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The Williams Institute Honor Roll
2007-2008

The Williams Institute would like to thank the following donors.
We proudly and gratefully recognize your leadership and support.

LAUREATES CIRCLE

$1,000,000+

Anonymous
Norm Blachford & Peter Cooper
Mike Gleason & David Kettel
Jim Hooker
John McDonald & Rob Wright
Charles R. Williams

$500,000+
Gill Foundation
Raymond Taylor Trust

PATRONS CIRCLE

$100,000+
Arcus Foundation
UCLA School of Law

$75,000+
Anonymous
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

PROFESSORS CIRCLE

$25,000+
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Harvey S. Shipley Miller
Michaeljohn Horne
Paul Hastings
Wells Fargo, underwriter of the Williams Institute Moot Court Competition

SCHOLARS CIRCLE

$10,000+
B.W. Bastian Foundation
The David Bohnett Foundation
Brondi Borer
Harvard Law School
James C. Hormel
Kenneth Johnson
Latham & Watkins LLP
Macy’s Fund
Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, LLP
Gary Matus & Dan Sheehan
Charles Merrill
Small Change Foundation
Stu Walter
Chuck Williams

FELLOWS CIRCLE

$5,000+
Anonymous (3)
Bill Barker
Stuart Biegel
Brondi Borer
Cam Davis & Sam Randazzo
Roy Eddleman
James M. Frost & William Yi
Diane J. Fuchs
Gary J. Gates & Michael Beary
Laurie Hasencamp & Mike Lurey
Tony Iler
Arnold D. Kassoy & Robert Crewe
Linda Ketner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Randy Lowe
Mayer Brown LLP
Douglas Moreland
Jason Oclaray and The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
Brad Sears
Ronald Ward
Steven Wozencraft

ASSOCIATES CIRCLE

$2,500+
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Justin Chambers
Karen Ellis & Sandra Hartness
Peter Erichsen & David Palumb
Virginia Erlich
Phil Kleweno
Trammell Whitfield

POLICY CIRCLE

$1,000+
Lane Adams & Richard Savage
Lee Badgett & Elizabeth Silver
Mike Barrett & Mitch Lippman
Jerry Bloom
Law Offices of Ally Bolour
Jordan Brusso & Scott Arneson
Ron Buckmire & Dean Elzinga
David Cannon & Joe Poggenburg
Bennett Carr
The Center for HIV Prevention Research (CPR) at the UCLA AIDS Institute
Larry Chrysler
Bruce Cochran
David C. Codell
Vincent M. Cummings
Patrick R. Fitzgerald
Wayne Flick
Jenny Han
Dean Hansell & Jason Murakawa
Matthew Howes & Edwin Alvarado
Rick Jacobs
Robert Jensen & George Nickle
Fred Karger
Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP
Geoff Kors & James Williamson
Michael A. Lopez
Jason Lyon & Tim Hartley
McCormack & Associates
Dr. Bill Merva
Ed Moen
The Neisloss Family Foundation Inc.
Ed Olen
The Point Foundation
Rich Ratkelis & Drew Garber
Reed & Davidson, LLP
Dale Reid & Dan Salcido
William B. Rubenstein
Mary Ruhl
David Sanders
Paul Santello & Tim McLean
John Schooler
Gary & Nina Sears
Woody Sides & Rich Rocheleau
Frank H. Smith
Rich Sullivan
Alison Taub
James Toledano
Keith Weaver
Paul Webber
Cameron Whiteman
Ron Wallen & Tom Carrollo
Steve & Anita Westly
Rick Zbur

FRIENDS

$500+
George Berger
Mark Bertrand
Marc & Robyn Bloom
Diane and Lou Carfora
William Crowfoot
Shedrick David
Wayne Flick
Suzanne Labiner
David Pence
Efrem Seeger
Darrell Tucci
Adrian VanDeudekom

$200+
Tim Aitkens
Robert Anderson
Joseph Biderman
Taryn Fordes
David Gold
Michael Gottfried & Wayne Blankenship
John Hart & Tommy Ho
Michael J. Libow
Jacob McLain
John McNamara
Margaret McNicholl
Steven Nelson
Nicholas Nicoletti
Nancy Phillips
Stanton Price
Gerald & Bonnie Roth
Joel Safranek
Sonya Schwartz & Donald Fishman
Angie Smolka
Michael Stern
Jay & Susanne Tyrell
Thomas Watson
Christopher Wolf & James Beller, Jr.

