Our Community Partners

We are thankful to our circle of friends who so generously support the Center for Practical Bioethics.

(January 2011 through March 28, 2012. We regret any errors or omissions.)

John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics
The Francis Family Foundation

Kathleen M. Foley Chair for Pain and Palliative Care
BK Christopher
Purdue Pharma, LP
Tarris Rosell
Linda and Terry Ward

Rosemary Flanigan Chair

Adams-Gabbert & Associates, Inc.
Phil Allen
Dr. and Mrs. James Anthony
Barbara and Gary Ashe
Peggy Baker
George and Noel Barrett
Jim Bartimus
Joanie and Joseph Bauman
Judy and James M. Beck
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Belden
Judith Ann Bellome
Robert T. Belt, MD
Nancy and Jerry Beltramo
Patricia and Ron Benjamin
Joan and Bert Berkley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Beyer
Joan Dolan Biblo
Dr. Phil Black
Donna Blackwood
Joan and Pete Blair
Mary Beth and Mike Blake
Tom Boling
Drs. Rene and Barbara Bollier
Marcel Bollier
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
Cathy Boyer-Shesol
Regina Brandt, CSJ
Linda and Gus Breytspraak
Mary Breed Brink
Patricia Ann Brown
Kate and Peter Brown
June Carbone and William Black
CareEntrust
John and Dianne Carney
Marilyn Chamberlin
Andi Chatburn
Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Brian H. Childs
BK Christopher
Myra and Truman Christopher
Carol Cleveland
Julie and Kevin Clifford
Lawrence and Donna Gould Cohen
Copaken Family Foundation
Thomas B. Coulter
Judith C. Crane
Nancy Crigger
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crooker
Dr. and Mrs. Tom Crouch
Cathy R. Crumrine
Dr. Barry Daneman
Don Davidson
Eleanor and Richard Dawson
DeVry University
DST Systems, Inc.
Kirk Duncan
Dunn Family Foundation
Elizabeth Ecton
William Eggers
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Eisler, Jr.
John L. Ellis
Helen and David Emmott
Sister Mary Essert
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation -
Matching Gifts Program
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Susan Fenner
Daniel and Candace Flanigan
Lori Foley
Joanne and Joseph Forgue
Elaine Frank-Ragan
Robert G. Frazier
SuEllen and Harvey Fried
Patty Garney
Nelda Godfrey
Sally Goldenbaum
Dr. and Mrs. Matt Gratton
Marian J. Gray
Catherine Green
Mary Louise Greene
Carol Hafeman
Mary C. Hale
Cynthia and Bob Hanson
Laura Hanson
Marie Harris
Susie and Spence Heddens
Barbara Heimes
Mr. and Mrs. George Hendon
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Henry
Carolyn Hernandez
Cathy and Joe Hiersteiner
Jean and Walter Hiersteiner
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Hill, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvine O. Hockaday
Janet and Jim Holmes
Ann and Bill Howie
LaNora and Larry Hughes
Mamie Hughes
Sharon and Tristram Hunt
Terrie Huntington
Nabeeha Hutchins
John Ingram
Kathy Jackson
Dr. and Mrs. Keith Jantz
Jazz for Good
Vivien Jennings
Linda Johnson
Thomas and Rhetta Johnston
Dr. Harry S. Jonas
Jackie Kampmann
Gordon R. Kelley
Patricia Kelley
Linda Kerby
Joyce Kinney
Angie Knackstedt
Jerry Kolb
Shirlee and C. Ronald Koons
Eileen Krause
Jan and Tom Kreamer
Maureen and Joseph Kronawitter
Whitey Kuhn
Diane and Lorell LaBoube
Martha Montello and John Lantos
Carrie and David Lapin
Marilyn and Gerald Lee
Shirley and Eugene Leibson
Dr. Wayne and Susan Letizia
Rabbi Mark Levin
Cindy and Dave Leyland
