Friends of Convocations get tickets before the general public!
Friends of Convocations members are seated before the general public using the Priority Points system with an annual gift of $100 or more. Join the Friends and you’ll get early access to our 2023-24 season tickets and better seating options, all while helping make Purdue University a hub for cultural growth, open discourse, and artistic diversity.
Friends of Convocations Priority Seating
Priority points are a way to acknowledge individual Friends of Convocations for both their loyalty and their financial support. The points are used each year for show seating for any Friend of Convos who purchases tickets during our priority ordering period (typically June/July).
2023-24 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
While we make every effort to ensure accuracy, we apologize for any error or omission.
Pictured: Silkroad Ensemble presents: Home Within
We are ever grateful for our generous donors who help make Convocations programming in our community a reality. Your gifts support world-class performances, as well as educational arts programming and outreach for students from preschool to college. Friends of Convos, along with our corporate partners, help keep ticket prices affordable for everyone.
ENDOWMENT GIFTS
An endowment gift is a powerful way to provide Convos with programmatic support in perpetuity. Gifts to create a new endowment, or gifts to support the Friends of Convocations endowment, offer Lifetime membership benefits. Gifts of any amount may be given to any existing endowment.
FRIENDS OF CONVOCATIONS ENDOWMENT
Established with accumulated gifts from 1995-96 to provide support for the costs of presenting performances
2023-24 Support: West Lafayette Global Fest, Grandmaster Flash, Humans 2.0 by Circa, Las Cafeteras present Hasta La Muerte, Call of the Wild, Melissa White and Pallavi Mahidhara
JEANNE COMPTON ENDOWMENT FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE
Established by Jeanne and Dale Compton to provide performance support and ensure performance variety
2023-24 Support: Kronos Quartet
ROBERT B. AND PATRICIA PEYTON TRUITT PIANO PERFORMANCE ENDOWMENT
Established by Bob and Patti Truitt to provide performance support, with emphasis on piano-based solo or small ensemble classical and jazz music
2023-24 Support: Counterpoint
DAVIS FAMILY ENDOWMENT
Established by Kevin and Janene Davis to provide performance support
2023-24 Support: Briscoe
MIKE AND PAM LUENZ CLASSICAL MUSIC ENDOWMENT
Established by Mike and Pam Luenz to provide support for classical music, with emphasis on Discovery Artists
2023-24 Support: Melissa White and Pallavi Mahidhara
LEONORA AND HAROLD WOODMAN ENDOWMENT FOR THEATRE
Established by Harold Woodman to provide support for theatre projects
2023-24 Support: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ALAN AND GAIL BECK ENDOWMENT
Established by Alan and Gail Beck to provide support for jazz and vocal music and innovative performances
MARY SEYFRIED’S ALL ABOARD FOR THE ARTS ENDOWMENT
Established by Mary Seyfried to provide tickets and bus transportation for students from schools with high economic need
2022-23 Support: The Secret Agency
MARY SEYFRIED’S COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS ENDOWMENT
Established by Mary Seyfried to provide complimentary tickets to underserved populations
MARY SEYFRIED’S ENDOWMENT FOR ARTS OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
Established by Mary Seyfried to provide support for in-school artist residencies and workshops
CHRISTIANE E. KECK AND DAVID L. FILMER ENDOWMENT
Established by Christiane Keck and David Filmer to underwrite discounted tickets for Purdue students
BILL EDWARD WILBURN ENDOWMENT
Established by Janet G. Wilburn to provide support for in-school artist residencies and workshops
FLOYD H. AND PATRICIA S. GARROTT ENDOWMENT FOR CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS
Established by Floyd and Patricia Garrott to provide discounted tickets to Purdue students whose faculty member has tied a performance to a course syllabus, support education research initiatives, and support P-12 matinee performances
LEGACY GIFTS
Gifts made to Convocations through estate planning provide for the organization’s future and offer significant tax and financial benefits in return. Convocations has established the Legacy Society to recognize individuals who have made provisions for future support through bequests, annuities, charitable remainder trusts, or other planned gifts.