$100+
Mark Baer
Shawna Baker
James Barrall
Tara Borelli
Patricia Cain
Kris Calvin
Nathan Coyle
Cliff Davidson & Mr. Andy Sfeir
Ryan Erlich
Jerry Gardner
Ashleigh Ghozali & Sandy Tanzil
Kim Goodman
Charles Gossett
Steve Greene & David Cruz
Craig Haney
Jed Herman
George Hicks
Kevin Kuettel, MD
Christian LaMond
Abbe Land
Mark Lehman
Stephen Lewis
Art Mattox
Rodger McFarlane
Richard McKilligan
John Moll
Larisa Mori
Mark Nguyen
Jeffrey Parsons
Laura Peebles
William Pirtle
Robert Rigdon
Jeffrey Rutherford & Dorothy Kim
Robert Schwartz
Michael Shelton
Christopher Smith
Dawn Stroupe
J.R. Sylla
Anne Tamar-Mattis
Jeffrey Thomas
Clyde J. Wadsworth
Robert Winters

$25+
Rupa Goswami
John Haney & John Palen
Kirsten Miller
Cheryl O’Connor Murphy
Scott Reiter
Paul Tigue
Tom Welch
 

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The Williams Institute Honor Roll
2006-2007

The Williams Institute would like to thank the following donors.
We proudly and gratefully recognize your leadership and support.
 

LAUREATE'S CIRCLE

$1,000,000+
Chuck Williams
Rob Wright and John McDonald

$300,000+
Gill Foundation

PATRON'S CIRCLE

$100,000+
Arcus Foundation

$50,000+

Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies, Inc.
Harvey S. Shipley Miller

PROFESSOR'S CIRCLE

$25,000+
David Bohnett and Tom Gregory
Michaeljohn Horne

SCHOLAR'S CIRCLE

$10,000+
Agnes Gund
Norm Blachford and Peter Cooper
 Michael Gleason and David Kettel
Johnson Family Foundation
Samantha Orleans
John Silberman
Stu Walter
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

FELLOW'S CIRCLE

$5,000+
M.V. Lee Badgett and Elizabeth Silver
 William R. Barker
 Brondi and Jeffrey Borer
 Rita F. Borer
 Donald A. Capoccia
 Kathleen Fuld
 Larry Hauskins and Bob Kiar
 Jim L. Hooker
 Ken Johnson
 Vance Lancaster
Latham & Watkins LLP
 Gary J. Matus and Dan Sheehan
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
 Charles Merrill and Kevin Boyle
Merrill Lynch and Company Foundation Inc.
 Edward T. Moen, II
 Donald G. Moffett
R. Bradley Sears
 David A. Teiger
Wells Fargo & Company

ASSOCIATE'S CIRCLE

$2,500+

 Stuart M. Biegel
Brigham Young University
 Michael Dively
 Peter Erichsen and David Palumb
 Virginia Erlich
Freeman Foundation
 Gary J. Gates and Michael Beary
The J. Paul Getty Trust
 David Gold
Sandra Hartness and Karen Ellis
 William J. Healey
Arnie Kassoy and Mike Stoltz
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Foundation
 Michael S. Lurey and Laurie Hasencamp
 Weston F. Milliken
 Trammell Whitfield
The A. Woodner Fund Inc.

