The Education Foundation is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization and donations are tax-deductible and will be acknowledged with a letter for tax purposes
We thank the following alumni, parents, grandparents, friends, foundations and businesses for their generous support of The Education Foundation.
This list reflects donations received May 1, 2018 – February, 2020
The Legacy Society $2,500 and above
Niles West Class of 1989 — In memory of classmates Becky Hansen; Christopher Jesse; Stacy Lutz; Owen Masterton; Maria Raucci; Jae Sim; Scott Theissen; Andrew Wallin; and Christian Wright
District 219 Staff, Fall & Spring Payroll Drives
Niles Township Federation of Teachers and Support Staff, Winter Holiday Drives
Niles North Class of 1968 Reunion
School Chest Program / Dance Marathon
Trustees of Niles Township, Niles Township Government
Leadership Circle $1,000 – $2,499
Anonymous
CIBC Bank, USA
Catherine M. Mechla
Dr. Corey Goodman (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Illinois Council for Exceptional Children
Dr. Michael and Shelley Korey (North ’68 and ’67) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion and in memory of Susan Kamin Moschin (East ‘63) and Scott Kamin (North ‘69)
Morton Grove Community Church
Gayle Mueller-Slack (West ’70) – In memory of James R. Slack (East ’61), Robert J. Mueller (West ’65) and Pam Goldberg (West ’70)
Niles East class of 1973 45th Reunion
Niles North class of 1967 – In memory of classmates whose lives have been cut short
Niles North class of 1978 40th Reunion
Niles North class of 1979 40th Reunion
Niles West class of 1987 30th Reunion
Partnership Financial Credit Union, Morton Grove
President’s Circle $500 – $999
Edward Forkos (West ’63)
Robert and Barbara Gilman (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Pam Hendrix
Mary and Mark Nagelvoort
Niles East 1968 Reunion
Parents of District 219 students, donations through student registrations
Rotary Club of Skokie Valley Foundation
Kathryn and Daniel Ryan
Sarasin Family, Robert Sarasin, (West ’79)
Karen Zupko (West ’68)
Loyalty Circle $250 – $499
Ellen Akerhaugen (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
John Clarkson (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Dale & Theresa Dobroth – (North ’67) – In honor of Niles North class of 1967 and in memory of cherished classmates whose lives have been cut short
Directors of the Education Foundation, K. Baker, A. Burman, J. Burman, K. Clinkman, M. Collins, K. Donegan, R. Dornseif, M. Graham, J. Hedstrom, G. Paskind, R. Rabizadeh, & M. Robins –in honor of Rosamin Bhanpuri for her years of service to the Foundation and retirement from District 219
Evanston Subaru in Skokie
Dorothy Fugiel & Jerry Smith – In memory of Jean Barstow, Teacher, District 219
Gary & Judy (Dreyfuss) Galluzzo (North ’67)
Steven Glink, Law Offices of Steven E. Glink (East ’73)
Alan Hergott (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Kathleen Kelly / Robert Murphy – In memory of Jean Barstow, Teacher, District 219
Ken and Chris Kokrda
Kerstin (Katnik) & Nelson Lampert (Kerstin, North ’68) – In honor Niles North of class of 1968 50th Reunion and honoring Mr. Robinson and Mr. Hallberg
Dorothea Lattyak (North ’65)
Cathy Mechla (West ’67) – In honor of her special birthday
Karen Mellow (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Ronald Miller (East ’74)
Niles East/West Class of 1963 50th Anniversary Reunion
Niles North Courtesy Club in honor of retirees: Sharon Ernst, Ann Goethals, An Rios-Murphy, Susan Ranft, and Frank Sticha
Niles North 1988 Reunion
Niles West Class of 1986 Reunion
Arlene Rosenthal (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Gena Schoen (North ’81)
Harvey Shapiro (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Barbara Solomon (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Edward & Dale Tadelman (Dale Olsen, North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Jane Wenger
Protector $150 – $249
Anonymous (North ’67) – In honor of Niles North class of 1967 and in memory of classmates whose lives have been cut shore; and in memory of Karyn Clarkson Siebert, North ’67
Mary Pat Carr
Kim (West ’85) & Harry Clark
Directors of The Education Foundation – In memory of Celine Ruth Szczepaniak, mother of Jim Szczepaniak
Katherine France
Joanne Foster (West ’65)
Bill Gabriel (West ’74)
Arthur Gould (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion and in memory of Larry & Lester Elisco
Bennett Greenspan (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Bobbie Head (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Evelyn Karson (West ’68)
Tom Meskel (Retired 2004 – Director of Math & Sceince, Niles West)
Timothy Miller
Mary Nagelvoort – Retired Teacher (Niles North)
Niles North Courtesy Club – In honor of retiring staff Mary Nagelvoort, Lori Real and Melissa Smetana
Elisse Rosen (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Jerry Smith and Dottie Fugiel – Retired Teachers (Niles West)
Dr. Alan Zunamon (West ’75) – In memory of Ted Kaitchuck
Donations $100 – $149
Anonymous
Anonymous (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Ronald Albiani
Alona Anspach (West ’74)
