Donors and Sponsors

ARCS Foundation Atlanta is proud that we have grown from awarding three scholars a total of $15,000 in 1992 to awarding 53 scholars a total of $397,500 in 2024-2025. Since 1992, ARCS Foundation Atlanta has awarded a cumulative total of over $7.5 million to scholars at Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, and the University of Georgia.

Below are photos of ARCS members with their scholars at the Scholar Awards Celebration followed by a list of our loyal supporters.

Suzanna Stribling of the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation with the Glenn Award recipient Anna Cole

Marcia and John Donnell with their Emory Scholar Nuri Smith

Shelley and Bernard Whiting with their Morehouse scholar Chavier McDaniel

Roche scholars Marrissa Izykowicz, Myddleton Parker and Elise Bezold with Roche executives and ARCS Leadership

ARCS Atlanta Century Award recipient from Georgia Tech Theodore St. Francis with ARCS member Meg Heyer

Georgia Tech Scholar John Pederson presents his research to his ARCS donors Mary Jo Peed and Maggie Joslin

Suzanna Stribling of the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation with their Morehouse scholar Myles Gosha

Georgia Tech scholar Gianna Slusher presents her research to her ARCS donor Kurt Swensson

Emory Scholar Tuyetnhu Pham with her ARCS donor Sherry Lundeen

Emory Scholar Reem Al-Ahmad with her ARCS donor Lee Doyle

Emory scholar Reem Al-Ahmad presents her research to her ARCS donor Anne Easterly

Emory scholar Kaylin White presents her research to her ARCS donors Debbie Liss and Marty and John Gillin

Cecy Jones and Nancy Chambers with their Georgia Tech scholar Cassandra Shriver

Carolynn Cooper with her UGA Scholar Moira Taber (right) and former scholar Morgane Golan

2024 ARCS Light Leslie Petter with Emory Scholar Simone Wien, recipient of the Leslie Petter ARCS Light Award

Georgia Tech Scholar Tawfik Hussein with his donor Sally Boice

ARCS Foundation Atlanta is grateful to the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their generous support of our scholars.

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $500,000 OR MORE:

ARCS Foundation Atlanta, Inc. Membership
Joachim Herz Stiftung

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $250,000 OR MORE:

The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE:

BlackRock
Joseph G and Inez Crawford Burtchaell Foundation, Inc.
Peg and Keith Cooley
Sylvia and Bruce Dick
Marcia and John Donnell
Patsy and Jere Drummond
John and Mary Franklin Foundation
Hilda D. Glenn Fund
The Graves Foundation Inc
Betsy* and Harald* Hansen
J. H. Holdings
Northside Hospital
The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.
Siemens
UPS Foundation

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $70,000 OR MORE:

Madeline* and Howell Adams, Jr.
Sara Jean and Fred Burke
Georgia-Pacific Foundation
The Imlay Foundation
Sally and Warren* Jobe
Ann and Larry* Klamon
Leslie and Skip Petter
Regina Olchowski and Ed Potter
Printpack, Inc and Gay and Erskine Love Foundation
Roche
The Zeist Foundation

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $50,000 OR MORE:

The Erroll and Elaine Davis Charitable Giving Foundation
Genuine Parts Company
Sally and Jim Hinkle
Libby and Gary Jones
Pat and Nolan Leake
Deborah and William Liss
Sherry and John Lundeen
Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation
David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $25,000 OR MORE:

Kathy and Dennis Berry
Jenny and Dick Cannon
Nancy Chambers
Carolynn Cooper and Pratap Mukharji
Ada Lee and Pete* Correll
Susie and Bill Deyo
Martha Lee Doyle
Anne Deeley Easterly
Marie Foster
Marty and John Gillin
Joan Goodhew
Petra Herz
Cecile Jones
Kaiser Permanente
Sarah Kennedy
King & Spalding
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Linda Kay and John McGowan
Carol and Bob Meier
Mary O'Connor
Teed Poe
Nancy Robitaille
Frances and Kurt Swensson
Cathy Wahlen

*Deceased

2024 SCHOLAR AWARD DONORS

GALILEO CIRCLE $7500 and above

ARCS Foundation Atlanta Membership
Sara Jean and Fred Burke
Joseph G. and Inez Crawford Burtchaell Foundation, Inc.
Carolynn Cooper and Pratap Mukharji
Sylvia and Bruce Dick
Mary Dodson
Marcia and John Donnell
Hilda D. Glenn Fund
Sally and Jim Hinkle
Joachim Herz Stiftung
Ann and Larry* Klamon
Linda Kay and John McGowan
Northside Hospital
HA (Gus) Peed
Regina Olchowski and Ed Potter
Leslie and Skip Petter
Roche Diagnostics Corporation
Cathy Wahlen
David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund

EINSTEIN CIRCLE $5000 - $7499

Mollie Winston Barrow
Elaine and Erroll Davis
Genuine Parts Company
Georgia-Pacific Foundation
The Graves Foundation Inc
Gina Lim

MADAME CURIE CIRCLE $2500 - $4999

Cynthia Arrendale
Lisaand Joe* Bankoff
Barbara and Frank Bazzel
Sally Boice
Nancy Chambers
Martha Lee Doyle
Anne Deeley Easterly
Molly and Mike Eskew
Monica Frazier
Caroline Hardin
Angelle Hamilton
Cecile Jone
Margaret Joslin
Liz Lauer
Pat and Nolan Leake
Deborah and Bill Liss
Sherry and John Lundeen
Susan McGonigle
Mary Jo Peed
Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation
Janie Skinner
Frances and Kurt Swensson
Ann Taylor

CENTURY CIRCLE $1000 - $2499

Yetty Arp
Evelyn Judd Asbill
Kelley Berman
Donna Burchfield
Anne Boyd
Susan Boyd
Dr. Rachel Burke
Jamie Deeter
Sarah Ebersole
Kristen and Duncan Gibbs
Anne and Rick Gieryn
Marty and John Gillin
Joanne Gross
Laura Gruber
William Hayes III
Meg Heyer
Eileen Higgins
Betsy Kazazian
Maureen Lobb
Betts Love
Sally McDaniel
Caroline Moise
Pace Parsons
Laura Pease
Nivedita Persaud
Valerie Peterson
Barbara Bing Pliner
Teed M. Poe
Rebecca Riley
Tricia Rosenbaum
Deede Stephenson
Suzanne Sullivan
Liz Troy
Margaret and William Turk*
Suzy Wasserman
Mary Watson
Shelley Woods Whiting

*Deceased

ARCS ATLANTA SCHOLAR ALUMNI DONORS

Dr. Rachelle Arnold
Dr. Rachel Burke
Dr. Lowell Combs
Dr. Michael Davis
Dr. Staci Davis
Dr. Stacey Dixon
Dr. Brian Fralix
Dr. Katherine Gass
Dr. Deborah Kilpatrick
Dr. Kristopher Kozak
Mr. Kenneth Lyons
Mr. Andrew Peterson
Dr. Nikki Sawyer
Dr. Sharon Sullivan
Dr. Alejandro Toriello
Dr. Patrick Yaner

ARCS ATLANTA ENDOWMENT

Thank you to Lou and Tom Glenn and the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation for the initial contributions that established our ARCS Atlanta Chapter Endowment. In another extraordinary gift, the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation approved a grant in 2024 which will allow the ARCS Atlanta Endowment to surpass $1 million.

30TH ANNIVERSARY ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

2022 marked the 30th anniversary of the ARCS Atlanta Chapter. Thank you to Mary O'Connor, our Atlanta Chapter Founding President and Honorary Chair of the 30th Anniversary Endowment Campaign which will reach its goal of $1 million in 2024.

30^th Anniversary Endowment Campaign Donations July 1, 2021 - November 30, 2024

$25,000 +

Marcia and John Donnell
Klamon Family Foundation
Mary O’Connor

$10,000 - $24,999

Lisa Bankoff
Sara Jean Burke
Joan Goodhew
Sally Hinkle
Pat Leake
Sherry Lundeen
Patty and Doug Reid

$5,000 - $9,999

Carolynn Cooper
Joseph G. and Inez Crawford Burtchaell Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999

Nancy Chambers
Jane Dolinger
Sally McDaniel
Leslie and Skip Petter
Liz and Mike Troy

$1,000 - $2,499

Kelley Berman
Jeanne Berry
Mary Dodson
Teed Poe

$100 - $999

Lyn Asbill
Donna Burchfield
Joyce and Richard Carnovale
Dr. Stacey Dixon
Anne Deeley Easterly
Laura Gruber
Angelle Hamilton
Ronnie Martin
Caron Ogg
Nivedita Persaud
Sharon Quaintance
Tricia Rosenbaum
David Ross and Kelli Carroll
Donna Spivey
Frances Swensson
Macie Thompson
Margaret Turk
Cathy Wahlen
Suzy Wasserman
Kay Weiss
John Wieland
Janie Wilson

GIFTS MADE IN HONOR OF

Sara Jean and Fred Burke
Brittany Crews
Mary Jo Peed

GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY OF

Joe Bankoff
Bill Graves
Frannie and Bill Graves
Ed Michaels