrs. Julie Binder Addie Swartz and Joel Rosen Ogden and Nina Hunnewell Heidi Cox Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Boit Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thomsen Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Johnson IV Mr. and Mrs. Tom Curren Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Brown II Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Tierney Mr. Norman B. Leventhal Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Dayton George and Valerie Buckley Dr. Elsie P. van Buren Sherry and Alan Leventhal Mr. and Mrs. David de Sieyes Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Burkus Mr.† and Mrs. Jeptha H. Wade Mr. and Mrs. George M. Lovejoy Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul DiMaura Mr. Howard E. Cohen Mr. David B. Walek and Tristin and Martin Mannion Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Eisenson, Esq. Ms. Ellen Curren and Mr. John Lees Ms. Betsy Gibson Laurel and Zachary Martin Mr. Bart Epker and Ms. Medha Sinha Ms. Flora E. D’Angio Mr. and Mrs. Monte J. Wallace The Mateo Family Mr. and Mrs. Jamie C. Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Disque D. Deane Ms. Jane Wolfson and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Greg DeSisto Mr. William J. Mitchell Mary and Peter Renner Mr. and Mrs. Lionel P. Fortin Susan and Gary DiCamillo Justin and Genevieve Wyner Kathleen and Ross Sherbrooke Susan Y. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. John J. Doyle Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Yaphe Tim and Lucy Vaill Chad and Anne Gifford The Duseau Family Peter and Ginia Ziobro Jocelyn and Fred Greenman Mr. and Mrs. Wesley H. Eaton Harbor Navigators Mr. and Mrs. Phill Gross Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Evans Harry Hanson and Annie Hollingsworth Ms. Cheryl Forte Conservation Society $5,000-$9,999 Supporters Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Hatch Douglas I. Foy Robert and Patricia Almond Mr. John W. Henry Mr. Humberto Gil and Mrs. Amy Woods $1,000-$1,499 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Campanelli Greg and Lynne Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilbane Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Casey Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Ingraham Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Guertin Mr. Doug Adams and Brian and Karen Conway Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Jordan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Hall Jr. Dr. Denise McHugh Mary F. Dockray-Miller Ms. Suzanne Kavanagh Mr. Michael Hill and Ms. Susan Bear Mr. and Mrs. George D. Behrakis and Michael A. Miller The Klarman Family Foundation Ms. Dianne Hobbs, Esq. Mrs. Peter Benchley Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Evans Ms. Pamela Kohlberg Weston Howland Jr. Mr. Keith Bostic and Dean Goodermote and Diane Arnold Mr. Michael A. Krupka Lily Rice Hsia Ms. Margo Seltzer Kathleen Healy and Dr. Anne C. Kubik Mrs. Elizabeth L. Johnson Jim Collins and Lisa Pisano Susan Hunter Michael P. Last and Nooy Bunnell and Mr. Robert Ketterson Sylvia and John Constable Douglass E. Karp Paul and Sheila LeFevre Warren Jones and Latham Murfey III Mr. and Mrs. James F. Dore Mr. and Mrs. P. Eric Krauss Alexander Leventhal Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Karp Mr. Matt Dwyer and Robyn L. Laukien Willis A. Matson II Brian and Beth Keane Mrs. Meg Dwyer Mr. John N. Little and Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. McPherson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kelly Ms. Myra Tolentino Fan Ms. Nancy Wittenberg Will and Brooke Muggia Kathleen and Edward Kelly Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gallagher III Mr. and Mrs. Alistair Lowe Don Packer, Owner, Engine Room Edit Colleen and Frank Kettle Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kania Jr. Paul Maeder and Gwill York Ms. Carol S. Parks Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kucharski Ms. Cheryl M. Kimball Dr. Fariborz Maseeh Ms. Mary B. Partridge Ms. Nancy J. Lee and Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Mike and Sarah Murray Anne B. and