Cornerstone Society - planned giving society
The Cornerstone Society recognizes donors who have included Northern Illinois University in their planned or estate gifts. Through their bequests and qualified deferred gifts (such as charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts), these generous and insightful donors have provided for generations of NIU students. These gifts will become the cornerstone upon which the University will grow.
Society Levels
Platinum Guild $1,000,000+
Gold Guild $250,000 - $999,999
Silver Guild $50,000 - $249,999
Bronze Guild under $50,000
HOW TO JOIN
Membership in the Cornerstone Society is open to all Northern alumni, parents, and friends who have created a lasting legacy at NIU by including NIU in their estate plans.
To become a member or to discuss a gift opportunity, please contact Mike Cullen, Associate Director of Planned Giving, at (815) 753-1344 or mcullen1@niu.edu.
Last updated 4/27/2022
Platinum Guild ($1,000,000 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Dennis and Stacey Barsema
Janiece Bollie
Angelo* and Linda Capua
John and Nancy Castle
Douglas and Cynthia Crocker
Dean and Brenda DuCray
David Graffam
Mary Greb
Lawrence Greb
James and Tina Kendrick
Ronald and Caryl* Krannich
David and Sherry LaCerra
James and Leslie Lawson
Peter and Corinne Magnoni
James Martin and Marie Petersons
Michael* and Louise McSweeney
George and Ann* Nahas
William and Pamela Russell
Howard and Jill Sadkin
Kay Shelton
Gregory Schatzle and Mallory Simpson
Ronald Sparks and Eileen Chandler
William and Dian Taylor
Gary and Elizabeth Walker
Gold Guild ($250,000 – $999,999)
William* and Eileen Breitzke
Donald and Gladys Charleston
Kevin and Roberta Cleary
Joyce De Winter
Glen and Jamie Gildemeister
Pierre Guibor
Jan Half
Steven* Huck and Mary Ann Rasnak
Darrell and Joyce Jacob
Roy Lee
Keith and Linda Liden
Wilma Miller
Kimberly Nickels
Stephen Erenburg and Francine Pepitone
Rabon* and Theresa Prater
Earl and Cynthia Rachowicz
David Reidy
Ken Newbaker and Lori Richards
Karen Rogers
Marianne Rosen
Robert Schwemm
Alan* and Roberta Sell
Sally Stevens
David Swanson and Anne Barrett Swanson
Norman and Carla* Tchun
Vera Verbel
Herbert Woyach
James and Karen* Zabel
Robert Zerwekh and Susan Russell
M. Nadine Zimmerman
Jan Kellogg and Mary Zordan
Silver Guild ($50,000 – $249,999)
David* Wagner and Renie Adams
Christopher Anderson
Anonymous
Abraham* and Elizabeth Bass
Marshall Sayad and Melissa Bault
Raoul Baumel
Gary and Gloria Baumgartner
John Ferguson and Mary Bonjour-Ferguson
Susan Bonzi
Scott and Judith Borchardt
Barbara Bostian
Robert Bovinette and Yvonne Truesdell-Bovinette
Allen* Staver and Almeda Bridge
James and Deborah Brucker
Edward and Kay Burton
Kenneth and Penelope Cameron
John and Audrey Chiricotti
Natalie Churyk
Harry and Nora Clark
Gary Cueno
Carr and Jill Davis
William Di Paolo and Laura Hall
James Doherty
Christian and Carrie Dow
Herb and Patricia Eldean
James and Beth Ellis
Barbara England
Glenn and Dorothy Erickson*
Brett Feinstein and Stephanie Lane
James Fluckey*
Jeanne Fogarty
Pete Fornek
Robert Frauenhoffer
Walter and Suzanne Froberg
Matthew and Jennifer Gerdes
Susan Haller and Diana Gilbertson
Norm Read and Winifred Halsey
Bill and Marcia* Harper
Susan Herman
Rosalie Hewitt
James and Sheree Hill
Gertrude Hinsch
Mohammad and Patrice Iqbal
William Johnson
Anthony and Carolyn Kambich
Frank Kassel
Romualdas* and Nijole Kasuba
Mary Kilburg
Robert and Carol Kornecki
Frank and Linda Kulesa
Richard Lassin
William and Paula* LeRoy
Frank Court and Abigail Loomis
John and Doris Ludes
Laurence Lurio
Joy Mangold
Michael Mangold
Scott McCullagh and Sharon Keutzer
Vincent McGirr
David and Marcie McMahon
Colette Michael
Donald Millette
Mark and Beth Mniszewski
Andrew Morgan and Danny Richard
Dennis and Victoria Morgan
Gerald and Susan Mortensen
Lou Jean Moyer
Ronald and Lucille Nelsen
Loring Olk
James and Nancy Palumbo
Dennis Parker
Rick and Amy Ridnour
Carol Rolf
Fred Rose
Richard and Nancy Schroeder
Robert and Lois Self
Christian Smith and Roxalene Wadsworth
Anthony Stompanato
Trace Tyler
Arlyn* and Carol Waite
Gregory* and Carol Widerberg
Rebecca Yingling
Thomas Zydowsky
Bronze Guild (<$49,999)
Mark and Sharon Adams
Richard and Elaine Albright
Audrey Anderson
Matthew Angela
Stephen and Christine Barton
Dennis and Marcia* Boma
Dennis and Nancy Boma
Lee and Debbie Brown
Judith Bukowski*
Esther Bullock
Paul Cave and Judy Toth
Linda Conrad
Michael and Norma Cornell
Cheryl Crates
James and Jeri Donnelly
Susann Doody
Sherry Fletcher
Lawrence* and Lois Gelzer
Donna Gulley
James and Julie Hansberry
Barbara Haugen
Gary Hawker
Craig and Mary Hermanson
John* and Jan Hess
William and Barbara Higgens
Charles* and Beatrice Hodson
Stephen and Margaret Horvath
Stephen* and Theresa Horvath
Judy Huss
Maria Iafollo
Blake and Julie Jancius
Orville* and Lou Ann Jones
Phillip and Linda Keller
Terry and Linda* Kirch
Thomas and Elizabeth* Knawa
Marlene Kotulla
Thomas Krupp and Mary East Krupp
Larry* and Lois Leadley
Eric Crane and Amy Levin
Christina Manow
Gary Janowitz and Joyce Marcus
Sharon Marsh
Michael McAteer
Daniel McCullough
Donald* and Marjorie Meanger
John and Kathy Mecklenburg
Michael and Marita Menard
Frank and Sharon Messmer
Kristi Misic
Dale and Teresa Muir
Douglas and Pamela Nelson
Arthur and Carol Norman
Donald* and Rosemarie Ostberg
Tyrone Pearson
Stephen Perrault and John Sygielski
Dale and Loretta Pierson
Shirley Rees
Raymond Rodriguez
Charles* and Dedrie Rudolph
Joe and Diane Safin
Leslie and Joan* Sandy
Leslie and Sandra Sandy
Richard and Dayle Sazonoff
Bernadette Schleis
Don and Deborah Schmalholz
Thomas and Shirley* Scott
Stephen and Suzanne Sharer
Donald and Linda Shearer
Harry and Carla Sillin
Marilyn Sjoholm
Marvin Smith*
John and Eileen Snyder
Calvin and Judith Stockman
Donald Babo and Cherry Stoddard
Carol Swanson
Paul and Karen* Taylor
Judith Tobias
Renee Tobias
Janet Ulmer
Peter and Luann Walton
Dennis and Elizabeth Wendt
Donald and Helen* Westlake
Matthew Wetstein and Cynthia Ostberg
* deceased donor
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