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The Centennial Campaign is proud to recognize the donors who have brought us to our goal of raising a "$Million to Grow On." Gifts acknowledged here were received on or before the close of the campaign, February 12, 2001. If your name was omitted or incorrectly listed, we apologize. Please contact us so that we may correct our records.

Centennial Campaign
Centennial Circle

Two anonymous White Plains families have contributed Centennial Circle gifts. For every $3 raised, these families donated a $1 match.

Centennial Campaign
Literati

The Chase Manhattan Foundation

Centennial Campaign 
Connoisseur

Estate of Claire V. Keaver

George and Lucia Perkins Senior Citizen Fund

The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation

Centennial Campaign
Conservator

The Shirley G. Benerofe Foundation

The Journal News

Centennial Campaign
Bibliophile

Monica Casey and Paul Turovsky

Steven Eichberg

IBM

Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Lapidus

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Masinter

MasterCard International

J. W. O’Connor & Co., Inc.

Barbara and Chester Ross

Nicholas and Aileen Wolff and Century 21-Wolff

Centennial Campaign
Collector

Anonymous (1)

Julia Gibson Axtell

Friends of the White Plains Library

Betsy and Donald Landis

MBIA Insurance Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. John Phelan, Sr.

Lionel I. Pincus

Betsy and Walter Stern

Verizon Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wallach

The Women’s Club of White Plains 

Centennial Campaign
Scholar

The Bank of New York

James and Robin Benerofe

Toni Cox-Burns and Carney Burns

Roland Barnes and Charlotte Szabo

John and Ann Coleman

Cuddy & Feder & Worby LLP

Lisa D’Angelo and David Kaput

Elizabeth Dater

Edward and Giovannella Dunn

EastRidge Properties Corporation

James B. Eichberg and M. Susan Rubin

First Union National Bank

Fuji Photo Film, U.S.A., Inc.

Bob and Sheila Friedland

The Galleria at White Plains

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Glatthaar

Shep Greenberg

Lillian Greenberger

GreenPoint Bank

Hon. & Mrs. Robert E. Greer

Jennifer and Bud Gruenberg

Ethel Fleet Heitz

Carol J. Heller

Judith Higgins

Ellen and Kevin Howard

Mr. & Mrs. James Jordan

John Klingenstein

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Klingenstein

The Kurtis Family

Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Lang

Lee’s Funeral Home, LLC

Sandra and Alfred Miranda

New York Power Authority

Nordstrom

Pauline C. Oliva

Morton and Carole Olshan Foundation, Inc.

Karen and Bob Osborne

Mary Jane and Robert Pelz

Daphne and Bob Philipson

Dr. Melvin Rappaport

Nancy Rappaport

Reckson Associates Realty Corp.

Mrs. Fred Rose

Jane Rosenau

Gail and Max Schwartz

Snapple

Dorothy S. Stengel

John and Elisabeth Steward

Diane Tabakman and David W. Rhodes

Pamela Thomas-Graham and Lawrence Otis Graham

Barbara and John Vogelstein

Barbara and Barry Wenglin

John S. Wilson

Nicholas and Aileen Wolff

Anonymous (1)

Centennial Campaign
Reader

Anonymous (29)

Marlene and Judah Aber

Elizabeth and Leigh Abrams

Joan Mancuso Adair

Loretta and William Adamo

Cynthia Adams

Adult Reader Information Services Department

Neeraj Aggarwal

Myrtlene Alexander

June and Leo Alperson

Jeanne and Frank Alpert

Sandra Altman

Grace and Anthony Alvarez

Diane Ametrano

Nora Andrews

Joan and Charles Anson, Jr.

