DONOR RECOGNITION

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the library's foundation can ensure that the library will remain a vibrant part of the Columbus community into the future. The Columbus Metropolitan Library acknowledges the following individual and corporate donors with gratitude.


Centennial Sponsors

Matching Andrew Carnegie’s Original Gift of $200,000

Abercrombie & Fitch
American Electric Power
Foundation Battelle
Huntington Bank
Limited Brands
Rite Rug Company and Anita & Michael Goldberg Fund
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Wolfe Associates, Inc., the charitable arm of
The Dispatch Printing Company

$10,000 and above

The Columbus Foundation
Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation
Easton Community Foundation
Edwards Companies
Elmer's Products, Inc.
Friends of the Columbus Metropolitan Library
Charlotte and Jack Kessler
Kiwanis Club of Columbus
National City Bank
Nationwide
David Schooler
Time Warner Cable
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

$100-$499
2Shea Creative Services
Teri Alexander
Thea Allendorf
Ellen Anderson
APLE
Denise Ashley
Richard Ballantine
Mary and Wayne Ballantyne
Lauren and Raymond Baran
Carlo Battaglini
John Behal
Barbara Benton
Berwind Corporation
Calvin Blattner
Jennifer and Arthur Block
Beth and John Breen
Marilyn and Richard Briggs
Sherrie Budde
Sharon Cameron
Lynn Campbell
Ann and Don Casto
The Chesapeake Group
Margey and Gary Cheses
Columbus Fish Market
Beverly and Willis Conover
Saundra Cooke
Kathy Curtis
Diane and Joseph Damico
Connie Dantuono
John Dranschak
Charissa and Donald Durst
Edgewood Consulting Group, Inc.
Jim Elliott
Farber Specialty Vehicles
Fran Feldmiller
Cheryl Hacker and Jeffrey Ferriell
Laura MacDonald and Kirk Fisher
Kimberly and McNeil Fiske
Scott Fothergill
Diana Franklin
Gigi and Sam Fried
Funosophy, Inc.
Stephanie Garber
Sherri Geldin
June and Jeffrey Gerken
Joy and Michael Gonsiorowski
Bonnie and Joel Goobich
Mary Gray
Michelle and Steve Gurevitz
Sandy and Thomas  Hofmann
Jennifer Hrusch
The Human Resource Department Ltd.
Jackie Isaac
Philip Johnston
Elizabeth Jolley
Erika Clark Jones
Suzanne Karpus
James Kneisley
Bryan Knicely
Theresa and Charles La Rocca
Peggy Lazarus
Evelyn Luckey
Nancy and Thomas Lurie
Arthur Lynn
Janis and Edwin McCausland
Deborah McChesney
Anne and Jeffrey McSweeney
Deborah McWilliam
Susan Meyer
Patricia Miles
Tittica Mitchell
David Morlan
Marilee and Timothy Nagy
Nationwide Foundation
Cherie and James Nelson
Lisa and Jeffrey Newman
John Newman
Dorothy Noyes
Online Resources Corporation
Janet Overmyer
Debra and Bryan Pack
Susanne and Thad Perry
William Petrakis
Richard Pfeiffer
Elizabeth Menaghan and James Phelan
Heidi Piper
Lucy and Samuel Porter
Michael Rankin
Jon Reneau
Andrew Repasky
Marjorie Robertson
Karen and Matthew Romanoff
Nancy and Pat  Ross
Bobbie Ruch
Sharon Saia
Mary Schertel
Lenore Schottenstein
Robert Shamansky
Paula Shockley
Hannah Simon
Andrew Smith
Rick Smith
Sandra and Richard Snide
Carol Snowden
Norman M. Spain
Alan Starkoff
Steven Stewart
Patricia Swinehart
Richard Tybout
Marne Turner
James Unger
Catherine Ward
Jane and Richard Ward
Edie Waugh
Wednesday Literary Club
Alex Westerfelt
Stacey Willard
Tricia and Chris Wolfe
Cynthia and Jeffrey Zeigler

 