POLICY CIRCLE

$1,000+
  Daniel L. Bassett
Bingham McCutchen LLP
 William Candelaria and Roberto Vela
 Tom Carrollo and Ron Wallen
David Codell
 Anne C. Cole
Covington and Burling
 Dan Critchett
Cam Davis and Sam Randazzo
 Tom Duffy
 Marc E. Elovitz and Andrew Fields
 Michael Field and Jeffrey Arnstein
Fowler Brothers Foundation
 Faith Gay
The J. Paul Getty Trust
 Laurence P. Greenberg
Dean Hansell and Jason Murakawa
Tom Hays
 Jason P. Hendler and Chad Billmyer
The Marieluise Hessel
Fred Hochberg and Tom Healy
 Gregory H. Hoffman
 Anthony T. Iler
 Ken Johnson
 Fred S. Karger
 Geoffrey R. Kors and James Williamson
Tides Foundation John Lee Fund
The Honorable Mark Leno
The Honorable John Spencer Letts
 Douglas M. Moreland
 Justin and Dawn Newton
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
 Ronald Palmieri
 Charles S. Paul
Rich Ratkelis and Andrew Garber
Reed & Davidson LLP Attorneys At Law
 Dale C. Reid and Dan Salcido
The Rim Freeman Family Foundation
Professor William Rubenstein
 Richard E. Savage
 Scott T. Sealey
 Elwood B. Sides, III and Rich Rocheleau
 Barry Skovgaard
 Paul Smith
 Jan Stone and Gail Krentzman
 Alison Taub
 James Toledano
 Robin and Bruce Voss
 Joel S. Wachs
 John Wooden
 William H. Wright, II
Richard S. Zbur
 David L. Zimmerman

FRIENDS


$500+
1989 Sheinbaum Trust
 Richard A. Anderman
 James L. Arnone
 George E. Berger
 Mark S. Bertrand
 Ron Buckmire and Dean Elzinga
  Patrick R. Fitzgerald
 Wayne S. Flick and William D. Hynes
 Timothy J. Flint
 Brad Fuhr
 Elias J. Guerrero
 Jeffrey S. Haber
 John K. Hart
 Suzanne and Gerald Labiner
Jeff Patchen
Marian & Eva Rokacz Family Foundation
 Paul Santello and Tim McLean
 Michael F. Sites and Harvey Abrams
Cathy Stone
 Douglas J. Ward and Earl Johnson
 Gail E. Wise

$200+
AIDS Research Alliance
 Richard A. Anderman
 Robert M. Anderson
Anonymous
 Russ Aronson
 Michael A. Benevento
 Stephen J. Blauner
 Chase Booth
 Nathaniel J. Brown
Bryan Cave LLP
 David C. Bryan
Butterman, Kahn & Gardner, LLP
 William Clark
 Jeanne M. Cloppse
 Robert B. Cohen
 Christine C. Connelly
 John Crocker
 Jon W. Davidson
The Honorable Gray Davis
 Adrian Van Deudekom
 Katie Fallow
 David Fink
  Greg Gibson
 Lawrence S. Gordon
 Richard Haney-Jardine
 Ruth Harlow and Deirdre Sullivan
 Jen Hatch
 Steve C. Hill
 Brad Hoylman
 Roger Janeway
Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago
Sonia Katyal
Karasyk and Moschella, LLP
 Fred S. Karger
 Richard A. Kasten
 Dan Lass
 Arthur S. Leonard
 Marc Levine
Sydney C. Ludvigson, Ph.D.
 Robert L. Marshall
 Vincent J. Messina
 Thomas S. Miller
  Michelle L. Moebius
Reverend Christopher L. Morse
 J. Paul Oetken
 Loren S. Ostrow
 Michael J. Piore
 Robert N. Pollin
 Amanda C. Pustilnik
 Alexander Putz
 Tara K. Reddi
 Richard T. Rocheleau
 David S. Rosen
 Paula Rosen
 Darren Rosenblum
 David Sadroff
 Eric M. Scarazzo
 Paul H. Scarbrough
 William H. Shaw
 Maged S. Shenouda
 Ronald Simon
 Paul Smith
 Edward Stein and Steve Lin
 Jay Tyrrell
 Henry Van Ameringen
 George Walker
 Vaughn C. Williams
 Marc Wolinsky

