Donors Make the Difference
Updated February 20, 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
$25,000 – $99,999
Ashley Lapin Olian and Jared Olian
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
The Berns Family
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Irene Hoffman
The Overlook Nook: A gift from the Hoffman Family
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Stone Capital Group
$5,000 – $9,999
The Bulbin Family
The Bulbin Family Art Station
Robert Biederman
Jerrold & Nancy Fink
Howard and Judy Friedman
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
Gail and Jerome Taxy
Charles and Stacy Winternitz
In Memory of Stephen & Hinda Winternitz
Maker Workbench
$20 – $2,499
Marci Adilman
In memory of Jenni Pestine
Ronald & Barbara Altman
Rich and Andy Amend
James R. Anixter
The Annenberg Family
Rose B. Aronson
Radosav V. Avramovich
James and Susie Axelrad
Peter and Elise Barack
Richard Basofin and Joan Zahnle
Erik and Barbara Beaver
Josie and Brad Beck
The Bellomo Family
In honor of Lanaya Bellomo
Judy and Bruce Bendoff
Patricia Benenson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Berman
Arnold Berns
Robert V. and Sandra L. Betts
Tom & Martha Biede
Bud and Susan Block
Ronald and Barbara Borden
Maureen Buchholz
Jim and Lori Burns
Michael and Naoma Cahr
Andrew and Linda Ann Cameron
Bonnie Carmell
Joel and Leasha Carp
Michael J. Carrera
In memory of Barbara Carrera
Iris and Robert Center
In Honor of Alison Center Merzel’s Birthday
Iris and Robert Center
In Honor of Cathryn Center Smeyers
Carol Chaikin
Joan Chukerman
Carol A. Clark and Anton Ondrus, Jr.
Gidon and Hilary Cohen
Rosanne Cohen
David and Jane Colman
Maxwell and Carolina Cornell
Andrew and Antoinette Countryman
Ann Coyle and Michael Compher
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Crosby
Scott & Denise Davis
Margaret F. Dewoskin
Kenneth and Marcia Denberg
In memory of Linda Randall
Bertha and Jack Diamond
Barbara Dolinger
Wallace and Joan Dunn
Law Offices of Bradley S. Dworkin / Bradley and Judith Dworkin
Art Edelstein
Hilda Esterrich
Ruth M. Freer
Marta Freud
Marjorie Friedman
The Friends of the Library
In honor of Tamara Freeman and Carol Porwancher
Elise and Ira Frost
Edward and Bryna Gamson
Janet Garcia
In Memory of Herbert Shaffer
The Gaule Family
In Honor of Laila and Isaac Gaule
Janice Gilden
Denise Ginsberg
Michael Glenday and Francine Lebel
Deidra and Stephen Gold
Scott Goldsher
Gary Gordon and Marilyn Hirsch
James Gottlieb
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
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
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
Janey and Bob Jakubowich
In Memory of Sally Anderson
Mike Jansen
William Joseph Jarvis
Doree & Alan Kalfen
Yvonne S. Kant
Allen and Cheryl Kaplan
Bob Karger
In Memory of Gail Karger
Daniel and Amy Kaufman
Beth and Mark Kaufmann
Brian R. Kenney
Dennis and Barbara Kessler
Daniil Khernburg
In Memory of Milada Khernburg
Nate Kinard
Ronald and Adrienne Kirshbaum
Shirley M. Klinner
Bob and Alice Kohn
Irv and Vickie Korey
Sherwin and Betty Korey
Peggy W. Kreisman
William and Sandra Kroll
Stuart and Barbara Kronish
Robert Laemle
Caryl Lasko
Adam, Lauren, Nora and Sadie Levy
In honor of Rob Olian
Peter Lewy
Phyllis and Stephen Libbin
Annette Lidawer & Rob Rubin
In honor of Rob Olian
Eunice Lieberstein
The Lin Family
Wendy and Bill Lipsman
Patricia M. Livingston
Geraldine Mailender
Connie Maneaty & Steve Adcock
Richard Mann and Evelyn Alter
Paulette Margulies
Doug and Amanda Marks
Perri Marks
In honor of Zach Siegel
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
Jake and Jessica Miller
Lindsie Miller
Shirley B. Miller
Stanton Miller
Max H. Mintzer
Modestus Bauer Foundation – Lawrence Reich
Patricia Mooney-Melvin
Mary Moreland & Dan Jenks
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Morof
Elise and Jeremy Myeroff
Our son Leon loves the library!
Cathy Nachman
Drina & Michael Nadler
In honor of Sara N. Nadler
Irving and Marilyn Naiditch
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neilan
The Newman Family
Jeff and Julie Olian
In honor of Grant Olian
Robert Olian
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
Michael Perlstein and Paula Braun Perlstein
Rhoda Pierce
Manny & Saralee Price
Marilyn Propp
Stephen Rheinstrom and Jori Saks
Nancy, Sandy, Beth, Joni & Gordy Richman
Brian Richter
Kathy and David Robin
Steven and Ellen Rogin
David Rosen and Amy Zisook
David, Lindsey, Mikaela, Brody, and Remi Ross
Mayor Nancy Rotering and Rob Rotering
Thomas Rothing
Seymour Rothstein
James Rubenstein and Linda Jacobs
Susan M. Ruder
Ruth Ruffer
Richard and Nancy Ryder
Alison Salzman
Beth and Nestor Sanchez
In honor of Ashley Lapin Olian
H.F. Schiller & J. Langfitt
Joanne Schmitz
Herbert Schneiderman
Dr. David and Rabbi Ora Schnitzer
John and Ednatha Scholz
Season of Change Foundation
Laurence and Deborah Segil
In memory of Frank Edelman
Kathryn and Thomas Shafer
Mark Shear
Michael and 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
Peter and Bonnie Spiros
Eydie Sternberg
Donald and Linda Stewart
Helen L. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stone
Susan Tappert
In Memory of David Kennicott
Charles and Beatrice Tier
Melissa Truffa
In Memory of Annamarie Truffa
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
Pat Wineman
Nicki and Jim Woldenberg
In honor of Judy Falk’s birthday
Abbott and Carol Wolfe
Daniel and Jody Yohanna
The Zias Family
The Zotos Family
Ronald and Suzanne Zweig
