Home 2025 Draft Honor Roll of Donors 2025 Draft Honor Roll of Donors The 2025 Draft Honor Roll includes gifts received between January 1, 2025, and September 1, 2025. We have made every effort to ensure that donors are properly recognized for both individual and matching gifts received during this period. If you feel there is an error or wish to update how your name appears, please contact Miriam Rubio at [email protected]. How Rackham Helps Browse these stories about Rackham students and alumni using their research and scholarship to make a difference for the public good. Each includes a section titled “How Rackham Helps,” in which the subjects of the articles share how resources and support available from the graduate school helped to make their work possible. Open Your Eyes: Co-Designing Accessible Tech Rackham doctoral candidate and human-computer interaction researcher Jaylin Herskovitz co-designs accessible tech with blind people, improving their experience with the world, online and off. The Neurology of Hunger Rackham Predoctoral Fellow Yijun Gui researches the neurological mechanics of hunger with hopes of developing new therapeutics for individuals living with anorexia nervosa. Representation Matters: Teaching the Rainbow Rackham doctoral candidate and former high school teacher Kyle P. Smith explores the pedagogical possibilities of LGBTQ+ young adult literature to talk across differences in the classroom. Thank You for Giving Back to Graduate Students We are deeply grateful to Rackham alumni and friends who choose to support Rackham graduate students each year. Your philanthropic vision provides support for innovative programs, services, activities, and community-building social events that support graduate student achievement and professional development. The names in bold indicate first-time donors to the Rackham Graduate School. We are excited to welcome each of you to our community of dedicated individuals who make the graduate experience possible for so many of our students. It is not too late to add your name or increase your giving level to Rackham! Please visit the U-M Giving site or call 888.518.7888 to make a gift. In order to ensure that your gift is properly credited in the final version of the Rackham Honor Roll, it must be received by December 31, 2025. A simple way to make your gift go further is by becoming a sustaining donor. Right now, all new monthly gifts are being matched 1:1, up to $100 per month. If you commit before July 2026, your gift will be matched for 12 months, doubling your impact each month and both your gift and the matched funds will count toward your total on the final honor roll. Thank you for helping advance graduate education at the University of Michigan! Draft Honor Roll of Donors $100,000 and Above Daniel and Marsha Braun Daniel Gunsett Ashok Jain Nancy Quaife $25,000 to $99,999 Roberta Barnes and Clark Chandler Kathleen Britton and Jeffrey Hansen Nancy Creason Caryl and David Kassoy Bonnie Pauly Paine and Robert Paine Vivian Sangunett Bhairavi Vakil Tina and Roger Valade Judy and Fred Wilpon Family Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 Cambridge Information Group, Inc. Francisco and Yolanda Chozas Susan Paun de Garcia Thomas Fraker Meera Nathan and Paritosh Singh ProQuest, Part of Clarivate Michael Solomon and Ellen Lee Tony and Vivian Wang Ted and Alice Way John Jay Williams $5,000 to $9,999 Dolores Furtado Bonnie Gregory Allen and Laura Leverett David and Mary Lowery Khai-Quang Luc Jack and Melanie Manis Ramkumar Narayanan Stacey Symonds Lelahni Wessinger $2,500 to $4,999 Alphabet Inc. Gordon and Sandra Bonham Bobbe and Jonathan Bridge Cynthia Cross Michael R. Dodyk Charles and Cynthia Dougherty Google Foundation Joe and Nancy Hammond Mervat F. Hatem Wanda Hung and Christopher Vakili Kelly and Mark Johnson