Carolyn and Alan Appel

Jane and Leonard Appelle

Susan Arterian

Harriet and Ikem Ashamole

Irene and Adolph Auerbacher

Irene and Lawrence Auriana

Greta and Albert Avitabile

Charlotte and Richard Ayers

Bobbi and Simon Baker

Mildred and Micahel Balk

Caryl Ballin

Louise Baptiste

Barbara and Herman Baron

Jean Bartus

Don Basler

Nava Bat-Avraham

Thomas Becker

Nick and Evelyn Beilenson

Marla and Lawrence Berg

Pauline Berger

Samuel Berger

Peter Berland

Martin Bernstein

Sheri Betts

Robin Bikkal

Jonathan Billett

Fern and Howard Bindelglass

Edith and Irving Binger

Frank Bingham

Robert Birnbaum

Barbara Blaustein

Kenneth Blish

Iris Block

Deborah Bloom

Nancy Bobker

Krystyn and Vincent Boccumini

Sandy Bogin and Claire Eisenstadt

Jean Borteck

Cassandra and Benjamin Boykin, II

Eileen and Charlie Bradley

Ms. Suzanne A. Brainard

Ilse Brenner

Heather and Irwin Brenzel

Mrs. Evans V. Brewster

Barbara and Alfred Bright

Rebecca and Harry Bright, Jr.

Eleanor and Richard Brilliant

L. Elizabeth and Harold Brodman

Ruth Brooks

Liliana Brotchner

Doris and Raymond Brown

Jean Brown

Susan and Kenneth Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur G. Bruesewitz

Jerome Buff

Donna and Thomas Burke

Joyce and Alan Bush

Anita Buyers

Basil Callimanis

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Canfield

Linda Carena

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Carpenter

Ronald Carran

Eleanor Carren

Anne Casey

Mary and John Cavallero

Jean and Stanley Chang

Maria Chantale

Vilma and Nicholas Chantiles

Martha and Samprit Chatterjee

Frieda and The Tsan Chen

Virginia and Theodore Christiansen

Dale and Cesar Chung

Edward Ciborowski

Debra Citrone

Eleanor A. Clark

Jacob and Rita Clark

Rita and Jack Clark

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Coberley

Joan and Matthew Coffey

Elaine Cohen

Robin Cohen

Renee and Steve A. Cohen

Roni and Steven Cohen

Amy Cohn

Joan Cohn

Diane Coldrick

Lucille Coldrick

Frances Coleman

Francine and Charles Columbus

A.M. Condon

Barbara and Aaron Cooper

Sylvia and Leonard Corwin

Shirley Cosby

Annette and Leroy Coulter

Judith Coulter

Karen Couzens

Katherine and Brian Crawley

Donna Cribari

Gloria and Robert Cropp

Pierre-Jean and Daniel Crouy

Patrice and Dennis Cuddy

Laurie Cuevas

Rosemary Cuneo

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Cypher

Dr. & Mrs. Vincent D’Amico

Alex Danin

Alan Daskin

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Davidson

Marjorie B. Davies

Dorothea Davis

Ruth and G. Jerry Davis

Susan and Paul Davis

Maureen and Albert De Biccari

Kathleen and James Delano

Larry and Anita Delgado

Karyn DeLuca

Mr. & Mrs. Robert De Marco

Rosalie and George DeMarco

Barbara De Marte

Laxmikant Deshpande

Betsy DeSoye

Norman Dichiara Architects, P.C.