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William* and Jean* Beard
Ronald and Margaret Brender
Jeanne* and Dale* Compton
John* and Patricia Corey
Nancy Grenard
Mike and Pam Luenz
Betty and Dick Nelson
Tom and Susan Pierce
Lee and Rona Schwarz
Michael L. Seretny
Cynthia Stauffacher
Joanne and Lary* Troutner
DESIGNATED FUNDS
Designated gifts are set aside for specific programs. Gifts of any amount may be given to any existing fund. Gifts listed below were received by August 5, 2022.
THE FISCHANG FUND
Established in honor of Bill Fischang, former Vice President for Student Services, to underwrite discounted tickets for Purdue and Ivy Tech students whose professors are relating performances to curricula through the Curricular Connections collegiate program.
DONORS: Patricia Davies, Denise Driscoll and Kevin Trumble, Peg Fischang
THE TREAGER FUND
Established in honor of Irwin Treager, Aviation Technology Professor Emeritus, to underwrite discounted tickets for Purdue technology students whose professors are relating performances to curricula through the Curricular Connections collegiate program.
DONORS: Denise Driscoll and Kevin Trumble
THE FRITZ AND LEONA COHEN FUND
Established by Fritz and Leona Cohen to underwrite educational programming expenses including ticket and transportation scholarships, artist and production fees associated with matinee performances at Purdue, and to support in-school artist residencies and workshops.
THE MICHAEL PIGGOTT FUND
Established by Michael Piggott to underwrite general P-12 educational programming including ticket and transportation scholarships for at need P-12 students and schools attending a matinee performance at Purdue; subsidizing artist and production fees associated with presenting P-12 matinee performances at Purdue; or subsidizing artist and production fees associated with sending artists to local schools for residencies.
LIFETIME CONTRIBUTORS
The following individuals have contributed to an endowment or designated a planned gift to receive Lifetime status in the Friends of Convocations.
LIFETIME PRESENTER’S CIRCLE
Michael L. Seretny
LIFETIME ARTISTS CIRCLE
Kevin and Janene Davis
LIFETIME COLLABORATOR
Mike and Pam Luenz
Betty and Dick Nelson
Mary Seyfried
Joanne Troutner
Janet Wilburn
LIFETIME AMBASSADOR
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Claire Chandler, in memory of Art and Jane Chandler
John and Helen Gordon
Tom and Susan Pierce
John and Elizabeth Schneider
Lee and Rona Schwarz
Cynthy J. Scruggs
Bob and Patti Truitt
LIFETIME DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL
Alan and Gail Beck
Steve and Deborah Belter
Mary A. Bonner
Nancy Cooper
David and Janet Elmore
Kenneth and Faye Ewing
Peg Fischang
Macalyne Fristoe
Pat and Floyd Garrott
Jules and Shirley* Janick
Jennifer Jones
Susan Jones and Matthew Huffine
Christiane Keck and David Filmer*
Caryl Matthews and Don Nead
George and Louise McNelly
Chris and Cynthia Meyer
Loretta Piggott
Dennis* and Jane Richmond
Cynthia Stauffacher
Bill and Helen Uhrig
Ruth M. Wukasch, in memory of Dr. Ronald D. Wukasch
Alan and Carol York
LIFETIME FOUNDER
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Al and Rebecca Benham
Ronald and Margaret Brender
Gordon and Harriet Coppoc
John* and Patricia Corey
Allen and Joyce Deutelbaum
Nancy DiMartino and Steve Borghi
Dr. Vince and Sherri Guido
Jurgen* and Josephine Honig
Steve and Cindy Pugsley
Ellen and Vince Sitterding
Mary Beth and Mark Whitman
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS
The following individuals have contributed annual gifts for the 2023-24 season.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $75,000+
INNOVATORS CIRCLE $50,000+
PRODUCERS CIRCLE $30,000+
PRESENTERS CIRCLE $20,000+
ARTISTS CIRCLE $15,000+
Bob and Patti Truitt, support for Emmet Cohen Trio, Counterpoint
VISIONARY $10,000+
Kevin and Janene Davis, support for Humans 2.0 by Circa, Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Christiane Keck and David Filmer*, support for the Christiane E. Keck and David L. Filmer Endowment
Janet E. Nine
John and Elizabeth Schneider
Ellen and Vince Sitterding
COLLABORATOR $5,000+
Alan and Gail Beck
Gordon and Harriet Coppoc, support for Kronos Quartet
David and Janet Elmore, support for Emmet Cohen Trio
Hank and Sharon Kraebber
Mike and Pam Luenz
Marshall and Berdine Martin, support for Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix
John and Elizabeth Schneider
AMBASSADOR $2,500+
Brad and Ann Cohen, Kurt and Jessica Cohen
Judd Danby
John and Jocelyn Grutzner
Dr. Vince and Sherri Guido, support for Emmet Cohen Trio
Patrick and Lena Harper
Michael and Rhonda Moya
Joe and Judith* Tesmer
Kathy Lafuse Wood and Christopher Wood
DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL $1,000+
Virgil Barnes
David and Donna Beering
Stacy and Brent Bible
Ronald and Margaret Brender
Mike Brown and Jane Kinyon
Barrett S. Caldwell
Mary-Claire and Mark Cartwright
Bruce and Jennifer Craig
Bill and Hanni Cramer and Gabrielle and Eyal Barash
Marshall and Joyce Deutelbaum
Pam Hermes and Frank Dooley
Stephanie and Clayton Farlow
Andy and Tracy Fristoe
Brian and Lorene Furrer
Michael and Mary Grable
Sue and Lew Graham
Monica and Gary Halstead
Amy and Jon Harbor
Carolyn Jones
Jack and Leta* Kelley
Lorraine Kisselburgh and Howard Zelaznik
Aaron Kleber
Mike and Cathy Lockwood
Jason and Tricia Lohr
Mary M. Losey
John and Marj Martin
Joy Matson
Caryl Matthews and Don Nead
John H. Meyers
Stacey and Michael Mickelbart
Stan and Kay Mithoefer
Jim and Karen Mullen
Mary Alice Nebold
Lisa Pantea and Dan Lybrook
Mike Piggott
Chip and Jane Rutledge
Lee and Rona Schwarz
Mary Seyfried, support for Call of the Wild
Lou and Debby Sherman, support for Emmet Cohen Trio
Steve and Tracey Simmerman
Susan Niemczyk and Alan Studzinski
Sandra Sydnor and James Woodford, support for Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix
Robert and Martha Taylor
Joanne and Lary* Troutner, support for The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
Wally and Jean Tyner
Rodney and Mary Jo Vandeveer
Todd and Diane Wetzel
Roland K. Winger and Family
Jon and Casey Wright
FOUNDER $500+
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Nick and Sara Adler
Bryan E. Bell
William and Linda Bennett
Karl and Nancy Brandt
James and Erin Britton
David Bunte
Kevin and Susan Campbell
Arnold Chen and Lin Ng
Edward and Rebecca Chosnek
R. Neal Houze and Cydny Clauss
Dan and Suzanne Collins
Michael and Beth Dana
Pat and Polly Egan
Mike and Leah Everly
Daniel and Georgana Finn
Zelda M. Flye
Marietta Harrison and Bob Geahlen
Laura Geiger
Kathleen McGinnis and Tim Gennett
Tamara and Eckhard Groll
Harsh and Suman Harshvardhan
Jillian and Justin Henry
Philip and Barbara Herb
Harry Heyer
Jean Horner
Nicole Key and Doug Schrader
Robert and Beverly Knill
Barb and John Knochel
Robert Larsen
Ramona and Wynn Lawson
Nathaniel and Maureen Lifton
Donald R. Lynam
Dale and Anne Mallett
Jim and Susie Marshall
Judy Marten
Johnathan and Kris Martin
Neil and Katharine Mascarenhas
Donald L. Matthews
George and Linda McCabe
Dwight and Mary McKay
Shannon and Lawrence Oates
Jan Pearlman Cortner
Chris and Rhonda Peck
Tom and Susan Pierce
John and Gail Polles
Rosemary Ricci and Garrett Jeong
Bill and Carol Risk
C. Barry Rubin
Steve Schlenk and Josh Lane
Keith and Lisa Schwingendorf
Pam and Dan Smith
Betty Stoddart*
Darrell Schulze and Diana Stott
Nancy Hathaway and David Thompson
Kristine Tiffany
James and Dana Vann
Bob and Mary Vaughan
Nancy and Robert Waltz
Michael and Marilou Warden
Marvin and Trudi Wildfeuer
BENEFACTOR $250+
Tom and Winnie Adler
Beate Allert and Shaun Hughes
John and Cathy Barron
Jane A. Baysinger
Pete and Lorita Bill
Todd and Judith Birchman
Rob and Emily Blue
Joseph and Joan Briller
Leslie and Richard Brost
Kenneth and Sandra Burbank
Claire Chandler
Jennifer Cioni and Chuck Schwarz
Dinah and Brian Dalder
Kent and Annette DeLaCroix
Gregory and Melissa Deason
Johanna Downey
Steven and Beth Duket
Linda and Jim Eales
Peggy Favorite and Ed Lausch
Jane M. Gaskell
David Goldberg
Abrar Hammoud
Christine King and Ted Harris
Carrie Honn
Andrew and Yvonne Hurt
William and Kristine Kealey
John and Gail Koehler
Rachel Lattimore
Carli and Casey Lewis
Tammy and Bob Loew
Stephen and Linda Martin
Jane P. McCann
Ryan and Denise Mills
Albert and Carie Mondero
Kevin and Dacia Mumford
Dawn and Joseph Ogas
Robert and Kelly Peterson
Leo and Carol Plomin
Carolyn Jagacinski and Richard Schweickert
Jim and Pam Schweitzer
Catherine Scott-Moncrieff and Wallace Morrison
Randall and Linda Shields
Thomas and Deborah Smiley
Diane and Larry Stevenson
James and M. Alison Stoddart
Sheila Sutter
Frank and Kirsten Szendrey
Tom and Pat Tesmer
Glenn F. Tompkins
Jason and Sharita Ware
Ralph and Ginny Webb
Marvin and Trudi Wildfeuer
Anna and John* Wilson
Carol and Alan York
Jed and Erin Young
Paul and Marilyn Ziemer
MEMBER $100+
Ximena Arriaga Agnew and Christopher Agnew
Kendrick Albert
Bradley and Kelly Alge
Cheryl and Kemal Altinkemer
Charles and Lucia Anderson
Jean and Ron Andres
Susan and David Aufderheide
David and Valerie Bahr
Kelley and Anthony Bailey
James and Amy Bancroft
Andrew and Megan Banta
Linda Barlow
Joel and Ann Barnes
Michelle and Monte Bates
Emily and John Bauman
Donald Bayless
Steven and Tricia Beeler
Steve Bell
Stephen and Deborah Belter
Lin Tan and Anthony Bergstrom
Janet and Bill Biddle
Suzanne L. Bousquet
D.P. and Kay L. Branson
Thomas Broden
Larry and Marcia Brooks
Julie and David Brown
Dean and Anita Brusnighan
Virginia Cabrera Lopez
Gene and Diane Carlson
John and Theresa Condreay
Mary Cook
Darren Cooper and Elizabeth Larsen
Mario Crucini
Robin Cunningham
Joe and Beth Cychosz
Patricia Davies and J. Stuart Bolton
Albert and Susan Davis
Jo and Toni Davisson
Elizabeth and Joseph DeJoan
Jack and Delores Delleur
Tracy and Osra DeLong
Barbara Devine
John and Sandra Dinkens
Amanda and Mike Dunkle
