Donors Make the Difference
Updated June 4, 2026
Those Who Reimagined Your Library: Our Leading Donors
$250,000 gift from the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Community Meeting Room
$100,000 gift from Rob and Terri Olian
Rob and Terri Olian Youth Activity Room
Library Board Member
$100,000 gift from Cari and Michael J Sacks
The Highland Park Archives and Local History Collections Sponsored by the Sacks Family
$25,000 – $99,999
Jody & Randy Berns
The Dubow Family
The Dubow Family Courtyard
Ashley Lapin Olian and Jared Olian
Library Board Member
Ashley and Jared Olian Family Gallery
Christopher and Vicki Sheahen
The Sheahen Family Playscape
Anita and Matt Testa
Youth Study Rooms
Innovation Studio Multimedia Display
In honor of Paul and Lilly Ramachandran
Judy Falk
In honor of the Adult Services Department
$10,000 – $24,999
Carnegie Corporation of New York
First Bank Chicago
Irene Hoffman
Library Board Member
The Overlook Nook: A gift from the Hoffman Family
Alan & Robin Kogan
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Donna Fletcher Schur Trust
In Loving Memory of Donna Fletcher Schur
Stone Capital Group
$5,000 – $9,999
The Bulbin Family
The Bulbin Family Art Station
Robert Biederman
Library Board Member
Andrew W. Brown and Gail Feiger Brown
New Releases Area
Nicole & Dan L. Drexler
Jerrold & Nancy Fink
John Hickey
Howard and Judy Friedman
Barbara L. & Mark H. Gutman
In honor of the HPPL professionals who open so many pathways to the world for our community
The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation
Cafe Station
Barbara and Steven Lippai
Jeffrey Zivin
$2,500 – $4,999
Elizabeth Hitchcock
Martha & Marty Hoesley
Linda and Robert Lawrence
The Nathanson Family
Library Board Member
Jori Saks and Stephen Rheinstrom
Gail and Jerome Taxy
Charles and Stacy Winternitz
In Memory of Stephen & Hinda Winternitz
Maker Workbench
Up to $2,499
Marci Adilman
In memory of Jenni Pestine
Lynn Altfeld & Kurt Loeffler
In memory of Janice Temple
Ronald & Barbara Altman
Rich and Andy Amend
James R. Anixter
The Annenberg Family
Janice & Jeffrey Aronoff
Rose B. Aronson
Radosav V. Avramovich
James and Susie Axelrad
Kenneth & Phylis Bagan
Cheryl & Ted Banks
Peter and Elise Barack
Richard Basofin and Joan Zahnle
Library Board Member
Elinor and Alvin Bayliss
Erik and Barbara Beaver
Josie and Brad Beck
Ken and Bev Beck and Family
The Bellomo Family
In honor of Lanaya Bellomo
Judy and Bruce Bendoff
Patricia Benenson
In honor of helpful librarians
Judy Berg
Caryn & Jim Berman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Berman
Arnold Berns
Carole Bernstein
In memory of Dr. Joel Edward Bernstein
Robert V. and Sandra L. Betts
Tom & Martha Biede
Dr. Bud and Susan Block
William & Tina Bonetti
Ronald and Barbara Borden
David Borris
Jan Braude
In Memory of Michael Braude
Barry & Keiko Bretschneider
Sharon & Barry Briskman
Maureen Buchholz
Jim and Lori Burns
David A. Buzard
Michael and Naoma Cahr
Andrew and Linda Ann Cameron
Bonnie Carmell
Joel and Leasha Carp
Michael J. Carrera
In memory of Barbara Carrera
Iris & Bobby Center
in honor of Judy & Gerry Farby grandchildren
Iris and Robert Center
In Honor of Alison Center Merzel’s Birthday
Iris and Robert Center
In Honor of Cathryn Center Smeyers
The Center Family
Linda & Randy Chapin
Carol Chaikin
Bruce “Lauren” Charous & Margaret Charous
Chicago Botanic Garden
Bob and Stacie Chukerman
Joan Chukerman
Carol A. Clark and Anton Ondrus, Jr.
Gidon and Hilary Cohen
Katie and Brad Cohen
In honor of Lanie, Izzy, and Billy Cohen
Rena & Sonny Cohen
Rosanne Cohen
Mrs. Jane B. Colman
Cheryl & Carey Cooper
In honor of our grandchildren Eloise, Clara, Violet, Sadie, Chase, and Maddie
Ken & Bev Cooper
Maxwell & Carolina Cornell
Kathy & Irwin Coskey
Ann Coyle & Michael Compher
Andrew & Antoinette Countryman
Melodi Cowan & Matt Wicker
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Crosby
Scott & Denise Davis
Margaret F. Dewoskin
Kenneth and Marcia Denberg
In memory of Linda Randall
Bertha and Jack Diamond
Thomas J. Digani
In memory of Josephine K. Digani
Barbara Dolinger
Wallace and Joan Dunn
Law Offices of Bradley S. Dworkin / Bradley and Judith Dworkin
Art Edelstein
Miriam Eisenberg
In memory of Gerald Eisenberg, M.D.