Louise Dietz

Doris Dingott

Pauline and Nicholas DiSalvo

Patricia M. Di Tullio

Ruth and Michael Doehring

Mae Dokes

Muriel Dolinsky

Charlotte and Jack Domeshek

Eileen Donovan

Mr. & Mrs. Orrin Dow

Dorothy Downing

R.M. Dreeland

Matthew Dreyfus

Audrey and David Drucker

Flora and J. Norton Dunn

Joanne Dunphy

Sarah Durrenberger

The Claire and Maurits Edersheim Foundation

Barbara Edgerton

Loretta Edwards

Bonnie and Eric Eilen

Alta and Harry Eisenpress

Alane and Rudolph Ellenbogen

Fred and Janet Elmiger

Mary An and Albert Emanuelli

Paul Eng and Lisa Cordes

Helen Epstein

Sally and Alan Epstein

Constance Evans

Caryn and Donald Fair

Barbara and James Falk

Isabel and John Farrell

Laura and Benjamin Feder

Amy Federice and Chris Vitrone

Ina and Arnold Feidelman

Barbara and Barry Feiden

Cheryl Feldman

Barbara and Joe Ferrari

Marjorie and Lucien Filip

Anneliese Fish

Diane and Dennis Fitzpatrick

Margaret Flint and Mark Smith

Mary Flynn

Joyce and Harold Fong

Peter and Kathleen Forde

Jennie and Matthew Frango

Judith and Earl Freeman

Marion Freedman

Robert James Friedman

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Friedman

Carol and Eli Fritz

Sally Froelich

Pearl Frost

Linda and William Frumkin

Mary and David Fullerton

Lee Furman

Helen Fytos

P. Charles Gabriele

Debra and Robert Gaffey

Iole Gardella

Irene and Stephen Gardner

Joyce Gardner

Janet Sussman Gartner

Peggy and Alan Gassman

Gloria Gauzz

Betty Geller

Diane Germano

Pasquale Gilberto

Arthur Gilman

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Giordano

Bernice N. Gitenstein

Esther Glassman

George and Patricia Gleason

Marjorie and Milton Gleit

Marion and Benjamin Glim

Selma Gluck-Acosta and Dr. Raul Acosta

Alayne and Donald Goalstone

Raffaela and Paul Goldstein

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Goodman, Jr.

Elaine and Richard Goodman

Susan and Kenneth Gordon

Mr. & Mrs. David F. Gottesman

Anne Gottlieb

Ronald Gottlieb

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Gottsegan

Yvonne Graves

Dolores and Irving Green

Dorothy Jane Green

Vera Greene

Margaret Greer

Ruth-Ann and Lloyd Greyson

Helen and James Griffin

Mary and Gary Groot

Pamela and Raymond Grosjean

Marjorie Gross

Ruth Grossman

Marcia and Stan Grubel

Doris and Norbert Gruenfeld

Claire Gulkis

Floyd Gumble

Michael Gumowitz

Charlotte Hall

Margery Hall

Sue Halpern

Caren and Hillel Hammerman

Thomas Hanlon

Nancy T. Hantman

Gaierose Haskel

Jeanne Harris

Marilyn Harris

Margaret Harrold

Jill and Merwin Haskel

Dorothy Haverty

Amy Hawkes

Mary Hawkins, M. D.

Richard Hecht

Grace Hendey

Richard S. Hendey III

Joyce Henklein

Michael Henry, Jr.

Barbara Heppeler

Pearl and Morris Herson

Laura Herzberg

Debra and Eric Hess

Hess Family

Elizabeth Hiden

The Jacob C. Ho Family

Deborah Hobson

Lynn and Burt Hoffman

Fredric Hoffman

John Holden, Jr.

Suzanne and Randall Holden

Claudette and Terrence Holdipp

Tom and Libby Hollahan

Elizabeth Holmes

Viola Holmes

Elizabeth Hord

Ellen and Kevin Howard

Mr. & Mrs. Leon Howard

Nancy Howland

Hudson Valley Chapter, American Rock Garden Society

Victoria and Thomas Hughes

Mr. & Mrs. William Hughes

Mr. & Mrs. William D. Hughes

Ronald Humbert

Roberta Hyde

Joanne and John Imlay

Betty Innamorato

Gail and James Isenberg

Ann and Gerard Iwantsch

Marion Jacobson

Shirley Jacobson

Alfred Jaretski

Eve and Peter Jaskow

Patricia and Frank Jazzo

Marilyn Jerome

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Johnson

Diane Johnson

Duane and Carol Johnson

Jeff, Kathy and Travis Johnson

Betty Johnston

Mary and Gerald Joseph

Mary and Harold Junker

John Kacandes

Rhoda Kadin

Henrietta Kalle

Anita and Arthur Kaplan

Jessica Kaplan and Mark Fowler

Riena Kaplow

Mary and Thomas Karis

Mary and Peter Karp

Katz & Klein

Sylvia Kaufman

Beth and Eugene Kava

Richard Kaye and Susan Strickler

Eugene Keefe

Joan and Richard Keiser

Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Keleher

Richard Kelisky

Joyce and Robert Kent

Renee Kent

Mary and Arthur Kentros

Sarah and Julian Keppler

Ann Kessler

Helen Keyes

Laurie and Fred Kimmelstiel, M.D.