Stephen C. Peacher Mr. Vincent Pergola Ms. Jone D. LaBombard and Marion and David Mussafer George and Nancy Putnam Mr. Douglas P. Leu and Mr. William Noyce Gail Sullivan and Scott Page Mr. James Ricotta and Ms. Anne O’Neil Ms. Debbie Pepper Mr. William H. MacCrellish Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pierce Donald-Bruce Abrams and Karen and George Levy Dr. Ruth M. Marrion Mrs. Sandra B. Prescott Roberta Rubin Mr. Douglas J. Lober and Mr. Scott Nathan and Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Quinn Mr. Tedd R. Saunders Ms. Ann Bitetti Ms. Laura DeBonis Bud and Margaret Ris Ms. Emily F. Schabacker Mrs. Agnes M. Lombard Mr. Robert G. Preston Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Rothenberg Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Sears Mr. and Mrs. Sean McGrath Mr. and Mrs. George Putnam III Mrs. Gertrude F. Shelley Dr. Neil S. Shifrin Dr. Martha L. Hazen and Ms. Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli Jonathan and Connie Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Soden, Esq. Mr. Douglas B. McHenry Mr. David Rockefeller Jr. Karen Lee Sobol and Patricia and David Squire Mr. and Mrs. David Meehan Mr.† and Mrs. William L. Saltonstall William S. Zielinski Dr. and Mrs. John S. Strauss Mill River Foundation Fund Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Spangler David B. Stone and Margot D. Stone Kate and Ben Taylor at The Boston Foundation Helen B. Spaulding Mr. and Mrs. David L. Thomas Mrs. Adrienne B. Thompson Ms. Barbara L. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Steward Jr. Mr. David A. Trust Mrs. Walter H. Trumbull Mr. Jack A. VanWoerkom Mr. and Mrs. Hans F. E. Wachtmeister Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Usen Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Vinik Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. O’Neill James and Emlen Wheeler Louis J. and Carol M. Volpe Elizabeth Weir Mr. and Mrs. Laird P. Pendleton Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zock Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Welch Mrs. Katherine B. Winter Ms. Nancy E. Perkins and Mr. John Arata

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Conservation Society Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Moran Stetson Whitcher Fund at Global Marine Contributors Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey O. Plank the Boston Foundation Programs $500-$999 Ms. Caroline Reeves and Mr. Jim Lee $500-$999 Mr. and Mrs. Rip L. Reeves The following donors supported Mr. Allan Abelow Helene B. Black Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Richmond the Aquarium’s conservation Geeta and Kamesh Aiyer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ridley projects, including the Phoenix Mr. and Mrs. Josh Alwitt Ms. Deirdre Roney and Islands Protected Area Initiative, Mrs. Katharine P. Beal, Mr. Patrick Taylor the Marine Conservation Action in memory of Harriet Belin Restricted Foundation, Mr. Mark A. Rosenstein Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bigelow Jr. Fund and the Sustainable Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sullivan Government and Susan Briggs Seafood Initiative. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Swayze Individual Gifts Mr. and Mrs. Josh Brooks Mary Ann and Patrick Tynan $100,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brostowski Mr. Howard B. Wellman Global Conservation Fund of Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Brown Conservation International Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Burnes Jr. Capital Support Proud Parent Animal The David and Lucile Packard Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Cabot $100,000+ Foundation Cady Family Foundation Adoption Program The Simons Foundation $50,000-$99,999 Mrs. Lucy G. Carter $500+ $10,000-$49,999 Oak Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Chapman Jr. New England Aquarium Dive Club, H.G. and M.R. Anderson Foundation $10,000-$49,999 Mr. Brant A. Cheikes and Inc., in honor of Maryhelen Ann and George Macomber Ms. J. Papesh Shuman-Groh Mrs. Peter Benchley Ms. Cheryl Childs Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pingree The Curtis and Edith Munson Mr. and Mrs. Gerard H. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Weymouth Research Programs Foundation Ms. Harriet H. Corkin Mr. and Mrs. Brian Williamson The following donors supported $500-$9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Stefan H. Cushman the study of species and issues Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Davis Bequests Received in 2008 affecting the health of marine Alan R. Dynner Mr. John DeSisto The Sybil G. Byrnes 2000 Trust/Estate Mr. and Mrs. William B. Stephenson animals and ecosystems, Ms. Joanne Dickinson and of Sybil G. Byrnes including the protection of the Mr. Edward Eaton Estate of Ms. Alma Ganio endangered North Atlantic right Mr. and Mrs. James F. Dore Estate of Dr. Morton Olin D.M.D. Education and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Dowden whale, bycatch reduction and Community Programs shell disease. Michael and Suzanne Dunn The following donors supported Mr. Eugene Michael Egan Unrestricted $100,000+ visitor education, teacher Mr. David Fairchild Foundation and Island Foundation services, the teen intern program, Mr. Richard Feustel Lenfest Ocean Program community outreach, Harbor Mr. Christopher L. Follett Government Grants National Marine Fisheries Service Discoveries camp, lectures Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Goedecke The following foundations and National Oceanic and Atmospheric and other programs for children Mr. Ira Goldklang and government agencies provided Administration and adults. Ms. Priscilla Lavin unrestricted operating support Neptune LNG LLC Mr. Michael Halloran to the Aquarium in 2008. Sea Grant, National Oceanic and $100,000+ Ms. Joan C. Hiam The Boston Foundation $100,000+ Atmospheric Administration Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Hirshman University of The Lowell Institute Mr. Joe Holmes and Ms. Susan Avery Anonymous $50,000-$99,999 $50,000-$99,999 Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hurley $10,000-$49,999 Canadian Whale Institute Massachusetts Department of Mr. Jeffrey M. Hurst and The Cedar Street Foundation Irving Oil Elementary and Secondary Mrs. Roxanna H. Hurst Massachusetts Cultural Council University of Southern Maine Education Ms. Natalie C. Johnson Richard Saltonstall Charitable National Science Foundation Foundation $10,000-$49,999 Ms. Cynthia Jones $10,000-$49,999 Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kaneb Edwin S. Webster Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William M. Haney III Associated Grant Makers Lois and Steve Kaufman Clara B. Winthrop Charitable Trust International Fund for Animal Welfare Massachusetts Cultural Council Mr. and Mrs. William Laskin Royal Caribbean International and $1,000-$9,999 National Marine Sanctuary Ms. Pamela F. Lenehan and Celebrity Cruises Ocean Fund EarthShare of New England Foundation Dr. Lawrence F. Guess Provincetown Center for Merwin Memorial Free Clinic for Red Acre Foundation Mr. John D. C. Little Coastal Studies Animals, Inc. Saquish Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacWade State of Georgia Adelard A. and Valeda Lea Roy William E. Schrafft and Bertha E. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Marble Jr. Aquarium Foundation Schrafft Charitable Trust Diane and Richard Mason Woods Hole Oceanographic Sawyer Charitable Foundation State Street Foundation, Inc. James J. McCarthy, Ph.D. Institution William E. Schrafft and Bertha E. Yawkey Foundation II Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mead Jr. Schrafft Charitable Foundation $500-$9,999 Edward C. Mendler The Seth Sprague Educational Alan R. Dynner Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Merck, and Charitable Foundation Mr. John W. Fish in memory of Harriet Belin Stearns Charitable Trust †Deceased