Kathleen and Thomas Jusino John Kirk Joseph Newcomb Carolyn Ouderkirk Robert Williams $1,000 to $2,499 Richard Adam Agency Plus by Marcy Maguire LLC Christopher Alhambra and Edward McCord Panos Argyrakis Esther and Roy Baldridge Matthias Bennett and Shi Bu Daisie Boettner Margaret and Ronald Brender John Cole and Lucy Reuben Catherine Connors and James Shuder John and Judith Daniel James and Penelope De Meules Dea DeWolff and Robert Kail John Galasso and Carrie Zimmer Inta Grace Patricia Griffin Andrea Haidle Darlene and LaVerne Hoag Thomas Hudak Stanley Jones Katherine Kehoe Joan and Warren Kessler Ruth Keyso Joan and Thomas Klammer Thomas Lyons Antonina MacDonald and Charles Wright Patricia and Richard Macias Marcy Maguire Elizabeth Margosches and Don Melman Beatriz and Victor Marquez Kevin McCully McKinsey & Company Bobby Meadows Paras N Eric and Regena Nelson Karen and Robert Niedzielski Paramount Global Dorene and Neil Ressler Katherine and Steven Rhodes Jacqueline and Patrick Royster Dorothea and Larry Smith Alice Stadler Carolyn and Ronald Stoloff Benjamin Sturm Ni Sun and Xiqiao Xu Diana Troik Samuell Tsoutsanis Virginia Vaughan David and Zia Wigder Chenan Xia and Bei Yang Robert Zeisloft $500 to $999 Frances and Irving Adler Rosemary Agostini and George Brooks Kathleen Anderson Khin-Khin Aung Bernard Kulwicki Family Trust Mark Boroush Jasper and Sharon Brundege Mark Buchanan William Cabin and Susan Havens-Lang Carl de Boor Advised Fund of the Orcas Island Community Fnd Jihun Cho and Jeehong Yang Ronald Chong Vem Chuang and Marisa Ming John Czajka and Margaret McCarthy Kori and Martin Czasnojc Diane Dale and John Robertson Philip Dale and Joan David Daphne Kenyon Giving Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Elaine and Erroll Davis Carl-Wilhelm de Boor David Denny Eli Lilly & Company Foundation Kathryn and Peter Eloff Barbara Farah Paul Francuch Anish George and Mahncy Mehrotra Cherlyn Granrose Margaret Gray-Kurczynski Jeremy Gregersen Jay and Nancy Hall Bernard and Julane Himmelsbach Patricia Hogan and Mark Moldwin Baro Hyun George Junne David and Sharon Kluger James and Pamela Kohan Bernard Kulwicki Katharine and Thomas Kush Susan Larimer Jack and Marilynn Lifsitz Carla and Gordon Lyon Marinna and Jerry Kolaitis Laura and Steve Martin Lois McFarland James and Naomi McGloin Jan and William Mitchell Christopher P. Moeller Harriet and Richard Munt Joe Norat Novartis US Foundation Julia Pedigo Frederick and Nancy Phail Daniel Reichel Dean and Joan Rutila Arthur and Michele Siegal Robert Smith and Karin Strohbeck Leilei Song and Nianqing Wang Ronald and Sarah Soong Barbara and Charles Stevens Suresh and Uma Subramanian Haim Taitelbaum Dale and Kathryn Thiel Hans and Sibyl Troesch Chris Willard $250 to $499 Charles F. Agerstrand Michel Anteby Apple Inc. Bryan and Carol Aupperle Carol Barbour and Sid Gilman Shirley Barbula and Gerald Sharp Frank and Gail Beaver Carolyn Bergholz Schutte and Jon Schutte Judith Bischoff Barry Bosworth (in memoriam) Nancy Bosworth Charles Burant and Mary Treutelaar Liza and Michael Burger Amna Buttar Jay and Lirong Chao Carol Chitwood Thomas Costaras Bobby and Phyllis Dawkins Jennifer and Joshua del Castillo Cortez Dial and Joyce Horton-Dial Caroline and Michael DiBattista Virginia Dilkes Kristin Driscoll and Frederick Gaenslen Douglas and Mary Eamon David and Sally Egler Ernst & Young Foundation Sue Errington Marsheda Ewulomi Brett and Suzanna Farver Dorothyann Feldis and William Klykylo Barbara and Rodrigo Ferrer James and Vickie Feutz Kristen Fichthorn and Themis Matsoukas Patricia and Terrance Filter Richard Foley David Gerdes and Katherine Weber Karen and Lewis Gold Devjit Gopalpur and Vidyangi Patil Stephen Gottron Daniel and Mazie Havens Kenneth Herlin John Holmes Sandra Holmes Jane Hondelink John and Mitzi Jimison Elmer Johansen