Lois King

Susan and John Kirkpatrick

William Klay

Donna Klein & Associates

Jill and Richard Klein

Irene and Walter Koehnken

Rebecca Kornblatt

Katherine Kornblum

Mr. & Mrs. William Kosakowski

Valia and Joseph Krakow

Deborah and Herbert Krasnow

Susan and Bert Krieger

Emily Kunreuther

Abby and Jeffrey Kurnit

Caroline and Hans Kyzivat

Gloria and Joseph Lader

Leonore and Peter Laderman

Louise Laemmlen

Sarah Lalli

Christopher W. Lang

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Lang

Heidi A. Lang

Robert Larick

H. Margaret and Karl Lasseter, Jr.

Carlos Lastra

Eunice and John Laughlin

Roberta Fast Lazarus 

Patricia Leavy

Barbara and Michael Lefsky

Elizabeth and Alan Legatt

Amy and Glen Leibowitz

Cecelia and Eric Leiseroff

Carole and David Leiwand

Blaine and Stephen Levenson

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Levin

Anne and Nathan Levin

Linda and Mark Levine

Martin Levitin

Adele and Leonard Lewis

Thomas Lewis

Gloria Lewit

Evelyn and Stephen Lieb

Caryl and Stuart Lieberman

Freda and Bernard Liebman

Edna and Philip Lief

Barbara Lilly

Naomi and Morton Linzer

N. Lipschutz

Rosalind Llewellyn

Cornelia Locher

Judy and James R. Lombino

Elaine and Edwin London

Gloria and Louis Losi

Donna and Paxton Louis

Alice Low

Ann Lowell

Helene Lowenthal

Charlotte N. Lynch

Dolly L. Maass

Patricia and Raymond MacDonnell

Wilma and Carl Machover

Rosemary and Harry MacLaughlin

Christl and Gikas Mageras

Shirley Mair

Ann and Joseph Majsak

Tom and Rita Malmud

Joanne and Gerald Mannarino

Anlee and Myron Marcus

Ina and Maxwell Marks

Carol and Mark Marotta

Lue and Sam Marotta

Harriet and Perry Martin

Madeline Martin

Ralph Marshall

Theresa Maylone

Ann Mazur

Aida McCarron

Alice and John McCormick

MaryAnn and Charles McCrea

Jean McKendrick

Donna and Stephen McLaughlin

Virginia Meagher

Evarista Medina

Shirley Medwick

Carolyn Mehta

Ellen Meier and Stephen Nelmes

Barbara and Steven Meixler

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mele

Leah & Robert Mendelsohn

Betty and John R. Menke

Colman Merithew

Judith Meyer

Harriet and Norman Meyers

Lucille Meyers

Sandra and Joel Meyers

Pauline and Gabriel Miccio

Jennifer and Dickerson Miles

Ann and Charles Miller

Harold Miller

Irene and James Miller

Katherine and Bruce Milliken

L. Millman

Eleanor Mills

Lorna Minor

Gloria Moline

Jeanette and James Monaco

Natalie Moreda

Joan Morgan

Geraldine Morrison

Elaine and Theodore Morse

Ruby Moses

Gordon Murray

Marie Murray

Fred Murrell

Mary and Michael Naclerio

Susan and Alphonse Naclerio

Carmen and Charles Nanko

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Nash

Mildred & Mark Neider

Eleanor and Richard Neudorfer

Cathy and Daniel Neuspiel

Jacqueline and Bernard Nevins

Stuart Nevins, M.D.

