Fenimore Society
Members of the Fenimore Society support the museum at the highest level. These leadership donors make an enormous impact with their gifts. Thank you to all the Fenimore Society members for all you do to bring great art to the community.
$25,000+
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Berk
Miss Jane Forbes Clark
Robert and Nellie Gipson
Mr. and Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn
Dr. Jane Katcher and Mr. Gerald Katcher
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Putnam
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Shields
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
$10,000 – $24,999
Dr. and Mrs. William W. LeCates
Robert and Doris Fischer Malesardi
Mr. Tom Morgan & Ms. Erna Morgan McReynolds
Lady Juliet Tadgell and Dr. Christopher Tadgell
$5,000 – $9,999
Ms. Judy Lewent and Mr. Mark Shapiro
Mr. Brent R. Nicklas
Mr. and Mrs. Byron F. Thomas, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Thompson
Mrs. Rose C. Wadsworth
$2,500 – $4,999
Mr. Lou Allstadt and Ms. Melinda Hardin
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Blum
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Buckingham
Mr. Dick Button
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Consigli
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton
Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
Mr. Gunleif Jacobsen and Mr. Thomas Simpson
Vera and Pepi Jelinek
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Leventhal
Dr. Jeffrey Pressman and Dr. Nancy Kollisch
Mr. Pierce S. Sioussat and Mrs. Abigail Ross Sioussat
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Stetson
Mr. Frank Tosto
$1,000 – $2,499
Ms. Annon C. Adams
Ms. Kathy Allen and Ms. Barby Allen
Ms. Helen-Jean Arthur
Dr. Jacqueline M. Atkins and Dr. Edward G. Atkins
Ms. Marianne Bez and Mr. Michael Jerome
Helene Bonnier & Fritz Rosenorn-Lehn
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Bresee
Ms. Bonnie Burnham
Mrs. Joan R. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Cain
Dan and Peg Church
Dr. Paul S. and Anna T. D’Ambrosio
Lucy and Mike Danziger
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Dobelman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Duff
Mrs. Phyllis B. Dunning
Mr. Thomas Edwards
Mrs. Karen M. Elting
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Evans
Ms. Kathleen Flanagan and Mr. Tim O’Donoghue
Mr. Richard Friedberg and Ms. Elisabeth Searles
Mr. Keith J. Fulmer & Dr. Terry T. Fulmer
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Glazer
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goodman
Mr. Lucius Gotti
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Gotwald
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graham
Dr. Anne Cochran Grey
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hage
Mr. Louis Busch Hager, Jr.
Mrs. Gemma S. Hall and Ms. Angelica Romano
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hanft
Mr. Hugh Hardy
Bruce and Mona Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Holbrook
Mr. and Mrs. James Howarth
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Humes
Ms. Susan J. Huxtable
Mr. James M. Jordan
Ms. Marjorie Turrell Julian
Mr. Arnold Jungkind
Dr. Marilynn Karp
The Honorable and Mrs. Jeffrey Katz
Honorable and Mrs. M. Langhorne Keith
Paul Kellogg and Raymond Han
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kenyon
Ms. Elizabeth Ketterson and Mr. Robert Graepel
Mr. Charles B. Kieler
Mrs. Suzanne Kingsley
Ms. Andrea Klepetar-Fallek
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Landers
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Levine
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis
Dr. and Mrs. Roger MacMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mahon
Mr. and Mrs. Jason McCoy
David McCoy & Millington F. McCoy
Dr. Bertine McKenna and Mr. Patrick McKenna
Magda and Gus Mininberg
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Moffat
Ms. Esther Nelson and Mr. Bernd Ulken
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Northrup
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Older
Ms. Margaret Bouslough Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Plowden-Wardlaw
Ms. Corinne M. Plummer
Dr. Donald Pollock
Ms. Ellen Poulette and Mr. David Poulette
Jerry and Marisabel Raymond
Mr. Philip Richter
Dr. and Mrs. William Richtsmeier
David and Nancy Russell
Mr. and Mrs. John Sanford
Ms. Nettie Jean Scarzafava and Ms. Angela A. Duina
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Schlather
Mrs. Veronica Gil Seaver
Bradley Goodyear and T. Gunter Smith
Jack and Gayle Smith
Mrs. H. William Smith, Jr.
