Donors
We gratefully acknowledge the following annual donors who support the library through membership and other donations at the level of $250 and above, between December 2024 and December 2025.
$100,000+
City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture
Estate of Betty Jo Peterson
$20,000–$99,999
Judith Bachner & Eric Lasley
Althea Brimm
Dr. Seuss Foundation
Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation,
Douglas Dawson, Trustee
Sally & Einar Gall
Garna Muller
Bob & Catherine Palmer
Irwin & Maryanne Pfister
Prebys Foundation
David & Marcia Sleet, Sleet Music Performance Fund
Vail Memorial Fund, Meredith Brown, Trustee
$10,000–$19,999
Charles & Ruth Billingsley Foundation
Ann Craig
Max Elliott
Karen Fox
Lawrence Gartner
Alicia & Fred Hallett
Ingrid Hibben
Margaret Jackson
Joan† & Irwin Jacobs
Sharon Labovitz
Las Patronas
Charles Laughlin
Betsy Mitchell
Greg Mitchell
Estate of Joan Nelson
ResMed Foundation
Patricia Rinaker
San Diego County
Jack & Patti Schwellenbach
Keith & Polly Steiner
Margie & John H. Warner, Jr.
Ann & Philip White
$5,000–$9,999
Kathe & Mark Albrecht
Ginny† & Bob Black
Suzanne Conlon
Kathleen Denno
Karen Dow
French Fund
Celia Henely
Marilee & Peter Kovacs
Louis Lupin & Gail Myers
Dogan & Laura Perese
Ursula Pfeffer
Dannie Sue & John Reis
Fritz & Nora Sargent
Richard VandeNoord
Cynthia Walk & Charles Wolfinger
$3,500–$4,999
Bob & Karen Bowden
Robert Caplan & Carol Randolph
Brent Covey & Carolyn Oliver
Edward & Martha Dennis
Linda & Wallace Dieckmann
Zdenka Fronek & Walter Olsen
Angel & Fred Kleinbub
Carol & George Lattimer
Nancy Linke Patton & Rip Patton
Betsy Rudee† & M. Lea Rudee†
Mariko Sawa & Ulf Sundberg
Dale & Mark Steele
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Foundation
$2,500–$3,499
Anonymous
Barbara Arledge
Robert & Toni Bader Charitable Foundation Inc.
Jeff Blackburn & Anne Fleischli Blackburn
Zonia Button
Cathy & Michael Casteel
Randall Clark & Tom Maddox
Renée Comeau & Terry Gulden
Carmen Cuenca & Michael Krichman
Daniel DuBois & Christie Mitchell
Georges & Germaine Fusenot Charity Foundation, Nellie High-Iredale, Trustee
Harry Hixson, Jr. & Teresa Hixson
Diane & John Kane
Patricia & Stephen Lending
Joseph & Nancy Manno
Arlene & Louis Navias
Jack & Laura Peluso
Dorothy Piacentini
Puesto Restaurant
Marit Roman
Salient Sounds Audiology
Andrea & Joseph Schmidt
Abby & Ray Weiss
Annasue & John Wilson
$2,000–$2,499
Weston Anson
Ralph Ayala
Mary Bush
Virginia Gordon & Robert Hooper
Chris & Eloisa Haudenschild
Joan Huffman
Charles & Maureen King
Kaveh Kohani & Abbaseh Samimi
Lawrence Low
Gerry & Linda McAllister
Elizabeth Phelps
Kelly & Mark Quint
Lynn Schenk
$1,500–$1,999
Anonymous
Sally Ashburn
Dan & Jennifer Atkinson
Scott & Shawna Biel
Martha Blake & Gary Jacobson
Betsy Blakely & Judith Morgan
Jordan & Masha Block
Benjamin Brand & Shara Williams
Ida Deichaite
Ed & Edith Drcar
Diane & Elliot Feuerstein
Barbara Freeman
Helane & Jan Fronek
Vanina Joulin-Batejat
Ann & Gerry Lipschitz
Melane Lurie
William Norcross
Claudia Prescott
Peggy & Peter Preuss
San Diego Foundation
Marie Vickers
Andrea & Victor Wild
Marty & Olivia Winkler
$1,250–$1,499
Gayle Barsamian & David Clapp
