Michigan Muse Winter 2024 > Giving Update
Giving Update
Nathan Goldberg (BFA ’24, acting; playwriting minor), recipient of the Carole Caplan Lonner Scholarship and the Theatre & Drama Department 100th Anniversary Endowed Scholarship, discusses his love of acting and playwriting, his experience with the U-M Prison Creative Arts Project, and his gratitude for the scholarship support that has enabled him to attend the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
Nathan Goldberg in The Heart of Robin Hood, 2023. Photo credit: Peter Smith Photography
Investing in Student Success
Building scholarship resources to support SMTD students remains our top priority, and we extend our sincere gratitude to the following individuals who have recently established new scholarships or made significant gifts to existing funds.
James Berton Harris (BA ’63) made gifts to the James Berton Harris Scholarship for musical theatre and costume design students.
Eugene (BA ’71) and Kathryn Cheng contributed to the Enid Cheng Scholarship for piano students.
Clifford (MD ’70) and Kathryn Cox (BA ’68, MA ’69) contributed to the Bill Evans Jazz Piano Scholarship.
Betty Cummings made a gift to the Betty Cummings Marching Band Scholarship.
Lynn Fireside (BA ’64) and James Anderson contributed to the Fireside Scholarship for musical theatre students.
Gerald Franklin made a gift to establish the Mary Franklin Scholarship for students studying music performance.
Susan Smith (BS ’63) and Robert Gray contributed to the Susan M. Smith and Robert H. Gray Endowed Scholarship in Musical Theatre.
Robert (BA ’57, DDS ’61, MS ’66) and Renee Greenberger made a gift to the Robert and Renee Greenberger Scholarship.
Gayle (BA ’85) and David Heller made a gift to the Gayle and David Heller Family Scholarship Endowment for theatre students.
Cyrus Hopkins and Betty Blume contributed to the Susan M. Hopkins Music, Theatre and Dance Fund for chamber music students.
Lee and Matthew Keiser made a gift to the Lee Rucker Keiser Fund for out-of-state viola, cello, and string bass undergraduates.
James Kershner made a gift to the James Kershner and Mark Pfleger Scholarship in Musical Theatre.
James Kibbie (DMA ’80) and Gary Christensen contributed to the James Kibbie Endowed Scholarship for organ students.
Kathleen Kress (BSE ’82, MBA ’88) and Simone Pisciotta made a gift to the Marching Band Scholarship Fund.
Richard Douglas (BS ’74) and Anita Kupriss made a gift to the Anita Kupriss and Richard Douglas Scholarship for graduate sopranos and mezzo-sopranos.
Cindy and Ronald MacQuarrie made a gift to the Kerianne Tupac Scholarship in Theatre.
Santosh (MBA ’70) and Anita Mehra made gifts to the Mehra Expendable Dance Scholarship and Mehra Graduate Scholarship for voice students.
Jerry (MS ’73, PhD ’75) and Emily Miller (MSW ’71) contributed to the Jerry and Emily Miller Scholarship for musical theatre students.
Robert and Linda Monitello pledged support for the Monitello Family Scholarship in Horn.
Mary Morse (BA ’64) made gifts to the William Edward and Mary Cockram Morse Endowed Voice and Piano Scholarship and William Edward and Mary Cockram Morse Pipe Organ Replacement and Scholarship.
Laura McTaggart (BA ’92) and Thomas Nolan (BSE ’90, MBA ’95) made a gift to the Marching Band Scholarship Fund.
Cathy Nowosielski (MD ’80, BS ’77) and Jeffrey Lutz (BA ’77) made a gift to the Jeffrey N. Lutz – Deloitte Consulting Scholarship.
David Parsons (BM ’74, MM ’75) made a gift to the Willis Patterson Fund, which provides scholarships to undergraduate students from underrepresented communities.
Jeffrey Seller (BA ’86) made a gift to the Seller Scholarship for in-state students.
Donald Shepherd (BBA ’58) made gifts to support the Donald R. Shepherd Michigan Marching Band Fellowship Award Fund and Donald R. Shepherd MMB Scholarships.
The Sigurd I. and Jarmila H. Rislov Foundation contributed to the Sigurd I. and Jarmila H. Rislov Foundation Music Education Scholarship.
Mark Sullivan (BA ’87) and Jim St. George made a gift to establish the Mark Sullivan and Jim St. George Scholarship.
Marianne Swenson (BA ’82) and John D’Alessandro (BA ’82) contributed to the Marianne and Jon Swenson Marching Band Scholarship.
Alveris Van Fleet-Corson (BM ’60) made gifts to establish the Alveris B. Van Fleet-Corson Scholarship for out-of-state students.
Paul (BBA ’87) and Sherrie Weller made a gift to the Dorothy and Harry Weller Family Marching Band Scholarship.
David (BA ’86, MD ’90) and Bernadine Wu (BS ’89, MD ’92) supported the David and Bernadine Wu Scholarship for violin students.
Programmatic Support and Capital Needs
We are grateful to the following individuals for their support of various programs and capital needs throughout the school.
Anonymous donors made an establishing gift to the Wig Collection and Course Fund.
Anonymous donors made gifts to support the Early Music Ensemble and Professor Nancy Ambrose King’s oboe studio.
Mary (BA ’87) and Michael Beauregard (BA ’86) pledged support for the Tuning the Student Mind Fund associated with the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies.
