ANNUAL GIVING SOCIETY Founders' THE

Mary Frances Clarke

Membership Information

In 1843, Irish woman Mary Frances Clarke journeyed into pioneer

territory and formed a congregation of religious women, the

Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. With a belief in

changing hearts and minds, Clarke University was born.

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The legacy of Mary Frances Clarke and the founding Sisters is alive at Clarke through the vibrancy of our campus community

and longstanding traditions.

The Founders’ Society is an extension of Clarke’s BVM heritage and membership is reserved for alumni, parents, and friends

contributing $1,000 or more to Clarke annually. Your annual leadership gift allows students to have a well-rounded experience

both inside and outside of the classroom by supporting premier academic programs and enrichment activities.

For each year of membership, you will receive a custom medallion commemorating people, places, and events from Clarke’s

historic past and present. In addition, Founders’ Society members receive exclusive updates and invitations.

For more information please visit clarke.edu/founderssociety.

The Founders’ Society medallion program was underwritten thanks to the generosity of the Clarke University Board of Trustees.

Class TreeMEDALLION

One of Clarke’s most meaningful traditions, the class tree-

planting and subsequent tree-naming ceremony are

practices that have taken place on Clarke’s campus for more

than a century.

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The Twin SpiresThis medallion depicts the original Sacred Heart Chapel’s most

prominent features, the twin spires. These monumental pieces

of Clarke’s history were constructed at the beginning of the 20th

century.

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BVM Core ValuesMEDALLION

Originally created by Carmelle Zserdin, BVM ’61, for an installation

in the main entrance of the Marie Miske Center for Science

Inquiry, this symbol commemorates the continued BVM spirit,

tradition, and legacy at Clarke.

Computer PioneerMEDALLION

As a leader and pioneer in her field, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, BVM,

made her mark on Clarke by establishing one of the country’s earliest,

small-college computer science departments in 1965. Fifth medallion in collection

R.C. and Celeste Wahlert AtriumMEDALLION

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After the Clarke fire of 1984, the R.C. and Celeste Wahlert Atrium

was built in the center of campus and restored connectivity for

the Clarke community.

Christmas TraditionsMEDALLION

Christmas at Clarke is a magical time. We are proud to honor

our many longtime holiday traditions, which allow us to

gather together, give thanks, and celebrate the season.

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In recognition of Clarke’s 175th anniversary, we honor Mother Mary Frances Clarke’s directive to keep our school progressive with the times in which we live. As Clarke continues to evolve, we remain committed to challenging and supporting our students, who are the heart of our institution, in their intellectual, spiritual, and personal growth.

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175th AnniversaryMEDALLION

Founders' Medallion Collection

Founders’ Annual Giving Society MembersMARY FRANCES CLARKE CIRCLEA.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. Charitable Foundation 20YR

Alliant Energy FoundationElizabeth (Bartels) Bray ’52 20YR

The Butler Family Foundation 10YR

Janet (Niehaus) Carroll ’67 20YR

Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque 10YR

Jim and Mary Doyle 5YR

Dubuque Bank & Trust 20YR

Dubuque Racing Association 5YR

ExxonMobil Corporation 5YR

Daniel FabianoBernadine Fleury ’60 *FloorShow Companies, Inc. 20YR

Paula (Koellner) ’78 and Terry Friedman 20YR

Gallagher Family FoundationCarolyn (FitzGerald) Gantz ’70 + 10YR

C.J. and Mary Ann Gantz 5YR

Daniel and Linda GantzJim and Jean Gantz 5YR

Gantz Foundation/Pepsi 5YR

Mary Jean (Schmidt) ’79 and Dick Gregory 10YR

Carolyn (Sanders) ’66 and John C. Haupert* 20YR

Donald P. Heineman *

Iowa College Foundation 20YR

James B. and Melita A. McDonough Foundation 5YR

John and Jane Kiefer 10YR

Bob Kirpes 5YR

Nancy (Swift) ’67 and Jim Klauer 20YR

William R. Klauer, Jr. 20YR

Klauer Family Charitable Foundation 10YR

Barbara Kruse 20YR

Katherine (Au-Young) ’57 and Paul Lam 20YR

Winnie (Chan) ’61 and Conrad Lee 10YR

Therese Mackin, BVM ’50 20YR

The Majik Foundation 5YR

H.J. and Denice MarkleyDorice (Schiller) ’61 and Corbin McNeill 5YR

Jane (Cowlishaw) ’62 and Ed Monaghan 20YR

Patricia Mullin ’48 * 10YR

Carol ’01 and Dennis Powers 5YR

Susan (Butler) ’85 and Edwin RittsRoy J. Carver Charitable Trust 10YR

Louise and Jeffrey Schrank 5YR

Cathy Schulze ’72 and Dennis CollSisters of Charity of CincinnatiTheisen Charitable FoundationTri-State Travel 5YR