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$500-$9,999 Corporate Sponsors Corporate Members Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Anonymous and Health Services Mr. and Mrs. John F. Batter III The following corporate sponsors The following corporations were The Millipore Foundation Deborah Bobek supported Aquarium programs members of the Aquarium’s NED Management, LP Regina and Kevin Conley including teen programs, Harbor Corporate Membership Program Parallax Consulting, LLC Clean Air-Cool Planet Discovery Camps and Animal in 2008. Partners Healthcare System/Brigham Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dewitt Rescue and Rehabilitation. & Women’s Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Evans Corporate Explorer PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Leadership Sponsor Fidelity Investments $25,000+ Teradyne First Night, Inc. $50,000+ Bank of America University of Massachusetts, Boston Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Gootkind EMC Corporation USW Local 9360 Donna and Chip Hazard New Balance Waters Corporation Pamela and John Humphrey Sovereign Bank Wentworth Institute of Technology Roy A. Hunt Foundation WGBH Educational Foundation The Millipore Foundation Corporate Leader Mike and Sarah Murray Corporate Patron $15,000-$24,999 Northeast Science Center Hotel $2,500-$4,999 Collaborative Corporate Sponsor Harvard Outings & Innings Albert O. Wilson Foundation, Inc. George H. Scanlon Foundation Massachusetts Institute of Allied Domecq QSR The Abbot and Dorothy H. Stevens $10,000-$49,999 Technology Battelle Foundation ABS Ventures Medical Information Technology, Inc. Bloomberg Storer Trust Eaton Vance Corporation EMC Corporation Brandeis University Mr. and Mrs. David T. Thibodeau Corporate Partner Brunswick Naval Air Station Diane and Martin Trust Gradient Corporation $10,000-$14,999 The Center for Families at Charlotte Bensdorp Wilson PerkinElmer Foundation The Bank of New York Mellon Children’s Hospital and Alan Wilson Polar Beverages Sappi Digital Federal Credit Union Citizens Bank of Massachusetts Sovereign Bank Eaton Vance Corporation Comverse, Inc. Marine Animal Rescue Suez Energy Resources NA Hewlett Packard Dana-Farber Children’s Hospital Turner Construction Company John Hancock Financial Cancer Care Program and Rehabilitation Deloitte $2,500-$9,999 Services, Inc. Program Massachusetts General Hospital Fidelity Investments Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management The following donors helped the State Street Corporation Friends of the MGH Cancer Center Services, Inc. Global Partners, LP Aquarium respond to stranded Bank of America marine mammals and sea turtles Corporate Benefactor GZA GeoEnvironmental Bingham McCutchen, LLP Technologies, Inc. along the New England coastline. $5,000-$9,999 Biogen Idec Foundation Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. Analog Devices, Inc. $100,000+ Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hollingsworth & Vose Company Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management National Marine Fisheries Service Massachusetts The Hopedale Foundation Services, Inc. $50,000-$99,999 Boston Culinary Group, Inc. Houghton Chemical Corporation Berklee College of Music National Oceanic and Atmospheric Chubb Group of Insurance International Data Group Blue Cross Blue Shield of Administration Companies Invensys Massachusetts Longfellow Benefits John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $10,000-$49,999 McManus Architects Inc. KPMG, LLP The Ellison Foundation Boston Police Patrolmen’s Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP Lonza Biologics, Inc. $500-$9,999 Association, Inc. Shaughnessy & Ahern Co. Lowell General Hospital Bernice Barbour Foundation Cabot Corporation State Street Corporation Massachusetts Port Authority The Fuller Foundation, Inc. Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Tofias, PC McCarter & English, LLP The Kettering Family Foundation Children’s Hospital of Boston, UGL UNICCO Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. The Seth Sprague Educational and Department of Radiology Waters Corporation National Grid Charitable Foundation Codman, a Johnson & Johnson WB Mason Old Mutual Asset Management Company Parent Talk General Dynamics C4 Systems Putnam Investments Liberty Mutual Group Sanofi-Aventis