Stacy Bracken Jacobs
Bill Lo
Debra McGinty-Poteet & Larry Poteet
Ann Navarra
Jeanette Stevens
Stephanie Stolarz-Fantino
$1,000–$1,249
Bucky & Penny Abell
Anonymous (2)
Grace Bell & Will Parsons
Silvia Berchtold
Barry Bielinski & Seonaid McArthur
Linda Blair
Gordon Brodfuehrer
California Bank & Trust
Carol & Joseph Danks
David Francis & Karen Gordon Francis
Cindy & Tom Goodman
Michele Goodman & Eric Wan
Cori & Tom Grunow
Oliver & Paula Jones
John & Laura Killmer
Gail & George Knox
Richard Lappo
Luisa & Paul Larson Living Trust
Sheridan Lorenz
Cecil Lytle
Pamela Manno
Hans & Ursula Moede
Alex Moseley
Rick Rand
Penny Randall
Cele Renaudin
Steven Strauss & Lise Wilson
Gitte & Theo Theodossi
G.E. & R.D. Wallace Foundation Janet Wallace, Trustee
Mary Walshok
Penelope & John West
David & Deborah Woods
Bebe & Marvin Zigman
$500–$999
John Alexander
Chris & Elizabeth Allen
Daniel & June Allen
Donald & Janet Allison
Rumyr “Ardee” Antonio
Leila Armstrong
John & Linda Ball
Jeff Barnouw
Suzanne Bates
Kate Beckel & James Halliday
Mary Beebe & Charles Reilly
Eric Blau & Julie Gollin
Naomi Blik
Robyn Bottomley & Glenn Gutridge
Diane Brockington
Jack Brown & Jan Chatten-Brown
Giovanna Casola & Scott Stewart
Irene Chandler
Patricia Chien
Coop & Kami Cooprider
Courtney Coyle & Steve McDonald
Melissa Crawford
Cheryl Crittenden & Ricardo Hernández
Bronle Crosby
Mabelle Daugherty
Hugh Davies & Faye Hunter
Pamela Dekema
Joyce & Paul Dostart
Kip Eischen
Hafez & Shahnaz Erfani
Gail & John Ermer
Gary Ferdman & Myriam Miedzian
Michael & Susanna Flaster
Anne Fletcher
Janine & Marvin Free
Richard Fridshal & Candace Gietzen
John & Mary Gallo
Gary & Joan Gand
Doreann & Steve Gibson
Joseph Glaser & Josephine Von Herzen
Diana & François Goedhuys
Richard Golden
Carolyn Greenslate
Carrie & Jim Greenstein
Louise & Warren Heenan
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Heller
Alex High
Diana Hill
Ariane Hudson
Roderick Innes
Russell Johnson & Kiyomi Powers
David Jurist & Kathryn Kanjo
Christopher Kearns & Leslie Kroupa
Daniel & Mary Kelley
William Kellogg
Charles Kennel & Ellen Lehman
Josephine Kiernan
Duane & Lynn Knize
Kathleen Kovacs & Art Sellgren
Miriam Krippl
Andrew Kummel
Carolynn & Dexter La Pierre
Karen Ladner & Todd Stone
Kristine Larson & George Rosborough
Marina Lev
Nancy & Jeff Levinson
Michael & Susan Lieberman
Richard Lin & Melanie Webster
Michelle Lopez
Jean Lowe & Kim MacConnel
Robin Briscoe Luby
Patricia Mahtani & Walt Savitch
Margaret Mallan
Brenda & Mark Mann
Eve Mayall
Mary Jo McCall
Paula McColl & Sid Stutz
Jacqui McNally
Paul & Susan Mitchell
Joyce Nash
Barbara Niemann
Debbie & Neal Nordstrom
Elvi Olesen
Mary Lou Orphey
Manuela Perkins
Charles & Julie Pinney
Carmen & Jim Plank
Edward & Nancy Quinn
Vivien Ressler
Randy Robbins & Helena Stage
Jacqueline & Jean-Luc Robert
Patricia Rutledge
Carole & Christopher Scott
Ellen Warner Scott
Andy & Mimi Sells
Patricia Shank
Tom Shapiro
Bruce & Jane Silva
Randall† & Florence Smith
Annemarie & Leland Sprinkle
Elizabeth & Lester Stiel
Julia & Kenneth Stone
Murray Sinclaire, Jr. & Robin Sinclaire
Joshua Sweetkind-Singer
Mina Taylor
Gianangelo Vergani
Eric Weisman & Susan Chortek Weisman
Richard Wildman, Jr.