Barry Bass, Embassy Bankcard Solutions, Inc. (West ’76) – In honor of Sandra Beyda Lorie, Northeastern University
Dr. Nasir Bhanpuri (West ’02)
Rosamin Bhanpuri
Cory & Randi (Levinson) Binstock (West ’83)
Susan Rugendorf Braun (North ’68) – In honor Niles North of class of 1968 50th Reunion
Darlene Brill (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Donald Browning
Dr. Debbi Kouzes Burdick (West ’71) – In memory of Coach Basrak
Charles Chang (West ’64)
Ron Dornseif
Glenn Eiden (West ’69) – In honor of Niles West class of 1969 50th Reunion
Danny Goodman (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Carla Gordon (North ’71) – In memory of grandparents Isidore and Selma Lorsch
Michelle Hettinger
Heather Ingraham
Carol Fine Jacobson (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
William Kessel (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Andi Rivkin Kessler (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion and in memory of classmates who’s lives were cut short
Evelyn Lauer
Luc Leavenworth
Ami LeFevre
Una McGeough
Martin Marcus (North ’67) – In honor of Niles North class of 1967 and in memory of classmates whose lives have been cut short
Ellen (Silton) Maremont Silver (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
The Paskind Family (North ’14)
Noel Payne (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Jerry Pope
Laurie & Mark Recker (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Michael Ritter (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Diane Sainsot (East ’73) – In honor of Niles East class of 1973 Reunion
Laura and Larry Saret (North’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Andrew Sarnat (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Roberta Warren Slade (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Ann and Howard Tennes (East ’76) – Annual donation and also In memory of Celine Ruth Szczepaniak, mother of Jim Szczepaniak
Sarah Tipperreiter (West ’94)
Andrea “Andy Pearlman” Tobor (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion
Linda Weinman Wolf (North ’67) – In honor of Niles North class of 1967 and in memory of cherished classmates whose lives have been cut short
Donations up to $100
Niles West Counselors – In honor od Dr. Lawrence Baran, father of Heidi Splinter
From (North ’67) – In honor of Niles North class of 1967 and in memory of cherished classmates whose lives have been cut short
Anonymous (1), Lois Berry Agran (in memory of Rosalie Stearns Har-El, N ’67, and Karyn Clarkson Siebert, N’67), Judy & Stuart Friedman, Trudy Abrams Hobfoll, Mickey Kaplan, Cheri Fisher Mena ((in memory of Rosalie Stearns Har-El), Rookie Cohen Shifrin, Terrie Shulman, Ronald Stein, Adriane Mitenthal Zindell (in memory of Rosie Har-El), Robrta Zuffante (in memory of Michael Zuffante)
From (North ’68) – In honor of Niles North class of 1968 50th Reunion:
Nancy Freedman Behles, Sheila Davis (in memory of Gary Swenson), Tina Davis, Marcey B. Friedman, Alan Gebel, Alan & Paula Cohen Goldberg, Brian Hefter, Adrienne Hersh, Julie Markin, Sharon Sutker McGowan, Barbara Cohen Parrin, Stuart Reif (in honor of Wyne”Brent” Shoen), Debbie Bublick Rosenthal, Shelley Rubin, Paul Smietanka
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous – In Memory of Mel Bernstein
Lois Berry Agran (North ’67) – In memory of Alan Weinstein
George Baptist – In memory of Barbara Baptist
David & Olga Batrich
Phyllis Beck – In memory Gary Uhlir (East ’57)
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School Academic Foundation
Lee Covitt (East ’67)
Debbie Kreisman Dubin (North ’79) – In honor of 40 year reunion chair people Nancy Rubin Chodash and Marlene Cohen Domash
Nestor Evaristo (West ’79)
Harlan Gladstein (West ’72) – In honor of Lawrence Korrub, (West ’72)
Marilyn Glazer
Charles Graessle (West ’66)
Jean Hedstrom – In honor of Alyse Burman
Karen Heller Mason (East ’62)
Judy Hoffman (East ’74)
Elan Jackson (West ’90) – In honor of Niles West class of 1990
Helene Kanter (West ’78) – In honor of Niles West class of 1978 40th reunion
Janet Breidenbach Kay (West ’74)
Dale Larson
Maureen McCoy (North ’65)
Nancy McFadden (West ’69)
Jennifer and Joel Mehr – In honor of Dr. Michelle Schlack (NN Counselor), for going above and beyond for her students
Niles West Counselors – In memory of Dr. Lawrence Baran
Jerry Peven (West ’73)
Richard Pikowsky (North ’77)
Wendy Placek (East ’73) – In honor of Niles East class of 1973 reunion
Sharyn Lachman Reiff (North ’71)
Sherry Cohen Reisman (East ’65)
Karla Ross (East ’73) – In honor of Niles East class of 1973 reunion
Maria Salazar (North ’07)
Robin L. Sears – In memory of husband Richard Sears, West ’68
Jill Burkel Sidoti (West ’84) – In honor of Niles West Gymnastics Program
Dr. Roger Stein
Ann and Howard Tennes (East ’76)
Rena & Doug Thompson (North ’95)
Pam Bernardini Tunney (West ’74)
Maureen (West ’69) and Howard Yanes
Nancy Warshawsky (North ‘ 70) – In memory of beloved brother Charles Alan Karp
Walmart, Pointe Plaza, Niles, Illinois
We do our best to maintain accuracy and spelling of names. Should you notice an inaccuracy, please notify Samina Hussain at 847-626-3959 or email samhus@d219.org.