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Senior Aerospace Metal Kronos Incorporated Endowment Funds Bellows Division Lantheus Medical Imaging Simmons College Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc. David B. Stone Fund (1970) Skanska USA Building, Inc. Longfellow Benefits To award individuals who have made significant contributions South Shore Community Action, Inc. Marine Ecology Project to the conservation and protection of the environment. The Stride Rite Foundation New Boston Fund, Inc. Winslow Memorial Fund (1977) Sun Life Assurance Company North Coast Seafoods Corporation For tropical exhibit live specimen acquisitions. of Canada Northeast Merchant Systems, Inc. The Talbot’s, Inc. Novartis Institutes for Biomedical John H. Cunningham Jr. Fund (1982) Trigen-Boston Energy Research, Inc. To recognize staff members for exemplary commitment Twin Rivers Technologies Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP and extraordinary service to the New England Aquarium. USPS Social & Recreation Committee Parker Hannifin Corporation Harold E. Edgerton Fund (1982) Wyeth Pembroke Real Estate For aquatic research at the New England Aquarium Phillips Exeter Academy and making known the findings. Corporate Associate Community Spirit $1,000-$2,499 Physical Sciences, Inc. New England Aquarium Education Trust 7 News WHDH-TV Boston Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at The Boston Foundation (1983) AEW Capital Management, LP Reed & Barton Foundation For educational programs that benefit the citizens of Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Seaport Hotel . Comprised of four funds named in honor Animal Rescue League of Boston Seaward Management Corporation of New England Aquarium leaders: Robert G. Stone Fund Babson Capital Management, LLC South Shore American (1971), Paul F. Hellmuth Fund (1984), Helen B. Spaulding Bethesda Lodge #30, I.O.O.F. Postal Workers Union Fund (1985) and William S. Brewster Fund (1986). Bose Corporation Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Standard-Thomson Corporation David B. Arnold Jr. Fund (1984) Boston Private Bank & Trust To promote public awareness and understanding of the Company Stonegate Group, LLC New England Aquarium’s aquatic research activities. Brockway-Smith Company Tillinger’s Concierge & Burke Distributing Corporation Special Event Production Animal Care Fund (1985) Cambridge Savings Bank The Timberland Company To provide funds for the ongoing care of the Aquarium’s Cambridge Trust Company Time Warner Book Group living collection. CDM UGL UNICCO Weston Howland Fund for Admissions (1988) Chelsea Industries, Inc. Tufts Health Plan Made possible by a grant from Joseph F. and Clara Ford. Chubb Group of Insurance University of Massachusetts, Companies Boston, Biology Department To provide admissions for needy groups and children Clinical Science Laboratory U.S. Postal Service Processing who would not otherwise be able to visit. Course Technology and Distribution Center The John H. Prescott Fund for Marine Conservation Credit Suisse First Boston Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Varden Technologies Research (1998) Corporation To fund scientific research dedicated to marine biological Delta Dental Plan of Massachusetts Weather Services International Weingarten, Schurgin, conservation, in honor of the late John Prescott’s contributions Draper Laboratory, Inc. to the health of our oceans. Emcor Services Northeast, Gagnebin & Lebovici, LLP Commair/Balco Edmund C. Toomey Endowed Education Fund (2005) Emerson College To provide support for community and education programs Epix Pharmaceuticals, Inc for people of all ages to learn about the world of water. Faulkner Hospital, Ingersoll Akiko Shiraki Dynner Fund for Ocean Exploration and Bowditch Library Conservation (2005) Feeley & Driscoll, PC To support ocean exploration, research and conservation Foley Hoag, LLP activities. Forte, Dupee, Sawyer Company Museum of The Buttrick Fund for Volunteer Programs (2006) Comparative Zoology To support the Aquarium’s volunteer programs and to H.C. Starck, Inc. encourage other departments to collaborate with the Hub International New England, LLC Aquarium’s active corps of volunteers who donate IBM Corporation thousands of hours of time to the institution each year.