Tanya Young & Dr. Michael McManus
Ann Zahner
Christy & Howard Zatkin
Barbara & Michel Zelnick
$250–$499
Kris Anderson
Cathy Baron
Martin & Sherry Bloom
Antoinette Bodeau & Sara Matta
Manuela Broccolini & Terrence Pirtle
Carol Buckley
Kerian Bunch
Thomas Cerruti
Sandra Chanis
Taylor Chapin & Andrew Ware
Alain Cohen & Denise Warren
Albert & Penelope Coscia
Family of Charles Crocker Fund
Barbara & Walter Doren
Matt Douglas
Daniel & Margaret Dudas
Ray DuVall
MC Eastman & Holland Smith
Judith Edelman & David Macias
Steve Eilenberg & Marie Tartar
Debra & Kaitlyn Emerson
Marti & Ron Erickson
Kathleen Fredman
Lucero Graham Fashion Academy
John Graul & Cynthia King
Carol Harter & Bill Smith
John Henze
G.M. Hetherington
John & Marsha Hildebrand
David Hodgens & Linda Olson
Laurence Hren
Gethin & Lenore Hughes
Geraldine Hummel
John Iammarino
Kristi Jaska & Pete Nolan
Ryan Jefferies
David & Susan Kabakoff
Louise Keogh & Robert Sarnoff
Roland & Susan Kluver
Jeanne Landgraf
Brooke Loomis
Leanne Hull MacDougall
Beth Manke & Omar Miller
Alexia & Ray Markarian
Douglas & Monica Matthews
Jeffrey & Patricia Maysent
Douglas & Susan McLeod
Joanne Meredith
Maggie & Paul Meyer
Brigitte & Richard Obetz
Chanel Penley
Joan & Martin Plaehn
Brian & Paula Powers
James Rasmussen
Julie Ripoll
Anne & Paul Roberts
Karen & Norman Sade
Katherine Schwab
Gerry Scribner
Bruce Shirer
Anne & Ronald Simon
Leslie Simon
Jim & Mimi Stake
Susan Stevens & David Weston
Anthony & Lone Stiegler
Barb & Sam Takahashi
Judith & Lee Talner
Allen Tyler
Dr. & Mrs. Keith Wahl
Isabelle Wasserman
Bonnie Wright
In Memory of:
In Memory of Matthew Abrams
David Abrams
In Memory of Daniel Brimm
Althea Brimm
In Memory of Jacob & Shirley Dekema
Pamela Dekema
In Memory of Mary Ellen Fleischli
Ann Zahner
In Memory of Albert Fredman
Kathleen Fredman
In Memory of Carol Gartner
Lawrence Gartner
In Memory of LVK Memorial Award
Alexia & Ray Markarian
In Memory of Adare McAllister
Geraldine McAllister
In Memory of Judith Parzen
Debra Grannick
Tanja Knott
Mitchell Siegler
Kristina Waltz
In Memory of M. Lea Rudee
Betsy Rudee†
In Memory of Betsy Rudee & M. Lea Rudee
Robert Caplan & Carol Randolph
In Memory of Jeffrey Sleet
Sleet Music Performance Fund
In Memory of Joseph Taft
Elizabeth Taft
In Memory of Bard Wellcome & Carolyn Yorston-Wellcome
Nancy Linke Patton & Rip Patton
Yvonne E. Vaucher
In Honor of:
In Honor of Anira Abreu
Maggie & Paul Meyer
In Honor of Carol Buckley
Rumyr “Ardee” Antonio
Ginger and Robert Wallace, Janet Wallace Trustee
In Honor of Bob Caplan's 90th Birthday
Irwin Jacobs
In Honor of Elvi Olesen
Joshua Sweetkind-Singer
In Honor of Kathi Peterson
Rumyr “Ardee” Antonio
In Honor of Gustavo Romero
Harry Hixson, Jr. & Teresa Hixson
In Honor of Al & Sibyl Rubottom
Betsy Mitchell
In Honor of Erika Torri
Jack & Laura Peluso
Betsy Rudee† & M. Lea Rudee†
In Honor of Maura Walters
Carol Buckley
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