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 5YR

Donna ’86 and Bob Wahlert 20YR

Rob and Agnes Wahlert 10YR

Wahlert FoundationMary Ann (Soenke) ’67 and Bill WalterJenifer (Collins) ’84 and Jeff Westphal 10YR

Mary Ann (Froslie) Wilens ’63 20YR

MARGARET MANN CIRCLESusan (Matheson) ’71 and Jay Allen 20YR

Karen (Manghera) ’83 and Art Chiappetta 5YR

Camille Jacques ’52 20YR

Barbara KutcheraMary Schmid 10YR

ELIZA KELLY CIRCLEAndersen Corporate FoundationPam (Zwack) Beaver ’67 20YR

Helen ’07 and Dick Black 10YR

Jack Calmeyn + 5YR Conlon Construction Co. 20YR Dupaco Community Credit Union 20YR

Janet (Vander Heyden) Furman ’62 5YR

Mary Gantz 5YR

Timothy and Susan Gantz 5YR

Betty Golden *Carol (Niederriter) Handel ’65Hormel Foods Corporation 10YR

Rita (Ludwig) ’61 and Richard Klein 5YR

2017-2018

Founders’ Annual Giving Society Members Gerry (Staehlin) ’62 and Daniel Klinglesmith + 20YR

Janet Manatt Pilcher ’69 and Fred PilcherPatricia McKevitt ’67Catherine A. Murphy 5YR

Catherine R. MurphyCharlene (Hearn) ’67 and Jim MurphyJeanne Nagle ’64, ’70M 20YR

Jeanne (Powers) ’66 and Brendan Quann + 20YR

John Richter 20YR

Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. 20YR

Jayne (Zenaty) ’71 and Joe Spittler 5YR

Mary Celeste (Coyle) ’63 and Donald Steinwachs 10YR

Ken and Bernadine TownsendU.S. Bank Foundation 5YR

Phil and Joan Weber

ROSE O’TOOLE CIRCLEAbbvieEd and Patricia Alt 10YR

Bank of America 5YR

Rita (Brennan) ’68 and Richard Berens 20YR

Anna and Raymond Bukszar +Mary Burritt ’66 5YR

Crescent Electric Supply Co. 5YR

Hunter and Lindsey DarrouzetDubuque County Early Childhood 10YR

Kay (McTigue) Filice ’70 10YR

Flynn Family Foundation 5YR

Lyle Gassmann, Sr. 20YR

Jim and Catherine GieseHon Mai (Lam) ’58 and Joseph Goodman 10YR

Teri (Hawks) ’76 and John Goodmann + 5YR

Daisy and Keith Halvorson 5YR

Jan Hansel ’81 20YR

Diane (Redelman) ’72 and Eugene HaubrichIowa Arts CouncilMary Jean Jecklin ’69 and Kelley V. ReaJoseph KutcheraLynch Family Foundation 10YR

Mathis-Pfohl Foundation 20YR

Diana (Callaghan) ’72 and Paul McCoyLinda (Walker) ’75 and John MertzLouise (Schuster) ’59 and Joseph Ottavi + 20YR

Sue (Tiedje) Otting ’62 + 10YR

Elizabeth Petty ’81 and Karen Milner 5YR

Prudential 5YR

Janet RhombergMary Ellen (McDonnell) ’66 and Edward Schmitt 10YR

Deirdre (Lagen) Segerson ’51John and Mary Stavnes 10YR

Chuck StoltzU.S. BankSusan Wahlert 10YR

Mary Weller ’52 20YR

Ron and Judy Wilgenbusch 10YR

Tom and Susan Williams 10YR

Pat and Janet Zuccaro 10YR

CATHERINE BYRNE CIRCLEAnadarkoTina (Kehl) ’85 and P.J. Anglin 5YR

Margene (Thornton) ’63 and Patrick Beckham 5YR

Cathy (Fraher) ’82 and Peter Bergmann 20YR

Bill BiebuyckRae (Yalden) Biesiadecki ’67 10YR

Alan and Beth BirdLoras and Carrie BleileMike Blouin + 20YR

Regina Boarman and Chris Frommelt 10YR

Susan (Rada) ’69 and Kenneth Bonvallet 5YR

Mary Ellen (Foy) ’75 and Thomas BrabecMary Breslin, BVM 10YR

Jean (Kennedy) Brown ’44 +Kathleen (King) ’91 and Mark BuckJoAnn (Roidl) ’64 and Norbert Budde 5YR