Patricia Engelhard
Hilda Esterrich
Liane & George Fitzgerald
Mickey and Lisa Foreman & Family
Ruth M. Freer
For Librarians and Teachers
Marta Freud
Howard & Judy Friedman
In memory of Janice Temple
Marjorie Friedman
Friends of Kim Stone
The Friends of the Library
In honor of Tamara Freeman and Carol Porwancher
Elise and Ira Frost
Lynn & Michael Froy
Ruth Fruehauf
In memory of Janice Temple
Edward and Bryna Gamson
Janet Garcia
In Memory of Herbert Shaffer
The Gaule Family
In Honor of Laila and Isaac Gaule
Mary & Norm Geller
Janice Gilden
Wendy & Bill Gimbel
Denise Ginsberg
Denise & Ken Glassman
In memory of Janice Temple
Michael Glenday and Francine Lebel
Deidra and Stephen Gold
Nami & David Goldenberg
Scott Goldsher
Gary Gordon and Marilyn Hirsch
James Gottlieb
Marc & Sulie Grayson
In memory of Belle Malter Goldberg
Alex and Lyhn Green
Alan and Carol Greene
Janice M. Greenwald
Nancy Grossman and Ken Fishbain
Michael B. Gurtman and Lois A. Lourie
Stacy Halpern
In honor of Miles
Karen and Gary Hamity
In Memory of Karen Lou Hamity
Dana & Randall Harland
Alan Harris
Doug and Laurie Hart
Stephen J. Hauer and Susan Lattanzi Hauer
Jan Hayes
Bruce J. Hayner
Kenneth and Amyra Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hillsberg
The Hirsch Family
Matt and Ellen Hoffman
In memory of Joan Silverman
Sara and Mitch Hoffman
In memory of Joan Silverman
Julian S. Horwich
Susan Hoseman
Georgann Humphrey
Barbara Hurwitz
In honor of The Power of Books
Joel Hurwitz
In memory of Jill R. Hurwitz
Susan & Steven Insoft
Carmen Islas
In memory of Kante Manuel Kini
Sean Isserman and Cherise Meyerson
In memory of Willis Meyerson
In memory of Laurie Lee
In memory of Stephen Isserman
In memory of Shirley Rossin
Connie W. Jacobs
Janey and Bob Jakubowich
In Memory of Sally Anderson
Mike Jansen
William Joseph Jarvis
Doree & Alan Kalfen
Sherri M. Kamensky
In memory of Janice Temple
Yvonne S. Kant
Alan & Marcia Kaplin
Allen & Cheryl Kaplan
Bob Karger
In Memory of Gail Karger
Daniel and Amy Kaufman
Beth and Mark Kaufmann
The Kelley Family
Daniel Kelly
Brian R. Kenney
Dennis and Barbara Kessler
Daniil Khernburg
In Memory of Milada Khernburg
Nate Kinard
Ronald and Adrienne Kirshbaum
Randi Klawans
In memory of Janice Temple
Howard & Susan Klieger
Shirley M. Klinner
Bob and Alice Kohn
Irv and Vickie Korey
Sherwin and Betty Korey
The Kornick Family
Barry & Debbie Kravitz
Peggy W. Kreisman
William and Sandra Kroll
Stuart and Barbara Kronish
Laborers’ Union Local 152
Jill & Greg Lapin
Sally & Bill Laegeler
Robert Laemle
Caryl Lasko
Ellen Lavin
Arlene & Jeff Levin
In honor of friends and family
Diane Levitt
Adam, Lauren, Nora and Sadie Levy
In honor of Rob Olian
Peter Lewy
Phyllis & Stephen Libbin
Annette Lidawer & Rob Rubin
In honor of Rob Olian
Laura & Mark Lieberman
Laurie Lieberman
Eunice Lieberstein
The Lin Family
Nina Lipkin
In memory of Michael Lipkin
Wendy and Bill Lipsman
Brian Lipson
In memory of Janice Temple
Patricia M. Livingston
Geraldine Mailender
Debra Magad & Daniel Kaplan
In memory of Janice Temple
Connie Maneaty & Steve Adcock
Richard Mann and Evelyn Alter
Paulette Margulies
Doug and Amanda Marks
Perri Marks
In honor of Zach Siegel
James J. Marquardt
Laurie Marston & Greg Wernisch
Barbara Mazur
Nancy and Mike McEntee
In honor of the staff at the HP Library with appreciation for the work you do.