Tiffany Joseph Margaret P. Karns Ifiyenia Kececioglu Shahrukh Khan Patricia Klahr Gil and Wendy Klier Diane Larsen-Freeman Andrea Lauer Ann and David Lindsley Xin Liu and Lei Shi Hong Lu Marian and Richard Mieremet Geneva Moore Mary and Nick Musat Evelyn and Robert Nelson Richard Nowell Patricia Klahr Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund PPG Industries Foundation Dale Reid Diane Retallack Salena Richards William Robinson Daria Rothe Devjyoti Rudra Jacob Russin Charles Scribner Charles and Marcia Seigerman Carol and Mark Shook Edward Stoever Carl and Chizuko Taeusch Alan and Bonnie Templeton Texas Instruments Foundation Catherine Thompson Lawrence Thompson Truist Foundation Molly Turlish David Van Mater Robert Wilensky $100 to $249 Cecelia and Milton Abramson Kraig Adler Martha Adler Britany Affolter-Caine and David Caine Agilent Technologies Azlynda Alim and Daniel Friedland Katherine and Michael Alioto Aundrea Almond David and J. Phoebe Amante Paul Andrews and Nancy Humphry Ann D. Hungerman Trust Annie Lee Jones Trust Claudia Arce and Jonathan Rios-Doria Raymond Armstrong Qing Bai and Kun Wang Chris Barry (in memoriam) Cheryl Bartholomew Karen Bartsch and David Estes Sherry Beck and Geoffrey Marshall Sandra Berhenke Bernardo Beyer Andreea Boboc Christopher Bobrowski Murphy Brasuel Janet Brautigam Douglas Bressler Ann Brown James and Marguerite Bruce Nancy Brucken Paul Bullion Thomas Burean and Deborah Ettington Jeffrey Butts and Martha Steketee Edith and William Byerly Dawen Cai and Xianli Tang Marcia Carlson and Timothy Smeeding Forrest and Frances Caswell Letha Chadiha Marsha Chapman Abhijeet and Sagarika Chavan Jane and Kenneth Cheek Lillian Chen Richard Chen Joys Cheung Gary Chipman Joseph and Sue Chiu Anne Chronopoulos Adele and Calixte Cloutier Alberta Coleman James Conroy John Crittenden Alcinda Cundiff and Clayton Lewis Jessie and Ronald Dalman Datoo Family Charitable Fund of DAFgiving360 Fazli Datoo Donna Davies and Dennis Jespersen Michael Davis Elisabeth De Groot Gabriel DeMarco Thomas DeVaney Mary Jane and Ronald Dolan Mary Jane and Michael Donahue Ismael Dovalina Edward C. Stoever TTEE Mark Elrod and Judith Foulke Marina Epelman Philip Fair Tio Fallen Charles and Mary Farran Maureen Fearon and Robert Lipa Elliott Feldman Richard Flacks Gregory Fox Elaine Franco Richard Gamer Howard Gans Katina and Matthew Gase Joseph Golmanavich (in memoriam) Suzanna Golmanavich Rachel Goodman Arthur and Shelley Gottschalk Caroline and Glenn Graber Harold Graboske Nooshin Haghparast and Parviz Khalili Lauren and William Hahn Helen and Robert Hall Dorit Hammerling Sin Han Margaret Harrington Frederick Harris Joan Harris (in memoriam) Lois and Robert Heller Janet Helmbold Elaine and Mark Henry Christopher Herdt and Nicola Grissom John Higginson Mark Hilt Carole Hodes Linda Holton Catherine Howard Chiaki and Tao-Yang Hsieh Naomi Huddlestone Jean Hudson Gail and Richard Humphreys Ann Hungerman F. Grace Hutchinson and John Oldenburg Henry Idema Arden Irwin Dieter Jaeger Leona and Ronald Jantz Esther Jenkins Jil Zeugin Giving Account of Fidelity Charitable Kjell Johansen Nancy Johnson Jesse Johnston and Ricardo Punzalan Annie Lee Jones Deborah Jones Edwin Jones and Alice Martin Eleta Jones and David Thompson Deborah Kahn-Spiliotopoulos and Sarantes Spiliotopoulos Howard Kamler Anamaria and Kenneth Kazanis Diana and Hugh Kendrick Kevin Kieu and Audrey Tran Il Won Kim George and L. Denise Kimbrough Larry Klingler Susan and T. Michael Knack Edward and Ruth Knorring Sai Pradeep Reddy Kobaku and Deeksha Thati Raja Kountanya Cynthia and Gordon Krainen Bert Kruse Madhu and Shiv Kumar Law Offices of G. Whitney McRipley, P.C. Ching-Yung and Sabrina Lin Lee Dory Leifer Xiaohong Li and Timothy O’Toole Katherine Lin and John Kearney Jen-Jen Liu and Chuan Teng Deborah Locke Elizabeth