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The Thomas M. Cooley Society Membership Roster

The Thomas M. Cooley Society Membership Roster

The Thomas M. Cooley Society Membership Roster

The Thomas M. Cooley Society recognizes the cumulative giving of the law school's most generous benefactors. Contact the Advancement and Alumni Relations Office to become a member of the Law School's highest form of donor recognition.

Contact Advancement and Alumni Relations
(517) 371-5140 ext. 2014
[email protected]


Board of Director's Society - $1,000,000

Gordon C. Boardman
Michael and Jean Stakias
The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation

Chairman's Society - $500,000

Dennis E. Benner
Don LeDuc and Sue Coley

President's Society - $250,000

Anonymous
Marion M. Hilligan
Mueller Law Firm - Wolfgang Mueller
Kimbal R. and L’Mell Smith
Jim & Shari Vlasic

Dean's Society - $100,000

Gannett Foundation
Hazar-Bestos (HBC) Corporation
Lawrence P. Nolan & Laurel L. Blasi
Rockford Construction Co., Inc.

Founders' Society - $50,000

Ida and Benjamin Alpert Foundation
Hon. Thomas E. & Pauline M. Brennan
Leon & Shelly Corbin - The Howard Soifer Memorial Lecture Series
Anthony H. Gair
Harriet Gair
Image Creative Group LLC
A.D. Johnson Foundation
Irving U. Knight
Dan & Nancy Longo
Dr. Arnold & Mrs. Lynn Markowitz
Hon. Jeffrey L. and Ginny Martlew
Charles C. and Helen Pratt Mickens
Nelson P. Miller
John R. & Sarah H. Nussbaumer
Lucille Hartigan O'Connor
Edward Overbeck/Great Lakes Companies
PNC Foundation
James Robb & Kim Shierk
Louis A. Smith
Robert W. Stocker, II
Hon. Richard Suhrheinrich
Jerry, Linda & Jordan Sutton - Sutton Advisors PLC

Temple Society - $25,000

Eric E. & Tobi Breisach
Raymond J. and Loretta M. Brennan
Jeannette Buttrey
Paul Carrier
Clark Hill PLC
CleanTeam USA
Audra A. & Dustin S. Foster
Marjorie Gell
Jacqueline P. George
Peter D. and Sandy Jason
Peter M. Kempel
Adele I. Kessler Foundation
Joseph Kimble
Dorean M. Koenig
Steven L. Maas
Dale & Carol Wissmuller Malewska
In Memory of Phillip Marco
B.G. Michael C. and Ann C. McDaniel
Miller Canfield
Lawrence W. Morgan
MSU Federal Credit Union
Oakland University
Operations Department
Ernie & Denise Phillips
Plante & Moran, LLP
State Bar of Michigan
Norman Otto Stockmeyer
Louise Cooley Sutherland
Amy Timmer and Mark Meservey
Charles & Mary Ellen Toy
William & Marilyn Wagner
William Weiner and Paula Latovick
F. Georgann Wing
David P. Wood

Pillar Society - $10,000

Frank Aiello
Hon. Louise Alderson & Tom Hoisington
Virginia P. Allen
Anonymous
Marylynn Bain
Hon. Richard D. and Diane Ball
Gary P. Bauer
Keith & Cherie Beck
Alvin M. Bentley Foundation
Carey S. Bernstein
David C. Berry
Edward O. & Debra M. Blews
In Memory of Gerald Boston
Hon. Thomas E. Brennan, Jr.
Hon. Terrence P. & Loretta G. Bronson
Evelyn K. Calogero
Capital Area United Way, Inc.
Terry and Michael Carella
Peter J. Carras
Terrence F. Cavanaugh
David G. Chopp
Church Wyble PC
Dennis & Marla Mitchell – Cichon
Rush and Julie Clement
Loren and Kathleen Conklin
Continental Canteen
Thomas M. Cooley Alumni Association
Lisa M. Coyne
Thomas Cranmer
Steven & Janice Cunningham-Transeth
Hon. Brent & Nancy Danielson
DBI Business Interiors
Delta Dental of Michigan
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mary Phelan D'Isa & Nicholas D'Isa
Alden and Vada Dow Family Foundations
Chad Engelhardt and Stephen Goethel
Cindy E. Faulkner
Hon. John N. Fields
Gerald Fisher
Hon. & Mrs. John W. Fitzgerald
Anthony and Karen Flores
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
Judith A. & Allen M. Frank
Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap PC
Analiese & Neal Fusner
Garan Lucow Miller PC
Tom & Peggy Garikes
Elliot B. and Thea G. Glicksman
Grand Rapids Building Services Inc.
John & Stephanie Gregg
Catherine Groll
Helen M. & Thomas M. Haessly
Walter E. Hahn
Hamo Law Firm
Sharon Hanlon
Harmon Management LLC
Haussman Construction Co.
Richard C. Henke
Pamela Heos & Jeffery A. Brancheau
James M. Hicks, Jr.
Aletha L. Honsowitz
Hubbard Fox Thomas White & Bengston PC
I.COMM
Douglas R. & Ieva A. Inglis
Hon. James S. and Elizabeth Jamo
Eileen Kavanagh
Bernard T. Kennedy
Lawrence J. Kish
Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, PC In Memory of Howard J. Soifer
Hon. Ronald W. Lowe
Lyman & Sheets
Susan L. Mallory
Hon. Jane Markey and Curt Benson
Dena and John Marks
Maurice Distinctive Apparel
MayotteGroup Architects
Hon. Pamela J. McCabe
Dan L. McNeal
Robert T. & Annie S. Meeks
Ken K. Miller
Michael Molitor
Martha D. Moore
New Erie Corporation
In Memory of Phillip Nusholtz
Charles A. Palmer
Hon. Donald D. Panarese
Nora J. Pasman-Green
Physicians Health Plan
Michael L. & Peggy G. Pitt
Philip J. Prygoski
In Memory of Willard A. Robinson
Thomas C. Rombach
Hon. Kathryn J. Root
Eldonna M. Ruddock
Marjorie P. Russell
Anthony E. Russo
William & Rita Schoettle
John N. Scott
Trudy and Clyde Selig
Stuart Serota
SHW Group
The Steve Smith Family In Memory of Howard J. Soifer
Duane A. Strojny
Clare Todd
Ronald J. Trosty
Gerald Tschura
Joan P. Vestrand
Marie A. Wanamaker
Gregory & Cynthia Ward
Warner Norcross & Judd
William R. Lathers Trust
M. Ann Wood
Sherida Wysocki
Paul & Lynne Zelenski