$1,000 to $9,999
ABC 6/Fox 28
Anheuser Busch, Inc.
Anonymous
AT&T
Ellen and Jim Bachmann
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Jo Ann and Kerry Bierman
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Barbara and David Brandt
Bricker & Eckler LLP
Cassandra and Tom Brigdon
Brown-Forman Corporation
Calfee, Halter and Griswold
Chester, Willcox & Saxbe LLP
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.
Continental Real Estate Companies
Crane Group Co.
Loann Crane
Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP
DesignGroup, Inc.
Dublin A.M. Rotary
Edwards Companies
Bebe and John Finn
Jennifer McNally and Michael Flamm
Liz and Bob Fox
Judy and Jules Garel
Giant Eagle
Glimcher Properties LP
DeeDee and Herb Glimcher
Lisal and Donald Gorman
Grange Insurance
Cindy and Larry Hilsheimer
Lisa and Alan Hinson
Ann and Tom Hoaglin
Debbie Jaeger
Jones Day
Amy and Matthew Kallner
Kegler, Brown, Hill, & Ritter
Catherine Chapin Kobacker and John S. Kobacker
The Kroger Co.
Linda and Terrence Larrimer
Mary and Robert Lazarus
Vicky and Patrick Losinski
M/I Homes, Inc.
George McElroy
Amy and Bob Milbourne
Wayne Lawson and Bill Mitchell
Cordelia Robinson and Grant Morrow, III
Motorists Insurance Company
Sally Crane and John Nance
NetJets, Inc.
New Albany Company
OCLC
Ohio Design Professionals and Code
Ohio State University Libraries
Orangeboy, Inc.
Park National Bank
Plaskolite, Inc.
Joshua Pokempner
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
Resource Interactive
Alison Circle and Riccardo Ruotolo
Ellen and David Ryan
Safe Auto Insurance
Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn LPA
Thekla and Don Shackelford
Lee and Thomas Szykowny
Target
Connie and Craig Walley
Wal-Mart
Arlene and Michael Weiss
Shirle Westwater
Westwater Foundation
John Wirchanski
Donna and Lee Zuiderweg

 

$99 and below
Vergie and Mark Anderson
Anonymous
Lisa and Robert Baird
Gary Baker
Christopher Barker
Barbara Beardsley
Gail Becher
Jennifer Beck
Diane Birckbichler
Aija Bjornson
Andrew Blattner
Bethsinda and Gary Bliss
Teresa Brown
Deidre Butz
Linda and Leonard Campagna
Andrew Cano
Donna Casciole
Lorraine and Stephen Castor
Central Ohio Fiction Writers
The Clintonville Woman's Club
Alexis Collier
Columbus Area Military Officers Wives Club
Margaret and Kenneth Conibear
Julia Converse
Craft Marketing Connections, Inc.
Jack Crain
Patricia DeMaria
Christina Ebanks
Shaunessy Everett
Carol and David Farber
Deborah and Robert Finch
Mark Finley
Fred Forsythe
Alex Freytag
Kimberly and Joseph Gerbino
Cheri Sterman and Barry Goldin
Vicki and Harvey Graff
Arlene and Robert Griffith
Diane Guglielmi
Susan Hartmann
Lee Hatch
Ira Hedrick
Venice and Jeffrey Herring
Diane and Bruce Hewett
Brenda and David Hixon
Martha and William Hochradel
Holden International Inc.
David Hoodin
Holly and Jack Hopkins
Deanna and Richard Houser
Evelyn and Paul Hultberg
Dorothy Ideker
Beverly Ingmire
Jill and Donald Jamison
Sandra and John Jones
Bernice Keener
Mary Kelly
Lucy Kilbane
Sharon and William Klare
Beth Knudsen
Aurelia Kubayanda
Constance Kuns
La Bodego Supermarket
Debra and Kevin Lombardozzi
Martha Lund
Anjani Madiraju
Richard Maksimoski
Cecil Manns
Theresa Greco and Steven Marsh
Mary and Howard Marvel
Victoria and  Douglas McChesney
Gerard McIntyre
Fred Miller
Gloria Miller
Sandra and Barry Miller
Earl Miller
Michele Miller
Susan Major Mullins
Donna and Keith Nelson
Loretta Newland
Carol and Lee Norton
Stephanie and Nate Oliver
O'Manny's Pub, Inc.
Erica Papenbrock
Atha and Herbert Parnes
Darl Parsons
Mary Ann Perez
Donna Perkins
Emily and Bruce Pickering
Lori Pierson
Kathryn M. Potterf
Becky and Salvatore Rampulla
Pat Riechel
Mary Schirmer
Francis  Schiro
Robin and Jeremy Scott
Kathy and Sia Shahbodaghi
Ratna Sinharoy
Jeanne Lemmon Skinner
Lori and Dale Smith
Susan Snow
Mary Kay and Brian Sollars
Linda and William Squeo
David Steele
PF and AF Stevens
Nicholas Sullivan
Donna and BarryThompson
Sylvia Vasquez
Yong Wei
Lila Ann and Robert Weiler
Sally and Bob Weisman
Vera and Donald Wilson
David Young