Sigrid and George Snell
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Steigelman
Dr. and Mrs. William Streck
Dr. and Mrs. David Svahn
Ms. Ellen R. Tillapaugh and Mr. Gary M. Kuch
Ms. Lucy Townsend
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Vincent
Dr. and Mrs. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Zahn
Francesca Zambello and Faith Gay
Corporate, Foundation and Government Support
Thank you to the following organizations and corporations who generously support our mission at the Fenimore Art Museum. Your support truly makes a difference.
$50,000+
The Clark Foundation
Empire State Development
New York State Education Department
The Scriven Foundation
Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
The Tianaderrah Foundation
$10,000 – $49,999
C.J. Heilig Foundation, Inc.
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation
The Katcher Family Foundation, Inc.
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Malesardi Family Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts
NYCM Insurance Foundation
$5,000 – $9,999
Fenimore Asset Management, Inc.
G & T Farm
Greater Hudson Heritage Network
The Morgan McReynolds Group at Morgan Stanley
South Central Regional Library Council
Strategic Financial Services
$1,000 – $4,999
Allstadt Hardin Foundation
American Folk Art Society
Bank of Cooperstown
The Alice Busch Gronewaldt Foundation
The John A. Hartford Foundation Discretionary Grants Program
Bentley Holden Fund
Eggleston Foundation
High Voltage Electric Service, Inc.
KeyBank Foundation
McCoy Charitable Trust
New York Council of Nonprofits, Inc.
Springbrook
Stewart’s Shops
The R. David Sudarsky Charitable Foundation
ThermoFisher Scientific
The White House Inn
GIFTS TO $999
The Baird Foundation
Cooperstown Natural Foods
Cooperstown Rotary Club
Fly Creek Cider Mill
Friends of Senator Seward
General Electric
Haas Landscape Architects
MADESIGN
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Otsego County Board of Representatives
Paperkite Creative Communications
Royal Auto Group
Keith & Virginia Smith Family Foundation
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation
Smith Ford of Cooperstown
LM Townsend Catering
Individual Donors
Donors who choose to support the Fenimore Art Museum share the gift of great art with our community. Each and every gift makes a difference at the museum. Thank you to the following donors who supported the museum in 2016:
$250 – $999
Mr. David Beightol and Mrs. Ann Beightol
Mr. and Mrs. A. William Bertsch
Mrs. Martha Duke and Mr. Edward D. Grubb
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Esposito
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Evelyn
Susan and Henry Fradkin
Dr. Anne Marie Gadomski
Ms. Susan Glaser and Mr. Roy Glaser
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Goodman
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goodman
Dr. and Mrs. Mike Jastremski
Hilary and Lewis Josephs
Barbara and Dave Krashes
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCullough
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Membrino
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Miosek
Mr. Robert Nelson
Drs. Suzanne and Michael Payne
Mrs. Nancy Reynolds
Dr. and Mrs. Arun Singh
Mr. Stew Stender and Dr. Deb Davenport
Dr. Richard Sternberg and Ms. Elma Del Rosario
Elizabeth and Irwin Warren
Dr. and Mrs. Henry F.C. Weil
$100 – $249
Ms. Joy Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Barry
Ms. Brigitte R. Beehler
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Booth, Jr.
Ms. Mary F. Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Church
Ms. Margaret J. Datz
Mr. William K. Davis
Ms. Sharon Donahe
Ms. Elaine Downing
Ms. Eleanor R. Filburn
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Franck
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Gentles
Abby Kreh Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Graig-Tiso
Dr. Michael Haines and Dr. Anne C. Meyering
Mrs. Erika Hall and Ms. Carla Hall-Friedman
Mr. Joseph W. Halpern
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harris
Ms. Kristin Hartl
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Hornyak
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Horvath
Mr. and Mrs. Andre T. Jagendorf
Ms. Wanda Jagocki
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jakubowicz
Mr. Linck Johnson and Ms. Susan Belasco
Ms. Patricia A. Kelly
Ms. Kathy Layer and Mr. Richard D. Welty
Mr. and Mrs. Percy F. Leaper
Ms. Jean Manley
Dr. and Mrs. John J. May
Mr. William S. McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Moffat
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph More
Ms. Marianne Mukai
Dr. Williamson Murray and Dr. Lesley Smith
Ms. Mary Ann Oliver
Mr. Richard J. Redmond
Dr. Brent Ridge and Mr. Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Mr. John Ryland and Ms. Karen Craig Ryland
Senator and Mrs. James Seward
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stabile
Ms. Amy Stack
Mr. and Mrs. J. McKim Symington, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Syvertsen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walker
Ms. Claudia Wilson
Ms. Mary R. Wright
Mr. John P. Young and Ms. Connie Young
GIFTS TO $99
Ms. Jane Adams
Ms. Susan Bastian
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berkery
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm K. Beyer, Jr.