$100+
 M. H. Aguilar
 James D. Anderson
Anonymous
 Mark E. Arena
 Richard P. Asensio
 David W. Auch
 Edra Bogle
 Tad Brown
 Gregory Burnett
 Leland S. Burns
 Ken Cady
 William J. Coley
Barry L. Copilow
 Donel A. Courtney
 Shedrick O. Davis III
 C. A. Dees
 Andrea M. Despotes
 Brock S. Evans
 Andrea Fazel
 Scott D. Fisher
 Thomas B. Fleming
 Seth Galanter
  Edward S. Goldberg
 Robert Goodrich
Charles W. Gossett, P.H.
 Stephen C. Gould
 Tonya Grootendorst
 Edward H. Haertel
 James Holchin
 Eric Houston
 Anneke E. Jong
 Friederich Koenig
 William H. Kysella, Jr.
 Christian F. Lamond
 Ross Levi
 Perry Lowe
 Jennifer Macomber
 Sharon Marcus
 Christopher B. Marshall
 Marlene McCarty
 Richard McKilligan
 Elizabeth Mednick
 John R. Moll
 Douglas NeJaime
 Vanessa E. Ngakeng
 Michael Nickoloff
 Ann E. Northrop
Kryztoeer C. Novotnaj
 Bill Owens-Smith
 Tim Parrott
 Deborah J. Peckham
 Stanton J. Price
 Orly R. Rachmilovitz
 Dennis J. Rasor
 Kathleen Regilio
 Gerald Roth
 David M. Rubin
 Barry A. Sanders
 Isabel Santamaria
 Lisa Saunders
 John Schooler
 Garrett Shimizu
 Justin D. Sobodash
 Unmi Song
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
 Charles Stegman
 Laura Thomas
 Paul C. Tigue, III
 Jeffrey and Susie Tyrrell
 Henry Wang
 Robert P. Wargo
 Thomas B. Watson
 The Law Office of Keith A. Weaver
 Amelia P. Wise
 Robert V. Witeck

$25+
 Randy P. Albelda
 Christopher A. Calarco
 Anthony R. D'Augelli
 Belinda C. Field
 Virginia Giordano
 Rupa Goswami
 Susan Kan
 Mary Jane Karger
 Lily Khadjavi
 Richard Kraus
 Debbie L. Kuntz
 Hector Lindo-Fuentes
 James Loo
 Steve MacNicoll
 Katherine A. Mathes
 Julie Matthaei
 Jacob M. McLain
 Ann Reith
 Joel Safranek
 Ronald J. Selgrath
 Christopher S. Smith
 Daryl G. Smith
 Mitchell Speer
 Susanne M. Valdez and Sharon Seidman
 Clyde J. Wadsworth
 Melissa Weinberger

 

The Williams Institute Honor Roll
2005-2006

The Williams Institute would like to thank the following donors.
We proudly and gratefully recognize your leadership and support.

 

LAUREATE'S CIRCLE

$1,000,000+
Charles R. Williams

$500,000+
The Gill Foundation

PATRON'S CIRCLE

$50,000+
Mike Gleason and Dave Kettel

PROFESSOR'S CIRCLE

$25,000+
Institute For Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies
Stu Walter

SCHOLAR'S CIRCLE

$10,000+
David Bohnett Foundation

FELLOW'S CIRCLE

$5,000+
J. Paul Getty Trust
Robert Gober

ASSOCIATE'S CIRCLE

$2,500+
Peter Erichsen and David Palumb
Ginny Erlich
M.J. Horne
Ed Moen
Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation

POLICY CIRCLE

$1,000+
M.V. Lee Badgett
Michael Barrett and Mitch Lippman
Lillian Bart
Bennett Carr
Laurence Chrysler
David C. Codell
Cam Davis
Brian Ellner
Marc E. Elovitz & Andrew Fields
Patricia Evert
David Fink
James Frost
John Gillespie
Sandra Hartness
Richard Jacobs
Koletsky, Mancini, Feldman & Morrow
Mark Leno
John Spencer Letts
Rich Ratkelis and Andrew Garber
Paul Santello
Avantika Shahi
Harvey S. Shipley Miller
Woody Sides
James Toledano
Joseph Tringali
Jay and Susie Tyrrell

FRIENDS

$500+
Hugh Dorris
Adrian Van Deudekom
Michael Sites
Michael Beary and Gary Gates
Tad Brown
Diane and Lou Carfora
Vincent Cummings
Patrick Fitzgerald
Scott Juhl
Marian & Eva Rokacz Family Foundation
Doug Moreland
David Nelson
Giam Nguyen
Nina and Gary Sears
Stanton J. Price Law Offices
The Walt Disney Company Foundation
Roger Vorce
Steve Westly

$200+
Mary Adame
Mark Bertrand
Joseph Biderman
Jerry Bloom
Barry Copilow
Dan Goldman
Steve Green
Dean Hansell
Fred Karger
Suzanne Labiner
Christopher Marshall
Richard Overdorff
Reed & Davidson LLP
Jean Richardson
Richard Savage and Lane Adams
Frank Smith
Debbie Tibey
Thomas Watson
Bryan Wildenthal

$100+
Alice Armitage
David Clark
David Sanders Living Trust
Shedrick Davis III
Brock Evans
Julie Falk
Todd Hays
John Heilman
Frederick Hertz
Irell & Manella
Michael Krumme
Kevin Kuettel
Philip Kukura
Christian Lamond
Ryan Leaderman
Peter Riddall
Bonnie Roth
Joel Safranek
Zach Shepard
Donald Smith
Brian Spoelstra
Jeffrey Williams
Jonathan Zasloff

$25+
Heather Carrigan
Firdaus Dordi
Edward Drake
Nancy Felixson
Clint Fulton
Rupa Goswami
Jamie Hall
David Holtzman
Mark Katz
Alex Kaufman
Jessica Leak
Christine Sun
Paul Tigue III
Kathleen Woodwards
Steven Zidell


The Williams Institute Honor Roll
2004-2005

 

LAUREATE'S CIRCLE

$1,000,000+
Charles R. Williams

$500,000+
Anonymous

$250,000+
The Gill Foundation

$100,000+
The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Jim L. Hooker
John McDonald and Rob Wright

PATRON'S CIRCLE

$50,000+
Harvey S. Shipley Miller

PROFESSOR'S CIRCLE

$25,000+
Stu Walter

SCHOLAR'S CIRCLE

$10,000+
Cam Davis and Sam Randazzo
Laurie F. Hasencamp and Michael S. Lurey

FELLOW'S CIRCLE

$5,000+
Mike L. Gleason and David Kettel
Robert Gober
Michaeljohn Horne
Arnold D. Kassoy and Mike Stolz
Donald G. Moffett
R. Bradley Sears
Ron Wallen and Tom Carrollo
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

ASSOCIATE'S CIRCLE

$2,500+
The David Bohnett Foundation
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP
Ed Moen

POLICY CIRCLE

$1,000+
Stuart Biegel
David C. Codell
Marc E. Elovitz & Andrew Fields
Peter Erichsen & David Palumb
James Frost
Tom Hays
Paul Hokemeyer & James Johnson
Andy Linsky
Douglas Moreland
Giam M. Nguyen
Rich Ratkelis & Andrew Garber
Dale C. Reid
William B. Rubenstein
Nina & Gary Sears
Brian Sears
The Tides Foundation
Joseph F. Tringali
Keith A. Weaver
Cameron Whiteman
Douglas & Fatima Wu