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In-Kind Gifts Leadership The following companies and individuals donated goods or Officers of the New Board of Overseers Alan M. Leventhal Alexander Leventhal services with a reported value Current as of February 2009 England Aquarium Anne R. Lovett of $500 or more in 2008. Corporation Alan R. Dynner, Chair Alistair Lowe AlphaGraphics Bud Ris, President and Edward F. Spider Andresen Larry Madin, Ph.D. Bacardi USA Chief Executive Officer James R. Andrew Elaine Magnum Beacon Capital Partners, LLC Walter J. Flaherty, Executive James N. Bailey Zachary S. Martin Kevin J. Beltis Vice President, Chief Operating George R. Baldwin Sonia Alleyne Matthews Body Glove International Officer and Treasurer Robert L. Beal James J. McCarthy, Ph.D. Cynthia A. Becton Don Packer Boston Beer Company R. William Burgess Jr., Chair Henry P. Becton Jr. Scott H. Page of the Board of Trustees Boston Harbor Hotel Michael J. Bohnen, Esq. A. Neil Pappalardo Catch Restaurant Dianne Hobbs, Secretary George D. Buckley Stephen C. Peacher The Chiofaro Company of the Corporation John K. Bullard Laird P. Pendleton John Doucet Film & Video, Inc. Barbara Burgess Karen Foote Richards Duncan W. Richardson Don Packer, Owner, Engine Room Edit 2009 Board of Richard G. Casey Excelsior Stewart B. Clifford Jr. Tedd R. Saunders Four Seasons Hotel Boston Trustees James E. Collins Frank Savage Four Seasons Resort Whistler Current as of February 2009 Heidi Cox Larry W. Schwartz Il Capriccio Restaurant & Bar R. William Burgess Jr., Chair David Crowley La Campania Tom Curren Jonathan E. Smith Ken Levine David Altshuler Paul DiMaura Karen Lee Sobol Liberty Liquors Carolyn J. Campanelli Mary F. Dockray-Miller, Ph.D. Patricia R. Squire Mamma Maria Gregory Clark Katharine B. Fagan Candace D. Stecker Tristin and Martin Mannion John M. Cohen, M.D. Jennifer Ferré, Ph.D. David B. Stone Laurel and Zachary Martin Alan R. Dynner ex-officio Susan Y. Friedman Addie Swartz MASS Diving, Inc. Daniel S. Evans Dean Goodermote David L. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. William A. Muggia Jamie C. Fagan Cary Grace Robert W. Uek Mullen Joseph F. Fallon Donna K. Hazard Elizabeth Weir Party By Design, Inc. Douglas I. Foy Kathleen Healy Pet Gear Harry A. Hanson Diana Hixon The Jeffrey H. Pierce Family Pamela Petri-Humphrey Lily Rice Hsia Mr. Brian Skerry Ogden Hunnewell Gregory O. Hunter Tiffany & Co. Jeffrey Pierce Jeffrey M. Hurst Troquet Restaurant Mary T. Renner Douglass E. Karp Diane and Martin Trust Neil S. Shifrin, Ph.D. Steven K. Katona, Ph.D. Peter Vale Richard Allan Soden P. Eric Krauss WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Timothy L. Vaill Michael P. Last WEEI-850 AM Sports Radio Louis J. Volpe Robyn L. Laukien The Westin Boston Waterfront The White Elephant

Additional thanks to Mullen for their generous advertising support in 2008.

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Magellan Society 2008 Financial Snapshot Current as of February 2009 The New England Aquarium finished the year in a sound financial position. Helen B. Spaulding, Chair The charts below summarize annual operating sources of revenue and expense for the year ending December 31, 2008. John M. Bradley Frances K. Clark John D. Constable, M.D. John J. Doyle Jr. Dean W. Freed Walter J. Gamble, M.D. Frederic E. Greenman George M. Lovejoy Jr. George Macomber Willis A. Matson II Daniel Pierce Rudolph F. Pierce Sandra B. Prescott Kathleen Sherbrooke Revenue (millions) Admission and Sales $ 26.9 Life Trustees Grants and Contracts $ 3.7 David B. Arnold Jr. Membership $ 2.1 Gerald W. Blakeley Jr. Charles S. Boit Gifts $ 3.8 William S. Brewster Corporate Partners $ 0.7 Jacob F. Brown II Anne T. Buttrick $ 37.2 Gale R. Guild Frank L. Harrington Jr. Richard Harte Jr. Karl J. Hirshman Weston Howland Jr. George E. Kane David I. Kosowsky Robert A. Lawrence Elisha F. Lee William H. MacCrellish Jr. Edward C. Mendler William J. O’Neill Jr. Edward E. Phillips Sandra B. Prescott William J. Pruyn Expenses (millions) George Putnam William O. Taylor Aquarium Operations $ 25.0 and Animal Care Honorary Trustees Education $ 2.7 Walter L. Cronkite Conservation/Research $ 3.7 Sylvia A. Earle, Ph.D. Fundraising* $ 2.8 Operating Reserve $ 3.0

$ 37.2

*includes Grants and Contracts, Membership, Gifts and Corporate Partners