Dr. Tim Link
Betty Livers
Kim Logan
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Long
Patricia A. Lorenz, CSJ
Ruth Margolin
Sr. Loretto Marie
Kate Marshall
Janet McCall
Dr. and Mrs. Don L. McCandless
Ann and Tom McCord
Sharon and Tom McCullough
Tom and Jean McDonnell
Thomas F. McGee, Jr.
Caroline and Rob McKnight
Jarrett and Margaret Peery-McLaughlin
Doug and Cecelia McNair
Bill Pfeiffer and Mary Kay McPhee
Mary Ann Meeks
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Meneilly
Carroll and John Michaels
Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation
Bernadette and Dick Miller
Bob Miller
Karen and Clay Miller
Mr. and Mrs. James Ludlow Miller
Karen L. Miller
Teesha Miller
Kate Mitchell
Theresa and Scott Montgomery
Karin and Richard Morgan
Andrea Nelson
Cathy and Ron Neville
Brian Niehoff
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. O’Brien
Bob and Mary Jo O’Byrne
O’Connor Foundation
Drs. Mary and George O’Connor
Julie and Tom O’Connor
Mary O’Connor
Stefan and Joshana Offenbach
Dr. and Mrs. John O’Hearne
Pat Oppenheimer
Anne and Craig Patterson
Louis & Cynthia Peters
Bonnie and Pete Peterson
Polsinelli Shughart
Polsky Family Supporting Foundation
Paula and Clay Porsch
E. Wynn and Andrea Presson
Carolyn and Robert Reintjes
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Rick, Jr.
Elaine Riordan
Drs. Gerald Early and Shauna Roberts
Judi and Steve Roling
Charles Romero
Ruth and Terry Rosell
Carol Rotert
Fr. Norman Rotert
David Rudman
Jane and Larry Rues
Saint Luke’s Health System
Saint Luke’s Hospital - Medical Staff
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Salanski
Mike Sancho
Michael Sanders
Marilyn Schaeffer
Marilyn A. Schmidt
Kolette Schneider
Sister Ann Schorfheide, CSJ
Beck and Bob Schubert
Sally Schwab
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Schwegler
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Judith Sholes
Dianne Shumaker
Paul K. Shumaker
Frank Sickel
Jim Silber
Marjorie Sirridge
Sisters of Carondelet - St. Louis
Sisters of Charity Leavenworth Motherhouse
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System
Annette and Tim Small
Beth K. Smith
Tracy Smith and Dick Vogel
Amy Jurevic Sokol
Lucille and Alfred Sondern
Lindsay and Peter Sowden
Cindy and Nick Spaeth
Dr. and Mrs. Wilbert Spalding, Jr.
Cynthia J. Spear
St. Joseph Medical Center
St. Joseph Medical Center - Medical Staff
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stanford
Helen Rutte Stefanov
Larry Steiner
Edward Stevens
Jill and Terry Stevens
Judy and Jim Stoddard
Sue Storey
Jo and John Stueve
Eleanor J. Sullivan
Kathryn W. Sullivan
Mary Patricia Sullivan
Chaplain Evelyn Summers
Diane Swanson
Joan Tamburini
Cathleen Taylor-Osborne
Claude Thau
The Foundation for Hospice Care
Jackie Thomas
Sonya and Shawn Thomas
Barbara Thornton
Pasquale and Joan Trozzolo
Kay and Gary Truitt
Barbara Ann Tull
Philip and Maura Tull
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Turner, Sr.
Hans Uffelmann
Mary and Bruce Van Cleave
Rosmarie von Rumker, ScD
Sally and Dennis von Waaden
Marcia K. Walsh
Linda and Terry Ward
Mary and Curt Watkins
Jill Watt
Traci and Jamie Weishaar
Andrea and Keith Weisz
Karen Wiederaenders
Arthur N. Wilkins
Peg Wisner
Lucia D. Wocial
Pam and Mark Woodard
JoEllen Wurth
David Wysong
Barbara and John Yeast
Mary Zeller
Teresa John Zilch, CSJ
Catherine Rutte Zolnowski