Carol Meltzer
Sara Mesirow
Larry and Carole Metnick
Susan & Michael Millenson
Jake and Jessica Miller
Lindsie Miller
Shirley B. Miller
Stanton Miller
Wendy & Max Mintzer
Suzanne Mitchell & Richard Zansitis
In memory of Janice Temple
Mjaanes Family
Modestus Bauer Foundation – Lawrence Reich
Patricia Mooney-Melvin
Mary Moreland & Dan Jenks
Iris P. Morgan
In memory of Andrew Carnegie
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Morof
Robert & Cynthia Murphy
Elise and Jeremy Myeroff
Our son Leon loves the library!
Cathy Nachman
Drina & Michael Nadler
In honor of Sara N. Nadler
Sara Nadler
In honor of Drina & Michael Nadler
Irving and Marilyn Naiditch
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neilan
The Newman Family
Amaya Olian
In honor of June Kiely
Jeff and Julie Olian
In honor of Grant Olian
Robert Olian
Tetyana Opanasyuk
In honor of Bogan Opanasyuk
Anne Pachciarek and Perry Ergang
Evelyn Padorr
Deborah Paige
Roger Parfitt
In honor of the wonderful world of libraries
The Perkins Family
In honor of Sam, Eli, Grace and their nannies who used the library
James Perlman
In memory of Agnes Perlman
Michael Perlstein & Paula Braun Perlstein
Rhoda Pierce
Manny & Saralee Price
The Ponczek Family
Marilyn Propp
Janet & Gary Resnick
Marc & Devorah Richards
Nancy, Sandy, Beth, Joni & Gordy Richman
Brian Richter
George & Mary Ritzlin
Kathy & David Robin
Steven & Ellen Rogin
David Rosen & Amy Zisook
Dan Rosenberg
David, Lindsey, Mikaela, Brody, and Remi Ross
Mayor Nancy Rotering and Rob Rotering
Thomas Rothing
Seymour Rothstein
Gerald Rubel
James Rubenstein and Linda Jacobs
Michael & Barbara Rubin
Susan M. Ruder
Ruth Ruffer
The Rush Family
Richard and Nancy Ryder
Alison Salzman
Beth and Nestor Sanchez
In honor of Ashley Lapin Olian
Linda Saranow
H.F. Schiller & J. Langfitt
Joanne Schmitz
Herbert Schneiderman
Dr. David and Rabbi Ora Schnitzer
John and Ednatha Scholz
Caryn and William Schuman
In honor of Debbi Rosenberg
Stephen Schutt & Loretta Grennon
Marsha & Michael Schwartz
In honor of Michael Schwartz
Season of Change Foundation
Laurence and Deborah Segil
In memory of Frank Edelman
Kathryn & Thomas Shafer
Melissa & Steve Shapiro
Elle & Lia love the HPPL
Mark Shear
Chuck Sheftel & Cary Rositas-Sheftel
Michael & Sara R. Sher
Wendy Shorr & Stuart Gelfman
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Shubert
Susan Shulman and Avery Cohen
Susan Sigel
Burt Skolnik
In memory of Judith Skolnik
David Smerling
Neil and Heidi Smith
Harry & Judith Solomon
Ronald & Kathy Sonenthal
Maya, Zachary, and Rowan Spector
In memory of Yael Hoffman and Naomi Spector
Peter and Bonnie Spiros
The Stanuch Family
Peter, Anna, and Leslie Stein
In honor of Marilyn Propp
Miriam & Morton Steinberg
Eydie Sternberg & Family
Donald & Linda Stewart
Helen L. Stone
Kim Stone & Ken Wexler
City Council Member
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Stone
Carol Summerfield
The Tamhane Family
Susan Tappert
In Memory of David Kennicott
Gloria Taussig
Charles and Beatrice Tier
The Tishler Family
Joann Trotti
Melissa Truffa
In Memory of Annamarie Truffa
Myrna R. Tyson
Mary Jo Victor
Peter & Cheryl Waldstein
Linda P. Wallace
In memory of Elisha Gray
Ian and Leda Warner
Myron and Carol Warshauer
Emily H. Watts
Karen B. Weiss
Greg Wernisch and Laurie Marston
Kim Stone and Ken Wexler
Brian and Leslye Whittman
Cheryl Wiemer
In memory of Marie Warsaw
Mr. and Mrs. George Williams
Paul and Carol Willis
John, Bonnie, and Michael Wilson
Pat Wineman
Barbara Winokur
Nicki and Jim Woldenberg
In honor of Judy Falk’s birthday
Carol & Abbott Wolfe
Library Board Member
Daniel and Jody Yohanna
The Zias Family
The Zotos Family
Library Board Member
Ronald and Suzanne Zweig