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Annual Report of Gifts

Gifts received from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008

The exciting exhibitions, engaging public programs, scholarly publications and important youth and teacher development initiatives of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals, foundations and corporations who believe in the potential of great design to improve and enhance our shared world.

Please click here for the list of Capital Campaign Donors.

$250,000–$999,999

Target

$100,000–$249,999

Alcoa Inc.
Altman Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz
Constance and Harvey Krueger
The Lemelson Foundation
Agnes Bourne and James Luebbers, MD
Maharam

$50,000–$99,999

Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Anonymous
Marilyn Friedman and Thomas Block
ELLE
H.Stern Jewelers
Alexandra and Paul Herzan
Nancy A. Marks
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Madeleine Rudin Johnson and W. Bruce Johnson
Marissa Mayer
Microsoft Corporation US Partners in Learning
Enid and Lester Morse
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
The New York Community Trust
Esme Usdan and James Snyder
Tishman Speyer

$25,000–$49,999

Arthur Ross Foundation
@radical.media
Bloomberg
Beth Comstock
Judith-Ann Corrente
Ronald and Teresa Daignault
Deutsche Bank
Drue Heinz Trust
Edith and Frances Mulhall Achilles Memorial Fund
F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Michael R. Francis
General Electric
Eric and Lisa Green
Thomas Graham Kahn
Francine S. Kittredge
Michèle Gerber Klein
Claudia Kotchka
Delphine and Reed Krakoff
Barbara and Morton Mandel
The Mondriaan Foundation
Henry R. Muñoz III
New York State Council on the Arts
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
Pentagram
Richard & Jean Coyne Family Foundation
Rockwell Group
James Rosenthal
Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer
Richard M. Smith and Dr. Soon-Young Yoon
Lauren Zalaznick/NBC Universal/Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks
Judy F. Zankel
Alice Gottesman and Laurence Zuckerman

$10,000–$24,999

Jan and Warren Adelson
Albert Hadley, Inc.
Alfred A. Knopf
Kathleen B. Allaire
Altria Group, Inc.
American Express Company
BBDO NY
Scott K. Belsky and Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc.
Adam Bly
CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Trust
Amita & Purnendu Chatterjee
Citigroup
The Coby Foundation, Ltd.
Con Edison
Consulate-General of the Netherlands
Cooper Spirits International
Design Miami/Ambra Medda, Craig Robins
Jamie Drake
ELLE DÉCOR
The Felicia Fund
Cary J. Frieze
Gagosian Gallery
Becky and David Gochman
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Agnes Gund
Ruth Ann Harnisch
R. Couri Hay
Carla Hendra
Mabel M. Chan and Thomas Ho
The I-Grace Company
J.D. Carlisle LLC
Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Michael Kassan/Media Link LLC/ Digitas
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Bruce and Lorna Maclennan
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Margery and Edgar Masinter
Richard Meier
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Laura Michalchyshyn
The Moody's Foundation
Miki Naftali
The Neiman Marcus Group
Nancy Novogrod/Travel + Leisure
OLIN
Philip Koether Architects
Procter & Gamble Design
Deedie Rose
Fiona and Eric Rudin
Bennett Schlenger
Schuchart/Dow
Richard M. Smith/Newsweek
The Smithsonian Latino Center
William Sofield
The Stratford Company