Rita and Charles Newcomb

Edna Newhouse

Cesar Neyra

Laurie Nikolski

Mr. & Mrs. David Norr

Marie Nunez

Clifford Nyman

Jack Orben

Mary Oliver

Judge and Mrs. Andrew O’Rourke

Leslie and Harry Oster

JaneMarie and Steven Owen

Rose and Dominick Pace

Marylou and Victor Pagano

Leatrice and Ralph Palmer

Elaine Papaleo

Deborah Parente

James Parker

Jeanne and Alex Paullow

Joyce Peagler

Anne and Nicholas Penachio, Jr.

Aron Pasternack and Catherine Perri

Saran and Stephen Pearl

Mary Peck

Nima and Joel Pegrish

L.A. Pellegrino

Jose Perez

Elizabeth Perrone

Thomasina and Paul Petrone

Margaret Pfister

J. Foster Phillips Funeral Home, Inc.

Patricia Pickett and Peter Tenore

Marcia Pledger

John Plotke

Bess Pobiner

Audrey and Marvin Pocker

Jean and Henry Pollak

Marc Pollitzer

Joan Polvere

Leslie and Harold Porosoff

Gregory Powell

Dennis and Marigrace Power

Fujiko and Robert Presseau

Prudential Securities Incorporated

Diane and Bradley Purvis

Lolita and Romulo Quesada

Jeanne Quinn

Meheroz Rabadi

Joan and Murray Raim

Jeff Rainer

Louise Rand

Doreen and Wolfgang Rapp

Charlene and Steven Reagan

Lawrence Rebak

Nancy Reda

Gabriele Regan

Elizabeth Reitbauer

Sylvia and Conrad Renken

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Rickstrom

Ellen and James Ridge

Judith and Steven Rieger

Donna Robinson

Rodman and Rodman, LLP

Linda Rodney

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez

Harriet and Irwin Rofman

Mrs. Judith A. Roher

Joelyn and Michael Rohman

Helena and Richard Roney

Lynne and Jon Rose

Myrtis and John Rose, II

Roberta and Paul Rosenkrantz

Jane Rosenau

Ruth and Alan Rosenthal

Barbara and Gerald Rosmarin

Irene Ross

Linda and Herman Roth

David Rothenberg

Phil Rothenberg

Christine and Eric Rothschild

Ellen and Peter Rowntree

Stanley Rubenstein

Mateel and Joshua Rubin

Sandra Rubio

Joel Rudikoff

Rodman and Rodman

Marjorie and Herbert Ruderfer

Robert Ruger

Joseph Ruggerio

Barbara Ruskin

Marilyn and Albert Rutel

Darlene and Robert Ruud

Marjorie Sablow

Jeannette Sahlein

Millie an Gabriel Saland

Lila Salzman

Rosemarie and Donn Sand

Toby and Peter Savides

Leatrice and Mervyn Schacht

Mae Schainman

Karen Schatzel

Dorothy and Jonather Schere

Lynnette Scherzer

Richard Scherzer

Jeffrey Schell

Kathy and Robert Schick

Alice and David Schiff

Mrs. Enid K. Schiff

Cheryl and Gregory Schilero

Jane and Richard Schindler

Louise Schloss

Mr & Mrs. Lloyd Schloss

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Schmidt

Helen Schmitz

Maureen and Thomas Schneider

Michele and Norman Schoenfeld

Rosalind and Sy Schulman

Ruth Schultz

Elizabeth Schutt and Abel Lushiku

Paul Schupak

Barbara and Rudolph Schwartz

Judith and Michael Schwartz

Stephanie Schwartz

Barbara and Paul Schwarz

K. Schwarzschild

Rosemarie Scutero

Carol and Charles Selinske

Jane Selvar

Ishani and Manoj Seshan

Ann and John Sewalk

Mr. & Mrs. Victor Shaines

Ethel and Murray Shapiro

Barbara Shore

Elisa and Joseph Siciliano

Alexandre and Lioudmila Sidorenko

Estelle Siegel

Susan Siegel

Carla and Amit Sikdar

Maida and Howard Silver

Leon Silverman

Betty Simmons

Joyce Simmon

Cecelia and Francis Simonetti

Blanche Sinauer

Andrea and Alan Sisenwein

Gretchen Skidmore

Harriet and Abraham Slivka