FRIENDS

$500+
Ron Buckmire & Dean Elzinga
Vincent Cummings
The Dartmouth Gay & Lesbian Alumni/AE Association
Alan Friel
The Honorable J. Spencer Letts
Chris Malstead & William M. Griswold
Thomas A. Nelms
M. Dean Newton
Stanton J. Price
Susan Sears

$200+
Brigit Greeson Alvarez
H. J. David Ambroz
Alison G. Anderson
Alvin H. Baum, Jr.
David B. Cruz & Steven B. Greene
Bruce Deming & Jeff Byrne
Patrick Doonan
Andrew J. Garber
Brad Hoylman
Randolph Langenbach & Frederick C. Hertz
Christopher B. Marshall
James B. Matthie
Rhonda Meier
Vincent J. Messina
Tim Parrott
David I. Schulman
Scott L. Sciortino & Thomas J. Owensby
Stanley K. Sheinbaum
Gabril R. Shweiri & Mitchell J. Parrish
Mary Sievert & Beth Johnson
James Toledano

$25+
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California
Mary A. Adame
Michael J. Barrett & Mitch Lippman
Mark S. Bertrand
Gary R. Bittner
Paul R. Case
Ronald J. Claggett
Bruce Cohen
Paul R. Delmore
Sharon Dolovich
Jim Durkee
John Eastmen
Randall Eliot
Brock S. Evans
Kris N. Finley
The First Trust Company of Onaga
Jeffrey A. Fischer
Carole E. Goldberg
David S. Gregoire
Gregory M. Hatz
Peter A. Hayashida
Janice K. Hobbs
Rea Holmes
Danielle J. Howard
Genevieve I. Jones
Kenneth L. Karst & Smiley Karst
Rita J. Kimball
Joseph Levine
Maricela Lopez-Krulak
Andrew A. Maldonado
Carrie M. McDowell
The Microsoft Corporation
Janince C. Missimer
Elizabeth V. Moeller
Andrew M. Morrow
Jyoti Nanda
James D. Neilson
Bob Nymoen
Vicki Parris
Janice C. Perry
Donna E. Potiker & Debi Woelke
Dean Regan
Peggy Rios
William T. Rogers & Jeffrey B. Joyce
Robert Rotman & Dennis L. Woods
William L. Schoen
Nicole Schweiri
Joseph C. Scott
The Honorable Harold E. Shabo
Curtis F. Shepard
Elwood B. Sides, III
Andrew M. Signey & Eric J. Van Leeuwen
Donald H. Smith
Frank Howard Smith
Pei Pei Tan
Benjamin E. Teller
The UCLA School of Law
Eric D. Vandevelde
Rachel Vincent
Clyde J. Wadsworth
David Weissberger
Benjmin D. Weston
Ford L. Williams
David K. Willingham
Robert E. Winters
Desmund Wu

 

In appreciation of contributions, Williams Institute Donors will receive the following benefits:

Laureate's Circle - $100,000 and up 
  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Recognition on plaque in Reading Room in UCLA Law Library
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • Invitation to special major donor events
  • Subscription to The Dukeminier Awards

 

Patron's Circle - $50,000-$99,999
  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Recognition on plaque in Reading Room
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • Invitation to special major donor events
  • Subscription to The Dukeminier Awards 

 

Professor's Circle - $25,000-$49,999
  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • Invitation to special major donor events
  • Subscription to The Dukeminier Awards 

 

Scholar's Circle - $10,000-$24,999
  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • Invitation to special major donor events
  • Subscription to The Dukeminier Awards 

 

Fellow's Circle - $5,000-$10,000
  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • Subscription to The Dukeminier Awards
Associate's Circle - $2,500-$4,999
  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • Subscription to The Dukeminier Awards
Policy Circle - $1,000-$2,499
  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • Subscription to The Dukeminier Awards

 

Friend of the Williams Collection - $500-$1,000

For every $100 donated:

  • Recognition in Annual Report
  • Invitation to all Williams Institute events
  • 1 personalized book for the Reading Room
   

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