$2,500–$9,999

Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation
Anne Kreamer and Kurt Andersen
Apple, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Irwin R. Berman
Bernardaud
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Block
Peter and Sally Bohlin
Christopher and Deborah Buck
Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire
Wayne Calloway
Dick Cattani
City University of New York
Catherine R. and Anthony A. Clifton
David Coiro
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Elizabeth Strong Cuevas
Deborah Berke and Partners
Mrs. Robert de Guardiola
Lacy Davisson Doyle
W. Leslie Duffy
Fifth Floor Foundation
Dr. Marjorie Fisher
Furthermore: a Program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund
FXFOWLE Architects
Guillaume Gauthereau
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Gerschel
Mary Anne Gilmartin
Robert Frasca and Jeanne Giordano
Gluckman Mayner Architects
Perry and Donna Golkin
Kitty Hawks
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Paul Hays
Betty and Richard Hedreen
Alan J. Heller
Niels Diffrient and Helena Hernmarck
Mrs. Frank W. Hoch
Jack Kelly & Partners, LLC
Kikkerland Design
Bill Kissinger
Knoll, Inc.
Olivier Kraemer
Geraldine S. Kunstadter
Leon Levy Foundation
Levy Hermanos Foundation, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Roger Mandle
Metropolitan Home
Sidney A. Migdon
Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Elizabeth and Arthur Mirante
Charlotte Moss
Barbara R. Munves
Maria and Guy Muzio
Mr. Paul Neely
Oceanic Graphic Printing (USA), Inc.
Orentreich Family Foundation
Rick Owens
Polshek Partnership Architects
Prophet
Jerome and Elise Pustilnik
Casey Ribicoff
Aileen K. and Brain L. Roberts
Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts
Jane Dresner Sadaka and Ned Sadaka
Saks Fifth Avenue
Lee Schilling
Patrick Seymour
Michael Shannon
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf
The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Serge Sorokko
Allison Cowles and Arthur Sulzberger
Susan K. Gutfreund, Inc.
Susan Magrino Agency
Amanda and George Sykes
Teachers College, Columbia University
Rick Thompson
Lynn and Peter Tishman
Tim Tompkins
Trevor Day School
USM Modular Furniture
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Vulcan, Inc.
Paula Wallace
The Walt Disney Company
Paul F. Walter
Madeline Weinrib
Harriet and Ronald Weintraub
Young Presidents' Organization
Craig and Erin Zanon

$1,000–$2,499

Patricia and Alan B. Abramson
Albert Kunstadter Foundation
Erich Winkler and Nancy Allerston
Cetie Nippert Ames
Peter Bacanovic
Mrs. Joy Venturini Bianchi
William M. Blair
Marie Brenner
Jill Brienza
Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown
Jeremiah and Karen Callaghan
Joan and Martin Camins
Brian Collins
Philip Koether and Marc Curyer
Christel Dahlen
Giovanna d'Andrea
Daroff Design, Inc.
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Ronald A. DeSouza AIA
DJ McManus Foundation Inc.
The Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation, Inc.
The Felix & Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation
Pamela Fiori
Suzanne Stassevitch and James Friedman
Gabellini Sheppard Associates
Gail E. Goldberg
Lorraine Grace
Ms. Windi Grimes
Hal and Barbra Higginbotham
Mr. Bruce Jabbonsky, R.A.
Carl M. Jacobs
Hilary Jay
Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman
Gary Koepke
A. Eugene Kohn/Kohn Pedersen Fox
Charles and Lynn Kramer
George Kravis II
Bill and Sheila Lambert
Steven Learner
Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
Susan Grant Lewin
Tara Litin
Ruth K. Lynford
Richard and Susan Marcus
Peter Olberg and Gardner McFall
Charles Melcher
Eddie Morrow
Shirley and Thomas Mueller
John Bulica Nicholson
Amber and Charles Patton
Betsy Pitts
Lloyd J. Princeton
Paige Scott Reed
Jeanne Dickey Reiner and Robert Reiner
Juergen Riehm
The Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod Family Foundation
Leonard G. Rosen
Janet C. Ross
Sheri Cyd Sandler
Marcia Schloss
Herbert J. Siegel
Andrew W. Solomon
Susan and Joseph Stamler
Steven Holl Architects
Davin Stowell
Scott Stowell
Maria Vecchiotti and Paul Tanico
David Teiger
Jane Thompson
Peter Walker
George and Patricia White
Barbara Wilks
John Winsor, VP/Executive Director of Strategy + Product Innovation
David Diamond and Karen Zukowski
Lynne Zydowsky/ Zydowsky Consultants