and William Loizeaux Glen and Karen Lum John Lund Joanne MacRae Gani Manelli Lamont and Patricia Manley Barbara Martin Jason Martinez and Naomi Ramesar Noreen Mastro and Arlene Sherman Edward May Eugene May Jane McGinley John McManus and Laura Stuchinsky Raymond Meriwether Janet Meyer Alan Miller and Susan O’Hara Ralph and Sandra Miller Margaret Mills Smarajit and Sumita Mitra Alexander Mitrovich Anne and David Morley Elizabeth Morrison Denise and Steven Mueller Carolyn Myers Anderson Nash and Rita Taylor-Nash Scott Nelson and Gretchen Nordleaf-Nelson Ronald Offley Sadako Ohki David and Linda Palmer Pangaja Paramsothy Joy and Stephen Pastucha Catharine and Jeffrey Pearce Perry Pernicano Francis Piazza Gail Pilgram and Michael Wilson Joseph Plawecki Eric Pohl Carolyn and Richard Pope Sue Poppink Alexander and Janis Prentice Harry and Shirley Presberg D. Rebecca Prevots Ronald Pynn Bridget Rafferty Peter Railton and Rebecca Scott James Rathkopf and Mary Ward Dale Raven and Margaret Zavela Raven David and Hazel Redman Geraldine and Henry Reichle James Rieger Stephanie Riegle Alison Rivett Diane Robins Don Roe Richard Rogers Stephen Root Craig Ross and Lynette Stindt Elizabeth Rothberg-Smith and Ron Smith Janet Roys RTX Corporation Miriam Rubio Karen and William Rude Dumitru Salajanu Ehsan and Maija Samei Sanvordenker Charitable Trust of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Viola Sanvordenker Susan and Thomas Saydak Gary and Laree Saylor Katharine Schelleng Robert Schelleng Sandra Schmoker Cynthia and Earl Schulz Humera and Ihtesham Shahid Barbara and Richard Sherman Petra Shoberg Monica Silver Bruce and Jeanne Snapp Paul Stemniski Paul and Susan Sticha Mary Stone Allen and Marilyn Stoolmiller Stryker Corporation Maxim Sytch David and Nancy Tarr Mark and Rhona Taylor Jarvia Thomas Ann and Mark Trax Shie-Lin Tzong Hermine van Nuis Carol Viele Visa, Inc. Annette Vitale-Salajanu Clark Waite Carrie and Dayne Walling Hanxiao Wang Weiyi Wang and TingTing Xiong David and Ellen Warren Gail Weigl Brady and Laura West Duffield White Marshal Wied Karen and W. Craig Wilde Robert Wilken Brent Willock Kathryn and Paul Winston Duane and Vicky Winter Kehli and Rodney Woodruff Carol and Donald Wuebbling Wen Ye Iyad Zalmout Jil Zeugin $50 to $99 Jacques and Susan Abrams Jeffrey Abt and Mary Paquette-Abt Phyllis Ackman Susan Addison and Jefferson Schierbeek Karen Al-Saadi Jordan Alpert and Claire Williams Pamela Arrington Auburn University College of Nursing Ann Austin-Beck and John Beck Steven Bank and Lauren Talalay Scott Betts Susan Blum and Lionel Jensen William Bolcom and Joan Clair Morris Pamela Bourgeois Ann Brace Janna and Larry Brendtro Mary Kathryn and Roger Brown Kathie and Malcolm Burdick Susan Carlton and Don Rowney Cynthia Carpenter Sally Carr Matthew Castanier and Anne Marsan Hsin-Yi Chang Alexander Chenvainu Michael Cipolla and Dana Dolinoy Cipolla Diane Clark Karen and Perry Clark Kyah Courter Phyllis Daniel Sean Darby Cynthia Davis Michael DiGiannantonio and Andrea Steinhoff Philip Dvoretsky and Linda Ludwig Frederick and Judith Eilers Joan Elicker-Richards Kendra Eshleman David Everest Lisa Fetterman Maureen Keesey Fuentes Peter Garlock Mitzi Garvey Gibraltar Industries Pamela Gillespie Ellen Gleimer-Hustead Hilary Glenn-Ware and Kenneth Ware David Goldblum Tom Hampton Margo and Russell Harmsen Lawrence Herman Peter Hoff Carol Holden and Randall Rivet Marietta and Robert Holt Meredith Hoppin and David Langston Brian and Georganne Horn John and Paula Immerwahr Incyte IQVIA Patricia Jackson Carol Jarvis Joan Elicker-Richards Living Trust Christina Karas Jordan Kifer Janelle Kirsch Lauren and Stephen Klein Rae Kozloff L3Harris Technologies Vincent Lalli Zachary Lapinski David and Jane Malin Monica and Scott Marvin James and Mary McBride Amber McCartney Deborah and Gregory