Patricia (Boone) ’71 and Ronald BuehnerJoanne Burrows, SC 10YR

Kathy Cahill ’67 20YR

Micki (Lott) ’64 and Bob Cardelli 5YR

Carl Carlsson + 10YR

Mary Jo Chapman 5YR

Emily Chew and Bob Murphy 5YR

Linda Claussen ’91 5YR

Marriann (Kalina) ’75 and Grady Cole 10YR

Mary Beth (Breen) ’65 and Bernhard Collins 5YR

The Concord Advisory Group, Ltd.Carol (Zeman) Corrigan ’61 + 20YR

Kate Corrigan ’85 * Deceased + Parent of Alum

Mary Rose Corrigan-Psihoyos ’04M and Gus Psihoyos 5YR

Cottingham & Butler 5YR

Colleen (Sullivan) ’73 and James Coulas + 5YR

Gail (Bukolt) ’77 and Steve Coury 5YR

Scott and Cindy Crawford +Jane Daly Seaberg ’78 and Doug Seaberg 20YR

DataVizionKate Davy ’71Mary Day ’70June (Kuba) DeLay ’54Deloitte FoundationDiamond Jo Casino 5YR

Patricia (Knight) ’63 and William Dillard 10YR

Roberto ’ 13 and Dawn DominguezPatti (Pederson) Donlon ’61 5YR

Joan (O’Malley) Doyle ’57 and Tony Roback 20YR

Kevin and Sharon DoyleBrent DrapeauSusan Dubuisson ’71Dubuque County Fine Arts SocietyDeb ’94 and Jack Duehr + 20YR

Meneve Dunham ’53 10YR

DuTrac Community Credit Union 5YR

Maurine (Mackin) Elliott ’63 20YR

Bob and Patricia EngemanMartha (Menke) Fahey ’63 + 10YR

Finnin Ford and KiaKatie Fischer ’73 and Jerry Enzler + 10YR

Flexsteel Industries, Inc. 20YR

Wallace ForemanShirley (Johnsen) ’61 and Anthony Francavilla 5YR

Marabeth ’94M and Norm Freund 20YR

The Friedman GroupLynn and Cynthia Fuller 20YR

General Electric Foundation 20YR

Mark and Deborah GriffinJoan (Delaney) Grossman ’50Kim (Esser) ’79 and Glen Hall + 5YR

Steve and Connie Hardie 5YR

Heartland Financial USA Inc.Collin Heer ’ 15Evan Heer ’ 17Elaine (Lynch) Hegmann ’60 20YR

Monica (Lyons) ’86 and Tim Heller ’86John and Margie HendryDiane (Barrett) ’63 and Donald HenryBecky ’84M, ’ 16M and Ron Herrig 5YR

Theresa (Frommelt) ’74 and Roger Herting 5YR

Deborah (Green) ’81 and Michael Hervey 5YR

Hewlett Packard/ArubaSheila (Doyle) ’78 and Tom Hocking 10YR

Bob and Marilyn Hoefer 20YR

Hoffmann-Schneider Funeral Homes & Cremation ServiceJoyce HonkampJoann (Jolin) ’60 and Bill Hotovec 10YR

Humanities Iowa

ImOn CommunicationsIngredion Charitable FoundationSaiko Jin Bellings ’03 and Andy Bellings 10YR

Jean (Lennon) ’64 and G. Patrick Johnson 10YR

Sue (McGovern) ’69 and Steve Juergens 5YR

Louise Kames ’77 10YR

Brian and Kathleen Kane + 5YR

Kane, Norby & Reddick, P.C. 5YR

Anne Keays ’66 and Michael Leonard 10YR

Alice (Steffens) ’65 and Terry Kelly 10YR

Joan (Schneider) Kershner ’45 20YR

Mary Lou (Norton) ’61 and Robert King + 20YR

Bob and Judy KlauerMike KlauerRoger Klauer 20YR

Toni ’90 and Mac Klingler 10YR

Jason ’96 and Tina KnockelRose Kraemer ’84 5YR

Jill (Hallahan) ’68 and James Kramer 20YR

Sharon Kress ’69 and Keith Cook 20YR

Gloria (Rubino) ’67 and John Kromer 5YR

Catherine (Huber) ’66 and Duane KuennenJudith (Stilling) ’71 and Richard Kuhlmann 10YR

