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IN THIS ISSUE Meg and Richard Weekley PAGE 1: Leaving a Legacy $5,000 - $9,999 PAGE 2: Inside the New Fossil Preparation Lab the Junior League of Houston, Inc 2018 LEAVING A LEGACY 2018 PROGRAM AND If you’ve visited the new Fossil Preparation Laboratory EXHIBIT DONORS in the Morian Hall of Paleontology, you’ve probably met Dr. Rikki Raflo. Eight hours a day, five days a week, $1,000,000 + Rikki volunteers her time to the Houston Museum Anonymous of Natural Science. While you can usually find Rikki Walter Oil & Gas Corporation chiseling away at microfossils in the Lab, she can also be found giving tours to students in the Cullen Hall $250,000 - $999,999 of Gems and Minerals, answering questions at the Benton Family Foundation touch cart, showing off her favorite dinosaur, Lane the The Carruth Foundation, Inc. Triceratops, or mentoring volunteers. $100,000 - $249,999 In addition to the time Dr. Raflo dedicates to the The Brown Foundation, Inc. museum, her major financial support has allowed John P. McGovern Foundation HMNS to fulfill a longtime dream of opening the Dr. Rikki Raflo Fossil Preparation Laboratory. Fossil preparation is the removal of matrix to expose fossil specimens $50,000 - $99,999 by mechanical, manual or chemical means. Thanks Fox and Monica Benton to Dr. Raflo’s donation, HMNS can now bring the Foundation field to the Museum’s visitors. ExxonMobil Dr. Rikki Raflo The Hamill Foundation Growing up, Rikki says no one would have guessed On most days, Dr. Raflo is found in the back of the Occidental Petroleum she would be visiting Antarctica or Argentina to learn lab, working to clear out the microfossils embedded Shell Oil Company about dinosaurs. Rikki remembers a time when she in matrix – given the name “Tuffy” by the staff. Using was terrified of them, “when I was young, I was at the dentist-like tools, vinegar, and water, Rikki washes $25,000 - $49,999 Field Museum in Chicago and I had to be carried out and picks away the matrix in an attempt to isolate Allied Integrated Marketing of their Paleo Hall screaming.” the teeth fossils for further examination. The process Lisa Young and Matt Assiff can take weeks and it is no wonder she has spent Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation hundreds of hours volunteering in the Paleo Lab Debra and Albert Cejka since its opening in September 2018. Rikki is also ConocoPhillips working on receiving her Master Docent at HMNS. Andrew Delaney Foundation She has logged over 600 hours at the Museum since The Garden Club of Houston she first became involved in 2016 when she was M. D. Anderson Foundation cajoled into giving dinosaurs a second chance. The Newfield Foundation Phillips 66 In addition to Dr. Raflo’s current involvement with the Vivian L. Smith Foundation Museum, she is a member of the Museum’s planned giving program, Legacy Society. Rikki’s choice to $10,000 - $24,999 include HMNS in her estate plan is yet another Chinhui and Edward Allen III way for her to make a difference at the institution BMC Software where she spends so much of her time. The Gordon A. Cain Foundation Zane and Brady Carruth To read more about the HMNS Legacy Society, please CFP Foundation see page 5, or to learn how you can leave your legacy, Debra and Michael Dishberger please contact Katie Winston at 713-639-4615 or Jenny Elkins [email protected]. Engineers’ Council of Houston The Favrot Fund The George Foundation Annie and Robert Graham HEB Tournament of Champions HMNS Guild Kay and Ned Holmes Kathy and Peter Huddleston Elise and Russell Joseph Mady and Ken Kades Jeanie Kilroy Wilson and Wallace Wilson Kristi and George Lindahl III Joella and Steve Mach Martha Magee Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation Nancy and David Pustka Dr. Rikki Raflo Carroll and Hugh Ray Isla and Thomas Reckling III Glen A. Rosenbaum Union Pacific Foundation IN THIS ISSUE Meg and Richard Weekley PAGE 1: Leaving a Legacy $5,000 - $9,999 PAGE 2: Inside the New Fossil Preparation Lab The Junior League of Houston, Inc. A Welcome for the Philanthropy Vice President Kinder Morgan Foundation PAGE 3: Gala 2018: Jewel of the Nile Morgan Stanley PAGE 4: Gala 2019: WOW: World of Wonder Joe Pacetti and Tristan Nieves 2018 Excellence in Science Luncheon Wanda and Frederick Sdao PAGE 5: A Butterfly Flutter Danielle Forget Shield and Legacy Society Christopher Shield PAGE 6: Catalysts that Cause a Spark! Randa and K.C. Weiner PAGE 7: Donors Circles 2018 PROGRAM AND EXHIBIT DONORS HOW DOES A FOSSIL BECOME EXHIBIT READY? (continued) The newest addition to the Morian Hall of Paleontology has the intention of answering this question for visitors. $1,000 - $4,999 The HMNS Fossil Preparation Laboratory now allows Anonymous Donation a behind the scene look at what happens between the Arup time a fossil is discovered and it is placed on display. Harry S. and Isabel C. Cameron Foundation The new Fossil Preparation Lab, generously supported Syndee and Daniel Howgate