75th Anniversary Contributions

Thank you to the Fulbrighters who donated to the Fulbright Association in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program. Those who gave towards the 75th Anniversary Campaign are listed below, and we feel honored that so many Fulbrighters chose to recognize and support their Fulbright colleagues, friends, and family in this way.

Neil Alter, in honor of Senator Fulbright

Stephanie Arthur, in honor of Dr. Darlene DeMarie for her continued support throughout my academic journey. Truly grateful and honored that you provided so much guidance on my committee.

Sherry Mueller, in honor of Dick Arndt 

Paul Babich

John Bader, in honor of Gretta and Bill Bader (Fulbright to Germany 1953-54)

Gyorgy Baffy, in honor of Dr. Katalin Nagy from Szeged, Hungary, board member of the local Fulbright Commission who encouraged my application for a Fulbright US Scholar award to teach at my alma mater in Debrecen, Hungary

Susan Bandes

Karl Barbir

Wayne Barrett

Mary Bemker

Walter Blue

Barbara Brittingham

Marlene Broemer, in honor of Suzanne Louis

Raoul Camus

Lawrence Chapoy

Erwin Cho, In honor of Ian Mclean

Nadia Christensen

Richard A. Colignon, in honor of Dr. Chikako Usui

Racy Ming Copley

Jeremy Cripps

Ann Criswell

Billie Ann Day, in honor of Joanna Wind, Netherlands Commission

Michael DeLucia, in honor of DeDe Long

John di Domenico, in honor of my late friend and colleague Professor Maria Bentel, FAIA. Professor Bentel was an Architect and Educator. A Fulbright Scholar to Italy, Maria Bentel was a mentor to me and for many years. As a Professor of Architecture at NYIT, she inspired students with her dedication to teaching and passion for Architecture.

Wanda L. Dodson, in Honor of Dr. Dileep S. Sachan, Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Christopher Dolan, in honor Dr. Arben Hajrullahu, my colleague and Fulbright contact at the University of Prishtina (Kosovo)

Charles Elkins

Mary Ellinger, in honor of Sharada Nayak, Program Director of Fulbright-Hayes Program in India in 1990

Kathie Erwin

David Famiglietti

Lisa Fusillo

Marilyn Gaddis

Joseph Ganahl, in celebration of my Fulbright to Germany, 2002-2003

Robert Gervasi

Gary David Gilmore, in honor of the memory of John and Ruth Gilmore

Charles Gliozzo, in honor of my late wife, Marjorie Gliozzo

David Grainger

Carmen Grau

Glenys Hamilton

Beverly Hawk, in honor of my colleagues at the University of Malawi, Chancellor College

Beverly Hawk, in honor of the University of Nairobi

Gary Henschen, in honor of Samuel R. Spencer, Jr.

Nina Heyden

Jonathan Hollander

Maxine Houck, in honor of Pauline and Walter Houck 

Carol Hughes, in appreciation of my two Fulbright Scholarships as a German teacher to the Goethe Institute in Germany in 1971 and 1977 and in appreciation of my daughter Anja’s Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Mongolia in 2011. We have been making the world a better place and also teaching others to do so. Thank you!

Nicole Jefferson

Vincent Johnson

Annette Marie Jones, in honor of Kaija-Leena Salovaara and Adriana Palma

Susan Kalman, in honor of Helga Schmetzko, who opened her home to me while I was a Fulbright grantee in West Berlin in 1984. Her commitment to making the world a better place through understanding and involvement created a lasting impression that continues to this day.

Sylvia Kaloustian

Margaret Kandel

Miriam Kastner

Sam Kauffmann

Clarissa Kimber, in honor of my mother Isabelle Marie Cholet Kimber

Harold Kimelberg

Lawrence Klein

Joan Kluwe, celebrating the life of my major professor during my undergraduate work and master’s program, John H. Burde III. In gratitude for his tremendous positive impact on my education and career.

Julia Kunin, in honor of Annamaria Sas, from the Fulbright office in Hungary. Annamaria created an extraordinary experience for our 2013 group.

Hermann Kurthen, in honor of Professor Kay M. Losey, who made my Fulbright experience special

Alana Laudone

Judith Lorber, In memory of Dafna Izraeli, my Fulbright sponsor and host

Jerome Lowenthal

Raymond Marik, in honor of Jane Nelson, my English department head

Christine Matheu, in honor of Professor William B. Cohen

David Maxwell

Bill McComas

Anisa Mehdi, in honor of Alain McNamara

Peter Meserve

Anna Miller

Reginald Mitchell

Alicia O. Montague

Martin Muendel, in grateful memory of Dr. Frank Lobo (Fulbright Germany 1986-87)

H. Andrea Neves

Frances Novack

Wiriya Nyang, in memory of Sulayman Sheih Nyang

Andrea Olsen

Richard Ortega

Jack Osman

Robin Panneton, with gratitude to Dr. Linda Polka at McGill University and the Centre for Research in Brain, Language and Music

Mia Pohlman, in honor of Dr. Maria Di Stefano

Ralf Remshardt

J. Keith Roberts

Maiedell Rose

Marga Rose Hancock, in honor of Senator Fulbright, whom my late husband and I met during our Fulbright year/honeymoon in Tokyo

John Rouman

Kenneth Rudolf

David Sandino: I am grateful for all who made this 75th anniversary possible and the important work that was done for the international community during that time. This is a noteworthy accomplishment.

Janche Sang

Christine Saudek, in honor of Ronald McKelvey, who died on Sept. 1, 2021

Patricia Scalzi, in memory of Francis V Scalzi

Joanne Schmidt, in honor of Marie E. Schmidt

John Sherwood, in gratitude for those who advocate for the Fulbright Program

Fran Siegel

Henry Sirgo: I treasure my 2007-2008 Fulbright Senior Lectureship in the Department of Political Science of Yonsei University and my participation in the 60 Years of Fulbright in Korea reception at the Korean Embassy. 

Thomas Sponsler

Gil Stein: The Fulbright Program changed my life (as a Fulbrighter in Turkey in the 1980’s) and is now changing the life of my daughter (a current Fulbrighter in Spain) while building international understanding. It reflects the best in American values.

Carol Sterling, in honor of John Bader and the entire Fulbright staff, board, and volunteers

Kathryn Thomas, in honor of Dr. Josef Mestenhauser

Ronald Tobin

Maria Vallone, in honor of John Treccero

Etta Ward

Donna Wiss: in gratitude for Fulbrighters Leslie Mamoorian and Richard Johnson (Freiburg 1973-74), who were my inspiration and supporters, and without whom I would have never had the confidence to pursue my Fulbright

Gernot Wolfgang, in honor of Bob Freedman, who taught the course “Scoring for Woodwind Instruments” at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts