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Lead Gifts ($250,000 +)

Gary and Lee Allen

Bank of America

BB&T Charitable Foundation

Randy Best

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation

Duke Energy Foundation

Ann and Jim Goodnight

Jeanette and Wallace Hyde

Bob and Carol Mattocks

PNC

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

SAS Institute Incorporated

State Employees Credit Union

Wells Fargo Foundation

Principal Gifts ($100,000 to $249,999)

Bert L. Bennett, Jr.

The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr. and Mrs. Carolyn Hunt

Robert A. Ingram

James and Connie Maynard

Children of L. Richardson Preyer, Sr. and Emily Preyer

Joe and Carol Reich

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice, LLP

Major Gifts ($10,000 to $99,999)

Dr. Anthony Atala

John L. Atkins III

James Bennett

Graham and Janice Bennett

Ronald Bernstein

Frank Brenner

Phil and Dean Carlton

John F.A.V. Cecil

Ken Eudy and Linda Davis

Don Flow

Paul Fulton

Glenn Family Foundation

C. Felix Harvey

Lynn Lail

Mrs. Betty Ray McCain

Mack Pearsall

Richard and Marie Reynolds Foundation

Sepideh Saidi

SKANSKA USA

Walmart Foundation

Sustaining Gifts ($1,000 to $9,999)

Frederick Aikens

Barbara Allen

Ren Babcock

Christie Bishop Barbee

Wade Barber

Henry D. Bruton

Debra M. Bryant

Barbara Buchanan

Darren Clark

Randolph Cloud

Leslie Bevacqua Coman

Betsy and Gene Conti

William and Sally Creech

Mike Davis

Deborah Derrick and J. Baxter Hunt

Howie DeVane

Kay and Dan Donahue

David W. Erdman

Mark M. Ezzell

Jim Fain

Bob Fischbach

Joyce Fitzpatrick

Franklin Freeman, Jr.

Karen Garr

Lynne and John Garrison

Bob Geolas and Mary Miller

Thomas O. Gilmore

Charles E. Grady, Jr. and Linda L. Grady

Cecil and Annette Hargett

Angie D. Harris

Ron Hawley

Tom Hendrickson

Don Hobart

Steven A. Hockfield, Jr.

Bill Holman and Stephanie Bass

Sam and Vicky Hunt

Charlotte W. Johnston

Chancy M. Kapp

Michael K. Kapp

Phillip J. Kirk, Jr.

John S. & James L. Knight Foundation

Tom and Donna Lambeth

H. Kel Landis and Nina Szolsberg-Landis

Anthony T. Lathrop

Buck Lattimore

Maylon E. Little

James McCleskey

William and Edie McCrea

Wayne McDevitt

The Honorable George W. Miller

Warren J. Miller

William A. Mills, IV

Muriel K. Offerman

Betty C. Owen

Lisa Pace

Joseph M. Parker

Sarah E. Parker

Jane Smith Patterson

Mack A. Paul

Gary and Gwyn Pearce

Dr. Charles V. Petty

Stanley D. Phillips

Lisa A. Piercy

William R. Pittman

Karen and Wade Ponder

The Honorable David Price and Lisa Price

The Honorable Joe Sam Queen and Dr. Kate Queen

Susan and Tom Rabon

Brooks T. Raiford

Jason Ralston

Tom Ross

JoAnne Sanford and William Brewer

Robert W. Saunders

Adam Shapiro

Jim and Carolyn Sherron

Bonnie and Roger Smith

Gordon Smith

Kimberly D. Spell

Phillip E. Stephens

Catherine Stuart

Kay Taylor

E. Norris Tolson

Ed Turlington

Sean P. Walsh

Harold H. Webb

Charles White

Dr. A. Hope Williams

Dr. Thomas J. Williams

Brad and Carol Wilson

John I. Wilson

T. Brock Winslow

Dr. Tony Zeiss

Supporting Gifts ($1 to $999)

Zeb D. Alley

Lynda Kirkman Anderson

Judith Armstrong

Rose Auman

Philip A. Baddour, Jr.

Kelli Moore Barham

Judith C. Bell

Johnny Bennett

Laura C. Bingham

Dr. Michael C. Blackwell

Thomas and Mary Katherine Bolch

Ret and Leslie Boney

C. Dewey Botts

C. Robin Britt

Daniel Brookshire

Juanita M. Bryant

Stephen C. Bryant

Martha D. Buchanan-Forte

Wendy Burkland

Kimberly Campbell

Rick Carlisle

Kay and Ken Chalk

Jan Chambers

Richard Chambers

Carolyn Chen

Diane Cherry

Sunil Cherukuri

Patricia Shore Clark

Kelly K. Cobb

John Coggin

Simone Collman

Adam Compton

Ronald Condrey

M. Austin Connors, Jr.

Maura Conyngham and Greg Shuck

Dr. Maurice G. Cook

Patrick Cronin

Maura Cunningham

The Dayton Foundation

Leah M. Devlin

Lindy Dobbins

The Honorable Katherine G. Dorsett

Virginia B. Eagles

Janice H. Faulkner

Raeford L. Flowers

Arthur J. Foley

Grace Freeze

Lila Ponder Friday

Chief Justice Henry Frye and Mrs. Shirley Frye

Florry Glasser

Anna T. Gordy

Charlie and Chris Greene

Dr. J. Wayne Grimsley, Jr.

Kendall Hageman

Billy Ray Hall

Linda R. Harrill

Wilson Harris

Bo Haskins

Allison Hawkins

Dr. Teresa Helmlinger Ratcliff

Barlow Herget

James Herrick

Dr. Tom Houlihan

Dr. Samuel H. Houston, Jr.

Jonathan B. Howes

Judith R. Hyman

Ginny Inman

Mack Jarvis

Jack W. Jenkins

Glenn Jernigan

Phillips

Kayla Jones

Kayla Jones

George A. Kahdy

Coco Keevan

Pamela Kohl

Mary Kurek

Jorge Lagueruela

Louise Lamm

Sarah Langer

Matty Lazo-Chadderton

Dr. Elizabeth K. Levine

Barbara M. Levine

Ronald Levine

Liwei Lin

Quentin Lindsey

The Reverend James H. McKinnon, Jr.

John and Leigh McNairy

Patricia McQuillan

June E. Milby

Marcia H. Morey

B. Perry Morrison, Jr.

Joe Mosnier

Clay Murray

Ms. Kirsten A. Nyrop

Colleen C. O'Neill

Hannah Olaniyan

Jennifer W. Owen

Rachel Perry

Julie G. Perry

Brenda and Larry Pollard

Public School Forum of NC

Dr. Scott Ralls

Roland Ransom

Frances C. Regan

Jeffrey J. Roerden

Norman and Sylvia Samet

John L. Sanders

Nan Sanseverino

Sharon Adams

Dewey B. Sheffield

Pat Smith

Elizabeth Smith

Robert W. Spearman

Betty S. Speir

Leslie Stewart

Joseph and Allyson Stewart

Norma P. Stilwell

Sunil Suchindran

Dr. Brenda J. Summers

Dr. Banks C. Talley, Jr.

Christina Taylor

Barbara Thompson

Davina Thrash

Abia Todman

Lateesha Uzzle

Beryl E. Wade

Leslie L. Walden

Zackary Walker

Alvah H. Ward

Dr. Michael Ward

Paul G. Waugaman

Linda H. Weiner

Willis P. Whichard

Judyth White

Thomas J. White

Michael Williamson

Colleen O. Yanchulis

Additional Partners

Net Direct Systems

Unique Concepts

UNC - TV

WRAL

Bill McCrea, NC Museum of History

Andrea Harris, NC Inst. of Minority Economic Dev.

Dr. Karl Campbell, Appalachian State University

Joe Freddoso, MCNC

Ann Goodnight, SAS Institute, Inc.

Dr. Thomas Houlihan, Breakthrough Performance

Norma Houston, UNC - Chapel Hill

Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.

Betty McCain, NC Dept. of Cultural Resources (Ret.)

Susan Nutter, NC State University

Jane Smith Patterson, The e-NC Authority

Ed Turlington, Brooks Pierce

Dr. Larry Wheeler, NC Museum of Art

Dr. Blan Godfrey, NC State University

Dr. Jim Leutze, UNC - Wilmington

Dr. Hope Williams, NC Indep. Colleges & Universities

Dr. John Bardo, Witchita State University

Dr. Karl Campbell, Appalachian State University

Rick Carlisle, Dogwood Equity

The late Bill Friday

Dr. Ferrel Guillory, UNC - Chapel Hill

Bill Holman, Duke University

Dr. Thomas Houlihan, Breakthrough Performance

Norma Houston, UNC - Chapel Hill

Jeff Michael, UNC - Charlotte

Joe Mobley, NC State University

Karen Ponder, Ponder, Inc. - Early Childhood Services

John Sanders, UNC - Chapel Hill

Dr. Pam Silberman, NC Institute of Medicine

Dr. Michael Walden, NC State University

Matt Muñoz, New Kind

Dr. Roland Stephen

Mike Cuales, NC State University

Amber Howard, New Kind

Steven Keith, Centerline Digital

Amanda Robertson, NC State University

Michael Tiemman, Red Hat

Dr. Tom Hanchett, Levine Museum of the New South

David Hayden, NC State University

Jennifer Fox Jackson, Renard Enterprises

Lisa Pace, Pearce Research Associates

Gary Pearce, Pearce Research Associates

Cristina Smith

Dr. Kenneth Zogry, UNC - Chapel Hill

Gallagher & Associates, Exhibit Design

Second Story Interactive Studios, Interactive Design

1220 Exhibits, Inc., Exhibit Fabrication & Installation

Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)

Snøhetta, Hunt Library Concept Architect

Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee, Managing Architect

SKANSKA USA, Construction Management

University Libraries, NC State University

Capital Project Management, NC State University

University Architect's Office, NC State University

Institute for Emerging Issues, NC State University

Lord Cultural Resources

C & G Partners

Joe Urschel, Newseum

Derek Jones, The Freelon Group

Judy Pickett, Design Lines

Dr. Patrice Legro, Koshland Science Museum

Jonathan Semans, Gates Foundation

Dr. Erika Shugart, Koshland Science Museum

Jeanette Hyde, Former US Ambassador

Robert Ingram, Hatteras Venture Partners

John Atkins, O'Brien/Atkins Associates

Ronald J. Bernstein, Liggett Vector Brands, Inc.

Erskine Bowles, President Emeritus, UNC

John F.A.V. Cecil, Biltmore Farms, Inc.

Ken Eudy, Capstrat

Shirley Frye, Educator (retired)

Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.

Kelly King, BBT

Tom Lambeth, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

Kel Landis, Plexus Capital

Cynthia Marshall, AT & T

Betty McCain, NC Dept. of Cultural Resources (Ret.)

The late John Medlin

Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Brooks Pierce

Ed Shelton, Shelton Vineyards

Thomas Taft, Taft Taft & Haigler PA

Lt. Governor Dennis Wicker, Nelson Mullins

Brad Wilson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.

John F.A.V. Cecil, Biltmore Farms, Inc.

Sepi Saidi, SEPI Engineering & Construction

Leah Brown, A10 Clinical Solutions, Inc.

Dr. Ruben Carbonell, Kenan Institute

Rick Carlisle, Dogwood Equity

Eva Clayton, Eva Clayton Associates, Intl.

Dr. Blan Godfrey, NC State University

Andrea Harris, NC Inst of Minority Economic Dev.

Robert Ingram, Hatteras Venture Partners

Lynn Lail, Catawba County Commissioner

The late Toni Lipscomb

Michael Marsicano, Foundation for the Carolinas

Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, NC State University

Scott Ralls, NC Community College System

Abdul Rasheed, NC Community Development Initiative

Tom Ross, The University of North Carolina

Carlos Sanchez, AT & T North Carolina

Pat Smith, Asheville, NC

Richard Stevens, Smith Anderson LLP

Willy Stewart, Stewart Engineering

Dr. Hope Williams, NC Indep. Colleges & Universities

Dr. Randy Woodson, NC State University

Dr. Tony Zeiss, Central Piedmont Community College