Christine A. Durbin
Cynthia Eaton
Marsha Eckert
Courtney Schmidt and Andrew Eichmiller
William English
Molly Erb
Gene Fitzpatrick
Jennifer Foray
Heidi and William Fornes
Tanya and Kevin Foster
Gary and Cheryl Fowler
Richard and Amy French
Melissa Geheb
Donna Gemeinhart
Randall Gibson
Joan Goetz
Dona Gray
Nina Haberer
Rose Haberer
Richard and Heather Hall
Matthew Halladay
Judy Hamilton
Lee Ann Happ
Arnold and Sara Harlan
Teresa and Steven Harris
Lois V. Harth
Minerva and David Haugstad
Charles Hays
Kelly Heath
Jamie L. Hendershot
Julie and Ian Hendon
Margaret Hicks
Bradley and Linda Hoffman
Barbara and Leonard Holajter
Heather Holley
Kyla Houston
Susan and David Huffman
Christine Jaeger
Karen Jamesen
Yumary Ruiz and Gerald Janecko
Ellie Jeffcoat
Natasha Duncan and Dwaine Jengelley
Robin and Brian Jones
Rock and Mary Kaiser
Philip and Susan Keller
Stephanie Knight
George and Cheri Kochert
Gayle Koning
David and Irma Kovich
Casey Krusemark and Emily Dykhuizen
Franki Kung
Rick and Carolyn Laster
Vic and Grayce Lechtenberg
Brenda Liles
Stephen and Terryn Lindemann
Noell Lenardo
Juanita Linn
Kim and Kelly Little
Mai Liu
Miaoyuan Liu
Donna Lofgren
Philip and Joan Low
Sijia Lu
Thua Ly-Pham
Kristin and R. Malavenda
Jonathan Martz
Holly and Jia Mason
Peter and Kathryn Mast
Marifran and Jim Mattson
Gordie and Annie May
Shannon May
Ralph and Alice Mayerstein
Michelle S. McBrite
Kathy and Roger McClannen
Charlotte and David McGaw
Conner McGuire
David McGuire
Jane Messer
Thomas Meyer
Bob and Joyce Miles
Amy and Troy Miller
Janis E. Miller
Stephen Miller
William and Kay Miller
Catharine Scott-Moncrieff and Wallace Morrison
Nathan and Angela Mosier
Kathleen Mowery
Christina Munson
Ken and Mary Musselman
Linda Naimi
Timothy O’Donnell
Cindy and Thomas Oneal
Kathryn Orvis
Alisa Pate
Susan Cook and Frank Pavlicek
Steve and Diana Pennell
Mary Ann and Richard Penney
Dr. Patricia Bauman and Dr. Daniel Phillips
David Pike
Kimberly and Michael Plake
Linda and Joshua Prokopy
Eric and Cara Putman
Richard Rand
Linda Randak
Linda Renzulli and Jeremy Reynolds
Toni Rogat
Julie and Tracy Rosa
Jeanenne Rothenberger
Gary and Kristen Rush
Clifford and Linda Sadof
Daniel Schiff
Veronica and Jon Schirm
David and Joanna Schroeder
Jane and Duane Sellers
Kathryn Senft
Elizabeth A. Shiffman
John and Janet Sieber
Jean and David Silarski
Jeffrey and Pamela Smedley
Kendall and Beatrice Smith
Pauletta Smith
Teresa Smith
Karil and David Sommers
Barbara and Nick Soodek
Tom and Mary Jo Sparrow
Lewis and Linda Sproull
Jeffery and Lori Stefancic
Barbara and Michael Steif
Gregory and Cynthia Stevenson
Matthew and Beth Sutherlin
Martha Swatek
Thomas and Arleen* Swinford
Arlene S. Tatum
Jeff Tatum
Andrea Tener
Amanda Thompson
April Timmons
Charles Tritschler
Denise Driscoll and Kevin Trumble
Johnny and Christiana Tryon
Erin and Scott Trzaskus
Emily and Michael Ulrich
Sheila and Kevin Van Gorder
Katherine Vanderwall
Jodi Verhoeven
Kathryn Walters
Louise and Gerald* Wasserman
Carla and Doug Webb
Mark and Jody Weber
Doug Wehrman
Harry and Cynthia Wickens
Christopher Wiegand
Rod and Shelly Williams
Adam and Kelly Wilson
Kristan Wilson
David and Julie Windhorst
Suzan Windnagel
John and Beverly Wisler
Amy and Sherman Wright
Stacey and Gerald Yeoman
Linda Young
Michael and Lynn Zentner
*deceased