in part by Rikki C Raflo EdD and Col. Charles P Raflo Lee Ann Morris and DVM, provides HMNS visitors a real time view of Kevin Jakubenas museum staff and volunteers cleaning, sorting, and Nasa Alumni League, JSC Chapter preparing undiscovered fossils. From behind a large Next Level Urgent Care glass window, future scientists, students, and dreamers Edward and Ellen Randall can observe every detail of the process. Cameras Foundation above the workstation provide up close and personal Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler examination of every chip and chisel, projecting exactly Hailey, PC what the scientist sees though their microscope onto Alicia and Ed Scala large TV monitors. Between exposing and preserving Paleo Lab John Vasquez fossils, the prep team answers questions asked by on “The public sees every bit of a paleontologists’ daily WJ Interests, LLC lookers. Use the press-to-talk intercom system to pick work. We do all kinds of prep work from gently the expert’s brains while they pick away at a 50 million chipping away rock from fossils to even the mounting $500 - $999 year old ammonite! Anonymous Donation of fossils,” Associate Curator of Paleontology, David Anonymous Donation Temple explained. BP DGD Group, Inc. In addition to preparing our exhibits at HMNS, the new Karen and David Johnston, Jr. lab also benefits other institutions. Using 3D printing Thelma and Russell Jones and scanning, HMNS volunteers can “share” fossils LJA Engineering with other paleontologists for their own research, Jim McClellan which creates teaching opportunities within the Adam Mekler paleontology community. * Gifts received as of January 1, 2018 to The HMNS Fossil Preparation Laboratory is open daily November 7, 2018. We have taken care from 10 am – 5 pm. to ensure the accurate recognition of our donors. If an error or omission does For more information about the Fossil Preparation occur, we apologize and hope you will Laboratory, please visit our website at www.hmns.org bring it to our attention by contacting or call 713-639-4629. Emily Brents at 713-639-4729. Paleo Lab 2018 GALA UNDERWRITERS Cairo FUELING THE FUTURE: PHILANTHROPY AT HMNS Team Wiess Visitors to HMNS have noticed a lot of changes to our halls, building, and programs over the past decade. Giza From the new Duncan Wing to the massive Wiess Anadarko Energy Hall, the Museum’s expansion has been fueled Jenna and Harris Junell by a major source: our donors. What many of our Randa and Charlie Williams guests might not know is that their beloved Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that receives no state or Memphis federal funding. Bud Light/Silver Eagle Distributors Chevron So how do we take your donations and turn them into Cherie and Jim Flores impactful programming, special exhibits, new halls, T. Mark Kelly/Vinson & Elkins LLP and building upgrades? Through the hard work of the The Lobb Family Department of Philanthropy. Kathrine G. McGovern The new Vice President of Philanthropy, Amy Chaisson, The Valley of the Kings has been causing quite a reaction since assuming The Cockrell Foundation the position in July. With decades of experience in Scott Freeman fundraising and a background in corporate litigation, Lawrence Family Foundation Amy has raised many millions of dollars for the Kelly and Bill Montgomery Museum during her 11 years at HMNS. Before Laurie and S. Reed Morian entering the non-profit world, Amy worked in medical Kelli and John Weinzierl technology and laboratory medicine. Chemistry was her first passion. Seeing firsthand the impact of Thebes science education in her own life, Amy believes that Anonymous “exposing people, especially children, to the sciences Armadillo Financial Partners and the miracles of the natural world is critical to the Monica and Fox Benton success of our city and our country.” It is this belief Burnett Law Firm that makes Amy and her team work diligently to use Deb and Tim Cejka your contributions to reach and inspire our city’s Carolyn and Platt Davis future explorers and scientists. EnVen Energy Corporation ExxonMobil Corporation Her team’s newest challenge will be to fund the Amy Chaisson, Vice President of Philanthropy Frost Bank expansion and relocation of the Chemistry Hall. Amy Alfred C. Glassell, III is especially excited to engage with the Museum’s Ann and Henry Hamman community of donors to help get this 15,000 square Kathy and Peter Huddleston foot project off the ground. The newest iteration Nick Johnson of the Hall will be called Matter & Motion: From Kristi and George Lindahl Quantum Chemistry to Astrophysics. Amy quipped, Joella and Steve Mach “Just like a really cool chemistry experiment, the Marathon Oil Company promise and the opportunities with this new Hall Oasis Petroleum are bubbling over!” Occidental Petroleum Optcapital, LLC, Mike McGarry, and To learn more about how your donations fuel the E&G Advisors future, visit www.hmns.org/support-hmns.
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