Daniel Bradburd
Mr. Kent Brown and Mr. Nat Thomas
Ms. Mary Buckley
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Caldiero
Linda A. Casserly
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cembrinski
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Clay
Ms. Bethany Clements
Ms. Linda Cohen
Peter and Gert Coleman
Mr. and Ms. Richard D. Conklin
Mr. Steven Conyers and Ms. Barbara Bromfield
Ms. Kathleen Cooperman
Melissa Coyle
Mr. Dennis M. Dengel and Mr. David Dengel
Ms. Joan Desens and Mr. R. S. Carr-Ellison
Mr. John Dewey and Mrs. Jeanne Dewey
Ms. Jennifer Doherty
Mr. Jameson Doig
Mr. Noel H. Dries
Ms. Leslie Durst
Andrea Economos
Mr. David Elkins
Mr. and Mrs. William Evans
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Finch
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Francisco
Mr. Roy E. Fuller
Mr. Timothy J. Gilfoyle and Ms. Mary R. Alexander
Mr. Mark Gracin and Ms. Deborah Coleman
Ms. Cassandra Greenberg
Mr. Patrick Gurian and Ms. Katharine Gleason
Mrs. Beryl Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hager
Beverly Hammett-Kiel
Ms. Paige Hardison
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ernest Hemphill
Mr. and Mrs. Jim High
Mr. and Mrs. Josh Holland
Ms. Ruth E. Hotaling
Ms. Charlotte K. Hyzer
Mr. Jay Jacobson and Judge Patricia Jacobson
Mr. T Troy Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Kaimal
Jesse Katen
Marion S. King
Ms. Joan Lein
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. John LeRoux
Paul Lilly and Barbara Dugan Lilly
Kathleen Lloyd
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Loucks
Mrs. Constance Mace
Mr. Mark Malys and Mrs. Judy Malys
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mansbach
Ms. Nicole Maskiell
Mrs. Pauline Messenger
Ms. Patricia Miele
Christina and Brian Milliman
Ms. Marilyn Mink
Ms. Barbara H. Mulhern
Mr. Colin Naylor III
Ms. Paula H. Newman
Ms. Margaret Nocciolino
Mr. Paul Northrup
Mr. Joseph Novitski
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Paranya
Mr. and Mrs. John Patti
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pierce
Mr. Peter Pilotti and Mr. Joseph Rodano
Mr. and Mrs. David Plank
Mr. Jerome Pollitt and Ms. Susan B. Matheson
Dr. Holly Pratt and Mrs. Sherry Pratt
Mr. Paul K. Praus and Mrs. Diana S. Praus
Dr. and Mrs. Manny Rich
Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson
Mrs. Karina R. Ricker
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Riddell
Mrs. Betty Robinson
Ms. Cynthia Robinson and Mr. Paul Stodghill
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Giles E. Russell
Mr. Roland E. Schauer
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shea
Ms. Liza Skiffington and Mr. Gary Schechter
Ms. Susi Slocum
Ms. Amy Snider
Ms. Linda B. Soroff
Ms. Jeanette Spaulding and Mr. Kevin Spaulding
Susan Stallings
Ms. Rosemary Summers
Ms. Anne Tandle
Victoria Thornbury
Mr. Edwin Tobin and Mrs. Beverly C. Tobin
The Travisano Family
Mr. and Mrs. David N. Valentine
Ms. Donna Veeder
Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Washburn
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Webster
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weiss
Ms. Rebecca Wells
Ms. Judith Wetsig
Ms. Judy White
Mrs. Denise Wicks
Mr. Richard Wicks
Mr. Morden S. Yolles
Ms. Mary F. D’Ambrosio Zielinski
Dr. Frank Zimba and Mrs. Karen Zimba
Mr. Martin F. Zimmermann and Ms. Suanne Rosen
In Honor/In Memoriam
The Fenimore Art Museum is grateful to receive gifts to honor and remember individuals who matter to our donors. Thank you for selecting the Fenimore Art Museum as the recipient of such important gifts.