Kunkel & Associates, Inc.Kurtz CommunicationsLarry and Carol LadyHenry and Paula LedermanAllison (Wong) ’64 and Alan LeeJan Lee 5YR

Dorothy (Pannkuk) ’79 and Duane Lemke 5YR

Daniel and Kris LiddicoatGeorge Lingen + 5YR

Connie Locher-Bussard ’54 20YR

JoAnne (Minnehan) ’76 and John Lonergan 20YR

Mary Mackin ’65 20YR

Steve MaloneMarcia McAllister ’73 and Chris Knowles 10YR

Mary McAllister ’77 and John Melvold 20YR

Dee and David McCormick 5YR

Ann McDonough ’86 and Peter Healey ’87 5YR

Mary Jo (Luedtke) McElmeel ’63Dick and Mary McKay 5YR

Mary Alice (Studebaker) McManus ’61 5YR

Karen McQuaid ’80 10YR

Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans 10YR

Rose (Bruner) Melville ’73 and Alton Sheley 10YR

The Metrix Company 5YR

Midwest Business Product 20YR

Kylee Miller ’12 5YR

Robert and Donna Miller 20YR

Mary Ellen (Hood) Murphy ’60 20YR

Mystique Community Ice CenterAnn (Porter) Nagy ’63 20YR

Nationwide Foundation 20YR

Diana (Borst) ’58 and Ronald Nawrocki 10YR

Karen (McKay) ’68 and Loras Neuroth 20YR

New York Life FoundationJean (Thornton) ’61 and Tersh Norton + 5YR

Jeanne (Doll) ’50 and Gene O’Connell 10YR

Mary Beth (Kelly) ’78 and John O’Connor +Bill and Donna O’Dell + 20YR

Anne (Brown) O’Meara ’70 5YR

Luanus OttChuck and Sandi OttingPat and Jane OttingMichael ’00 and Linda Pedersen 10YR

Phil PetersonFran (Plotke) Pettersen ’66 20YR

Margaret (Small) ’62 and Richard Pfohl 20YR

Rose Mary (Vito) ’69 and Robert Pratt 10YR

Rev. Mark A. ResslerJamie Richardson ’82Robin and April RichardsonJack RoederKathy (Moriarty) ’74 and Bill RohnerRotary Club of DubuqueBarbara Roy ’61 10YR

Wade and Kelly SassSC Ministry Foundation 5YR

Susan (Duffy) Schaffrath ’67 and James Lindholm 20YR

Mary Lee Schell ’60 5YR

Connie (Kuhl) ’62 and William Schlak 10YR

John and Donna Schmidt 20YR

Jim and Ann SchmittMargaret (Kretschmer) Schmitz ’52Jim and Sharon Schneider

Mary Schreiber ’73, ’75M and Jim HerrigAndy ’02, ’10M and Kara Schroeder ’04, ’16M 10YR

Sheryl Schulte ’71 and Jeanne LaVigne 20YR

Linda (Laufenberg) ’98 and Jan Scott + 10YR

Rosemary (McGuirk) ’60 and James Sheehan 5YR

Kathryn (Cass) ’80 and Mark SiebenallerSisters of Charity, BVM 5YR

Lou (Mullen) ’49 * and Al SondernCharlie Sturm ’86 5YR

Template Services, Inc.Jim and Diane Thompson 10YR

Mary (Ernst) ’67 and David ThuenteMaripat (Obiala) ’69 and Tom Tropp + 5YR

Carol (Schmidt) ’83 and Mike Trueg 5YR

Jackie (Brodnax) Turner ’67 5YR

Sheila Turney ’71 20YR

Mark WahlertWalt Disney Company FoundationKathy (Graham) Weigel ’63 10YR

Kris (Maiers) Wenthold ’71Pam Westmark ’91Maria Whelan ’72 and Jack Wuest 20YR

Brenda and Peter WicksDenise Wilbur ’68Kate and Matt Zanger + 20YR

* Deceased + Parent of Alum

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