Andy Sloan

Keith Small

Ruth and Henry Smit

Barbara and Dr. Gerard Smith

Mark Smith and Gretchen Flint

Rita and Charles Smith

Frances and Warren Smith

Harriet and Thomas Sobol

Judith and Stanley Sokol

Phyllis Solem

Dr. Robert Soley

Lydia and Marcel Solomon

Louise Sonet

Gloria and Gene Sosin

Judy and Isaac Souede

Jo Ann Sowden

Kerri Spennicchia

Albert Spinelli

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Stagg

Ruth Stalerman

Susan Steeg

Nancy and John Steger

Ruth and Gerald Stern

Claire Sternecker

Brigitte St. John

Y. Eleanor Stillman

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stone

Rosalyn and Herbert Stone

Eleanor and Mel Stricker

Stop & Shop Supermarkets

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Strauss

Sharon Strauss

Emilio Suraci

Hillel Swiller, M.D.

Janice and William Swaner

Diane H. Tabakman and David W. Rhodes

Nathaniel B. Taft, Esq.

Eleanor Tarasco

Guy and Patricia Terhune

Robert Thomasset

Dan and Camille Thompson

Arlene and Frank Tolopko

Eileen and William Tompkins

Patricia and Kevin Townes

Robert Troiano

Dorothy Troll

Susan Lee Turnbull

Lisa Tyler

Michael Valenti

Susan and Daniel Van Doren

Frank Veber

Anthony Ventarola

Gloria Visca

Mrs. Raymond Visca

Joan Vogel

Katherine Vonesh

Vivian and Arthur Vosatka

Theodore Vun

Susan and Milton Wackerow

Claire and Bernard Walden

Stephen Walfish

Gina and Chauncey Walker

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Walker

Elisabeth and Richard Wallace

Brian and Beth Wallach

Charlotte Walsh

Emmauel Wansi

John Ward

Jennifer and Ralph Watts

Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Weber

Adele Weinberg

Clarice Weiner

Edith Weiner

Jill and Michael Weinstein

Bella Weinstein

M. J. Weinstein

Marian and Arthur Weinstock

Joyce Weiser

Virginia and Scott Weisman

Barbara and Jack Weiss

Gerard Weiss

Harry Weiss

Dr. Richard Weiss

Bernice and Allan Weitzenhoffer

Constance and Robert Whitaker

Janet White

Gail and George Whittemore

Joan and Lynton Wiener

Emma and Albert Williams

Marjorie and Curtis Williams

Paula and Richard Williams

Dorothy and Thomas Willoughby

Don and Peter Wilson

Ruth Wilson

Elizabeth Winkelman

Elizabeth and Thomas Witmer

Robert Wolf

Nancy Wolff

Barbara A. Woodworth

Leroy Wyatt

White Plains Watch Community Newspaper

John Yasek

Catherine and Guido Zambernardi

Daniel Zane

Elizabeth Zatrapeznoff

Ann and Philip Zeidberg

Margaret and Michael Ziegler

Jeanne Zunich

We wish to thank our donors who made gifts in memory or in honor of others

In loving memory of:

Elizabeth F.S. Casey

Countess Cox

Thomas DeSoye

Richard S. Hendey

Judge Arthur Kellman

Louis P. Kurtis

Edward R. Lastella

Charlotte Lynch

Lucia Perkins

Clarice K. Wilson

Anne Yankowski

 

In honor of:

The Children’s Library Staff

Toni Cox-Burns

Hope Furth

Peter Kindler

Jack Phelan, Sr.

George and Barbara Quint

Rae Faith Robinson

Barbara Wenglin

 

An Afternoon of Poetry and Jazz

On October 7, 2000, Foundation President Toni Cox-Burns hosted a wonderful event with special guest poet Crystal Williams and jazz by the Carl Viggiani Trio. Many special thanks to more than 60 guests who supported this event and made it a smashing success. Your generosity is deeply appreciated.