Maurice (BA ’54) and Linda Binkow contributed to the Linda and Maurice Binkow Chamber Music Fund.
Kristi (BA ’88) and Joseph Foster (BA ’89) made a gift to the Michigan Marching Band Elbel Club Fund.
Marc and Andrea Gershwin contributed to the Gershwin Operating Fund.
Perry Kasper Granoff (BA ’63) and Marty Granoff made a gift to the SMTD Dance Building.
The Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation supported the SMTD Dance Building.
David (BSE ’83) and Leslie Harwood made a gift to the Michigan Marching Band Elbel Club Fund.
Alan Kalter (attended ’64, College of Engineering) made gifts to the Friends of Theatre & Drama and Friends of Musical Theatre.
Sally Kennedy supported the Friends of Musical Theatre.
Kathleen Kress (BSE ’82, MBA ’88) and Simone Pisciotta made a gift to the Michigan Marching Band Elbel Club Fund and the Marching Band Elbel Club Fund.
Schuyler Lance (BBA ’83) made a gift to the Men’s Glee Club Tour Fund.
Caryn Mamrack (BA ’95) and Matthew Hsu supported the Friends of Theatre & Drama.
Lawrence (BA ’88) and Kimberly Motola made a gift supporting the SMTD Dance Building.
David Nagle (BM ’88, BSE ’88, MSE ’92, PhD ’95) made a gift to the Bassoon Studio Fund.
Cathy Nowosielski (MD ’80, BS ’77) and Jeffrey Lutz (BA ’77) made a gift to the Michigan Marching Band Elbel Club Fund.
Justin (BFA ’06) and Asher Paul contributed to the Asher and Justin Paul New Works in Musical Theatre Fund.
Maria and Frederic Ragucci made a gift to support the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies.
Sandra Reisman made a gift to the Michigan Marching Band Elbel Club Fund.
Gail (BA ’78) and James Straith made gifts to establish the Adolphus Hailstork Commission Fund and Gail Straith Commissioning Fund for Saxophone.
Mark Sullivan (BA ’87) and Jim St. George made a gift to establish the Mark Sullivan and Jim St. George International Fund.
William and Janelle Sykes made a gift to the Michigan Marching Band Elbel Club Fund.
Carrie and Peter Throm pledged to endow the William E. Root Engagement & Outreach Fund and the Throm Family Student Innovation Fund in support of the EXCEL Lab.
Joanne and Bill Vuylsteke contributed to the SMTD Student Wellness Fund.
Gregory Weidler (BSE ’73) and Merle Jaffe made a gift to the Weidler Family Scholarship for International Tours for students in the Men’s Glee Club.
Peter and Deborah Weinberg made a gift to the Michigan Marching Band Elbel Club Fund.
Alfred Wolin (BA ’54) made a gift to the Gershwin Operating Fund to sustain the Alfred and Jane Wolin Gershwin Initiative Managing Editor position.
Planned Gifts
The following individuals have very generously included the School of Music, Theatre & Dance in their estate plans.
Anonymous donors established a charitable remainder unitrust benefiting the Gustave Rosseels Endowed Prize for String Quartet Fund.
The estate of Mary Jane Dempler made a contribution to the Mary Jane Dempler Memorial Scholarship for music students.
The estate of James Harris (BA ’50, DDS ’54, MS ’60, MSDen ’63) made a gift to establish the James E. Harris Organ Scholarship.
The estate of Diane Kirkpatrick (MA ’65, PhD ’69) made gifts to the SMTD Dean’s Discretionary Fund.
Debra Larson established a bequest benefiting the Michael McElvain Fund in Collaborative Piano.
The estate of William Modlin (BSEd ’56) contributed to the RCR Scholarship for Michigan Marching Band students.
The estate of Mary Moon made a gift to the SMTD Dean’s Discretionary Fund.
Mary Morse (BA ’64) increased her planned gift benefiting the William Edward and Mary Cockram Morse Endowed Voice and Piano Scholarship and set a new bequest intention to create the William Edward and Mary Cockram Morse Pipe Organ Replacement and Scholarship.
Rose O’Connor (BA ’90) established a bequest to create the Lee A. Feldkamp Fund for the Commission of New Works.
The estate of Raymond Park (MM ’59, PhD ’67) made a gift establishing the Raymond R. Park Music Scholarship.
The estate of Paul Schultz (BM ’59) contributed to the Clifford P. Lillya Scholarship in Trumpet.
Keith Sipos (MM ’71) set a bequest intention to establish the Keith Sipos Music Education Scholarship.
John (MM ’63) and Sandra Stouffer (MM ’63) established a charitable gift annuity to create the John J. and Sandra S. Stouffer Scholarship for music education students.
Mark Sullivan (BA ’87) and Jim St. George set a bequest intention to provide SMTD scholarships.
The estate of Thomas Tonneberger (BM ’49, MA ’62) contributed to the Doris, Albert and Thomas Jack Tonneberger Scholarship for in-state music students.
Alveris Van Fleet-Corson (BM ’60) set a bequest intention to support the Alveris B. Van Fleet-Corson Scholarship for out-of-state students.
Please consider supporting the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Your support will have a very real impact on our students’ ability to forge ahead on their educational paths and share their many gifts with the world. To contribute, call 734-647-2035 or donate securely online. Thank you!