$500–$999

Diane and Arthur Abbey
Thom Mayne and Blythe Alison-Mayne
Ann and Jean-Louis Alpeyrie
Anonymous
Marc Appleton
Joan Barenholtz
Michael Barry
Madeline Bennett
Jason Boutin
Diane Carol Brandt
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Glen Ellen Brown
Judith and Robert Burger
Brook and Shawn Byers
Janice Carapellucci
Charter Construction
Jeongah Choi
Marian Cohen
Christopher Coleman
Scott R. Coleman
Bobbi and Barry Coller
Robert Couturier
Susan Curren
Daniel De Siena
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
David Dion
Al and Kim Eiber
Carolyn Eisenhardt
Judith Ellis
Joan Ann Epstein
The Estate of Emilie de Rohan-Chandor
Elizabeth S. Eustis
Florence Feinberg
Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc.
Daniel Flanzig
Mary Ford
Jacqueline Fowler
Georgia and Ron Frasch
Janet and J. Michael Fried
Eva Gajzer
Stephen and Whitney Gates
Sunny and Brad Goldberg
Katie Gormly
The Grace K. Culbertson Charitable Trust
Harold Perlmutter and Carol Gray
Joan Greenfield
Horace and Eugenie Havemeyer
Samantha Hartley Hewitt
Jeanie Joshi
Cathy M. Kaplan
Daniel King and Marilyn Katz
Ruth Kaufmann
Robert G. Keller
Jeannie Kim
Robert Owens and Eve Klein
Jamie H. Kolker
Laura Krey
Elizabeth Kujawski
Peter Lawrence
Louis and Deborah Leone
John J. Lewin
Henry and Catherine Lewis
Ruth Ann Stewart and Dr. David Levering Lewis
Nance Liebgott
Kevin Mackall
Marian Goodman Gallery
Mr. Alan Mark
Maryalice Mazzara
Julia McFarlane
Andrew McIntyre
Marion Mell
Damon Crain and Robert Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger
Amy Nevin
Larry and Rachel Norton
Noreen Mary O'Grady
Patricia Ohnell
Kimberly J. Oliver
Pamela Pagano
Tom Patti
Paula Perlis
Louis Perlman
Cynthia Polsky
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Postman
Judith Price
Kimi Puntillo
George P. Ververis, Jr. and Wynn W. Riley
Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP
Sascha Rockefeller
Lynn Roddy
Susan Rosenberg
Calvin Roth
Phyllis Sacks
Barbara Samuelson
SBLD Studio
H. Axel and Sara L. Schupf
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Segal
Susan Sheehan
Rhoda and Emanuel Shemin
Mary and Carl Siegel
James Spindler
Janet Stanwood
Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman
Sara Stone
Philip Susswein
Alice Szigethy
Julie R. Taubman
Nora and David Tezanos
Tiffany Vassilakis
Freddy Victoria
Marie K. Vitale
Bette and Bill Weed
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon M. Weiss
David and Sharynne Wilder
Winston Wilkerson
Shannon Wren
Richard and Mai Yau

DONORS TO THE COLLECTION

Artecnica
Linda and Irwin R. Berman
browngrotta arts
Fernando Campana
Humberto Campana
Shirley Charron
Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel
Edra SpA, Italy
Cristina Grajales
Sheila Hicks
Humanscale
Jaga, N.V.
Tracy Kendall
Jorge Lizarazo
Dennis Lo
Maharam
David Marshall
Christine Martens
Itaka and Enrico Martignoni
Ingo Maurer
Pillsbury Michel Inc.
Max Pine
Jan Staller
Studio Brunklaus
Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Timorous Beasties
Stephen Van Dyk
Tokujin Yoshioka

Honey-Pop chair:
Tokujin Yoshioka (Japanese, b. 1967)
Paper
Japan, 2001 (from an edition of 300)
Museum purchase from Friends of Product Design and Decorative Arts Fund through gift of Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer, 2008-6-1
Photo: Matt Flynn

Niklaus Stoecklin (Swiss, 1896 – 1982)
Poster: Schweizerische Stadtbau-Ausstellung (Swiss City Planning Exhibit), 1928
Lithograph on white wove paper
50 x 35 in. (1270 x 889 mm)
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Gift of Eric Kellenberger Collection, Switzerland and museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund, 7423.1.2008
Photo: Matt Flynn