Individuals, Foundation, and Corporate Gifts

$100,000 +
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Dianne Shumakerer

$25,000 – $99,999
Atterbury Family Foundation
Hall Family Foundation
Jewish Heritage Foundation
SCAN Foundation

$15,000 – $24,999
Patricia and Ron Benjamin
Polsinelli Shughart
Sunflower Foundation
David Wysong

$10,000 – $14,999
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
DST Systems, Inc.
Gould Charitable Foundation
Hays Medical Center
HCA Midwest Division
Mason L. Dean Charitable Trust
Jean and Tom McDonnell
North Kansas City Hospital
Stormont-Vail HealthCare
Sally and Dennis von Waaden

$5,000 – $9,999
American Century Foundation
Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
H&R Block Foundation
Susan Levine
Missouri Humanities Council
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
Cathy and Ron Neville
Beth K. Smith

$2,500 – $4,999
Dr. Barbara Atkinson
Erin and Drew Billingsley
Cerner Corporation
Lawrence and Donna Gould Cohen
Steve Corbeil
Nick and Lynn Douthat
David and Laura Hall
Health Alliance of MidAmerica
Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Jim Koeneman
Prime Health Foundation
Shirley and Fred Pryor
Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP
Deborah Smith
Cindy and Nick Spaeth
Jim and Lisa Spigarelli
Anne and Robert St. Peter
United Healthcare Services, Inc.
United Way of Greater Kansas City
Victor E. Speas Foundation,
Bank of America-Trustee

$1,000 – $2,499
Judy and James M. Beck
Robert T. Belt, MD
Joan Dolan Biblo
Mary Beth and Mike Blake
Drs. Rene and Barbara Bollier
Dr. and Mrs. John Callenbach
BK Christopher
Crossroads Hospice of Kansas City
Comfort Keepers Home Care
Country Club Bank
Davidson Family Foundation
Dorothy Stubbs Charitable Trust
Dunn Family Foundation
SuEllen and Harvey Fried
Roger Griggs
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hall
Ann and Bill Howie
Amy McAnarney and David Hunt
Kansas City Impact Fund
Kansas Hospital Association
KPMG Peat Marwick
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lee’s Summit Hospital Medical Staff
Summer and Glenn McGee
Karin and Richard Morgan
Netsolus Consulting
Oklahoma University
Health Science Center - Palliative Care Resource Center
Anne and Craig Patterson
Providence Medical Center
Research Medical Center - Medical Staff
Fr. Norman Rotert
Saint Luke’s Hospital - Medical Staff
Shawnee Mission Medical Center - Medical Staff
St. Joseph Medical Center - Medical Staff
Swope Health Services
Tension Envelope Foundation
Eden and David Thorne
Truman Medical Centers
Charitable Foundation
Patricia Werthan Uhlmann
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
University of Kansas - School of Nursing and Health Professions
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Susan Smith
Linda and Terry Ward

$500 - $999
Ballinger Family Charitable Fund
Behavioral Health Partners
Toni and George Blackwood
Boone Hospital Center
Burness Communications
US Representative and Mrs. Emanuel Cleaver
Copaken Brooks, LLC
Dr. and Mrs. Tom Crouch
Denise and Ray Drasga
Foundation for Hospice Care
Gilbert Consulting Group, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Goscha
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Jean and Walter Hiersteiner
Mr. and Mrs. Irvine O. Hockaday
Mr. and Mrs. Sean K. Hogan
Johnson County Mental Health Center
Dr. Harry S. Jonas
Missouri Delta Medical Center
E. Wynn and Andrea Presson
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Salanski
Mary and David Sallee
Seigfreid Bingham Levy Selzer & Gee
Edward M. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Turner, Sr.
VNA Corporation
Judy Pfannenstiel and David Waxse

$250 - $499
Leslie Kuhnel
Betty B. Bashaw
Rachel Brown
Dr. Gerald Early
Ann and Ed Kander
Judith and Michael May
Charles and Jane Olsen
Susan E. Opper
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Petit
Jane and Larry Rues
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Eugene Strauss
Becky and James Tilden
Kathleen B. Weatherstone
Sheila and Stuart Wien
Gene Wilson

Legacy Society
The Legacy Society was established in 2009 as a way for individuals to make provisions for the Center for Practical Bioethics in their estate plans.

Sandra Doolin Aust
Judith S. and James M. Beck
Joan and Bert Berkley
Mary Beth Blake
Donna K. Blackwood
Drs. Barbara and René Bollier
Myra and Truman Christopher
Kelley and Bill Colby
Karen Cox
Karren King Crouch and
Dr. Thomas Crouch
Helen C. Emmott
Jo Ann Field
J. Scott Francis
Robert Lee Hill
Carol N. and Steven E. Lanard
Ronald A. Neville
Paula and Clay Porsch
Andrea and E. Wynn Presson
Charles N. Romero
Tarris Rosell
Mary M. and David L. Sallee
Dianne C. Shumaker
Hans W. Uffelmann
Linda D. Ward and Terrence R. Ward

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