McCoy Joyce and Ronald McGarvey Lois and Max Mendelson Susan Miller Jinhong Min Jane Murphy-Schneeberger and Charles Schneeberger Laurie Murphy Eric Newberry Northwestern Mutual Foundation Richard Nunn Angela Obringer Deborah and George Pach Sungwon Park Clint Peinhardt Frank and Nelly Petrock Megan Pillsbury Melissa and Michael Plegue Ruth Pryor Gui-Bai Qian and Mei Li Jingjing Qian and Hao Yang Kathleen Quinn-Leering Jessica Raphael Ross and Phillip Ross Cheryl and Grady Rorie Deborah and Michael Sacks Elaine and Najib Saliba Bernard Sawyer John and Terene Scibelli Gary and Susan Shannon Arahshiel Silver Irene Silverblatt David and Janice Smith The Daniel Living Trust Davirah Timm-Dinkins and Delvin Dinkins Aloen Townsend Sandor Vaci Gabriel and Ludmila Valderrama James and Kathryn Varty C. Paul and Nancy Vincent Jeanne Wacker Linda and Robert Walters William Weiner and Paula Latovick John Williams Kidada Williams Laura Wojcik Up to $49 Janet Afary Jess Allen Shianta Bailey Richard and Ruth Barber Tabitha Bender Martha Boron Geoffrey and Suzanne Brown Teresa Brown and Peter Teholiz Teresa Browne Philip and Virginia Caruso Angelica De Jesus Anna and Anthony DeBenedet Alan Dee Michael Dixon Cheryl and Glenn Elliott Thomas Evans Rosalind Folman Charles and Patricia Gerrish Gabriele Giaquinto Jacqueline Goldstein Liulling Gong Alyson and Robert Goods Jeffrey Grim Adam Jung Douglas and Sheryl Kalvin Sanda Kaufman Susan Kelley Matthew Kraus Delia Laing Daniel Leamy Mary Jane Lee John Mahowald Lawrence Masland Renee Mathieu Aniss and Kathryn Mellouk Willieum Melton Microsoft Corporation Penelope and Robert Moore Rosemary and William Muller Deborah Narkun Mary Norat Cullen O’Neill and Tamyra Rhodes-O’Neill Lewis Okun Martha and William Orrick Kennisha Payne Linn and Sharon Peterson Hector Reyes Brianna and Todd Roberts Connor Roessler Chris and Elizabeth Salzman Annabel and John Schaupner Herman Sealey Chloe Secor Theodora and William Shepherd Frederick and Susan Shippey Patricia Soderberg Jocelyn Stitt Kathleen and Philip Swisher The Kroger Company Christina and William Tseng Shane Vartti Alfred and Renee Williams Richard Wroblewski Ji Zeng Why am I not listed? The draft Honor Roll includes donors with gifts made to Rackham funds that are received between January 1 and September 1 of a calendar year. The final Honor Roll is released each spring and will reflect gifts received between January 1 and December 31 of the previous calendar year. Why am I not listed at a higher level? Fill out this short form with the requested changes. Someone from the Rackham Development team will make the update. Please allow up to two (2) weeks for us to process your request. My name is incorrectly listed/I would like to be listed differently. What can I do? Fill out this short form with the requested changes. Someone from the Rackham Development team will make the update. Please allow up to two (2) weeks for us to process your request. Where can I view my complete giving history? You can view your complete giving history, open pledges, and recurring gifts in your Michigan Giving account dashboard. 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Open Your Eyes: Co-Designing Accessible Tech Rackham doctoral candidate and human-computer interaction researcher Jaylin Herskovitz co-designs accessible tech with blind people, improving their experience with the world, online and off.
The Neurology of Hunger Rackham Predoctoral Fellow Yijun Gui researches the neurological mechanics of hunger with hopes of developing new therapeutics for individuals living with anorexia nervosa.
Representation Matters: Teaching the Rainbow Rackham doctoral candidate and former high school teacher Kyle P. Smith explores the pedagogical possibilities of LGBTQ+ young adult literature to talk across differences in the classroom.