Gifts in honor of:
Mary Alexander Ms. Kristin Hartl
Bunny Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harris
Nancy Karaman Mrs. Martha Duke and Mr. Edward D. Grubb
Sarah Stewart Ms. Amy Stack
Gene and Clare Thaw Francesca Zambello and Faith Gay
Gifts in memory of:
Patricia M. Berkery Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berkery
Gary Dunbar Mr. and Mrs. Giles E. Russell
Gary Dunbar Smith Ford Cooperstown, Inc.
Therese Gadomski Dr. Anne Marie Gadomski
Paul Gibson Abbey Kreh Gibson
David Malys Mr. Mark Malys and Mrs. Judy Malys
Dasa L. Redmond Mr. Richard J. Redmond
David Sudarsky The R. David Sudarsky Charitable Foundation
John Taylor Wadsworth Mrs. Rose C. Wadsworth
Benefactors and Contributing Members
Our members play a vital role in supporting Fenimore Art Museum. A special thank you to our Benefactor and Contributing members, who go above and beyond.
BENEFACTORS $500
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
Mrs. Joan B. Axtell
Mr. Sumner Bossler
Mr. Michael Del Giudice and Ms. Jaynne Keyes
Mr. Howard N. Elliott and Mrs. Eileen Elliott
Mr. Allen R. Freedman and Mrs. Judy B. Freedman
Mr. Pete Henrici and Mrs. Judi Henrici
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley D. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Johnson
Dr. Francis V. Madigan
Ms. Jacqueline Badger Mars
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Membrino
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Miles
Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Raddatz
Mrs. Veronica Gil Seaver
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sheehan
Dawn and Alfred Tinger
Ms. Christine Van Deusen
CONTRIBUTING $250
The Freeman’s Journal
Dr. and Mrs. Harlan Alpern
Mr. Donald C. Anthony
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Aviles
Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ayres
Ms. Paula Baker and Mr. Steve Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Barchat
Dr. Carlos Bermejo and Dr. Jennifer Lucas
Mr. Richard Bruins and Mrs. Melissa Bruins
Mr. Stephen M. Cadwalader
Jean and Bart Clapsaddle
Mrs. Mary S. Clarke
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Clinton
Ms. Elizabeth Cooper and Ms. Patricia Rooney
Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich and Ms. Elizabeth P. Steele
Mrs. Marcia Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Avram Edidin
Eighmey Family
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Esposito
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Forman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gifford
Dr. Paul K. Goldsmith and Ms. Judith M. Whalen
Mrs. Carl B. Good
Mr. David Greene
Dr. and Mrs. Emery Herman
Dr. Travis M. Hodgdon and Dr. Gretchen A. Hodgdon
Dr. Helen L. Horowitz and Dr. Dan Horowitz
Dr. Tom Huntsman and Dr. Julie Huntsman
Dr. and Mrs. Evan Kanouse
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kehoe
Dr. Ann Kieler
Ms. Aimee Koval
Ms. Arlene Leitzke and Mr. Peter Leitzke
Mr. Charles Lewis
Dr. Katharine W. Lloyd and Dr. Evan Lloyd Guiney
Dr. Michael E. Lynch and Ms. Patricia E. Moore
Dr. Douglas DeLong and Ms. Lynn E. Marsh
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Montesano
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph More
Mr. Richard C. More and Mrs. Catherine J. More
Dr. Williamson Murray and Dr. Lesley Smith
Mr. Glen Noto and Ms. Mary Velez
Mrs. Jami Palumbo
Ms. Linda Parmalee
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Peters
Dr. Preston E. Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pittman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rosely
Mrs. Miriam Rothenberg
Ms. Karen Shafer
Mr. James Smaltz and Mr. Gordon Ruckdeschel
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. John Spence
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Spencer
Mrs. Paul J. Sternberg
Mr. Jack Tessier and Mrs. Lisa Tessier
Mr. Edwin Tobin and Mrs. Beverly C. Tobin
Mr. Scott Turner and Ms. Mary Worboys -Turner
Ms. Catherine Tuttle
Mr. and Mrs. Jay H. Vawter
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Vetter
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Vincent
Mr. Elbert Watrous
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Webster
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weiss
Volunteers – 100+ Hours
We greatly appreciate our volunteers who share their time and talents at the Fenimore Art Museum. A special thanks to those who generously donated 100 or more hours of their time in 2016:
Barbara Chamberlain
Dianne Feury
Lu Gotti
John Gralinski
Len Pudelka
Javi Sierra
Carol Teich
Deni Wicks
Wayne Wright