Cornerstone Society - $5,000

Alliance Defense Fund
Anonymous
Tammy Asher
Felix Ashu
Aspen Publishers, Inc. / Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Michigan (AICUM)
Dawn C. Beachnau
Brett J. Bean
Ross A. Berlin
Black Law Students Association
Tom and Colleen Boland
Michael J. Boyle
Tracey Weaver Brame
Robert J. Branch
David Brandwein
Lynn S. Branham
William J. Brennan
Ron & Leslie Bretz
Brian’s Books, Inc.
Jose’ T. Brown
Aaron Burrell
Cheryl Bywater
Peter and Mary Terpstra Cagle
James & Lori Carey
Charles Cercone
Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices PLLC
Elaine H. Charney
Kimberly Colgate
Committee for Constitutional Reform
Consumers Energy Foundation
Cooley Student Bar Association
Christina Corl
David G. Cotter
Country Club of Lansing
Michael P. Cox
William David Cox III
John E. Cozean
Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan
Crowne Plaza Lansing Hotel
Custer Workplace Interiors
Dard Incorporated
In Memory of James Randall Davis, Jr.
Jonathan S. & Susan E. Dean
Delta Theta Phi Foundation
In Memory of John R. DesJardins
Scott A. Dienes
Diane M. Dietz
Charles D. Doolittle
Brian and Margie Doyle
Gerald B. Eisman
Robert C. Ellis
Lisa L. and Gregory J. Fadler
Fajen and Miller, PLLC
Michael Fedewa
Norman Fell
Robert A. Fisher
William J. Fleener
Michael R. Foreback
The Foresight Group
Patrick L. Fuller
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Funaro
Bruce M. Gale
Thomas Gennara Photography
Paul D. Goldner
Hon.William T. Graham & Strickland Family Foundation
Lou Ann & Thomas J. Hall
N. Victor Hatami
Carl Haussman
James T. Heos
Keith J. Hey
Paul and Nancy Hillegonds
Anonymous
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP
Emily Horvath
James G. Hurley, Jr.
IBM Corporation
Jewell Media Services
Haywood W. Julian
Antonios Kalogerakos
Kelly Services
Dermot & Patricia Kennedy
Mara Kent
Kline Family Foundation
Edward D. Knight, III
Steven M. Krause
Nell Kuhnmuench and Roy C. Saper
Laura LeDuc
David A. Lee
Henry J. Legere, Jr. & Pamela M. Heemer
LexisNexis
Lincoln Financial
MacDonald Broadcasting
In Memory of Evelyn Machtel
Mable Martin-Scott
Matrix Consulting
James Soto McGrath
Kevin McQuillan
Michigan Office Solution (MOS)
Miller Foundation
Robert E. Mitchell
Mueller Law Firm
Roger Needham
Florise R. Neville-Ewell
John F. Nocita
Michael J. O'Connor
In Memory of the Hon. Michael O'Hara
Edward Pappas
Darryl J. Parsell
Pepsi-Cola Company
James L. Pfeiffer
Presort Services Inc.
Danny R. Quesenberry
Andrew Quinn
Joseph D. and Jerry Reid Foundation
Hon. Dorothy Comstock Riley & Wallace D. Riley
Michael B. Rizik
John A. Rooney
Barry Scheck
Charles J. Senger
Seyferth and Associates
Chris A. Shafer
Shear, Inc
Sandy, Halie & Marci Soifer - The Howard J. Soifer Memorial Lecture Series
William J. & Mary Lou Somerville
Kenneth G. Stevens
Hon. Bart T. & Laurie Stupak
Such Video, Inc
Dennis A. Swan
In Memory of Theodore W. Swift
John A. Taylor
Laurie A. & Stephen B. Taylor
James F. Todd
Gina M. Torielli
Kelley Tucker
United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit
James E. Waldo
Eugene G. & Marilyn M. Wanger
Vincent W. Welicka
Joseph R. White
Roy E. Williams, Jr.
Willingham & Cote', PC

21st Century Society - $2,500

A & G Electric
Adams Outdoor Advertising
Alane & Chartier PLC
Joseph Allessie
Stuart Altman
Mustafa Ameen
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – Michigan Chapter
American Corporate Counsel – Michigan Chapter
The Allstate Foundation
Tony & Valerie Alvarado
Judith F. Anspach
Sally D. Babbitt
Bain & Bain
Marietta Harte Barbour
Stephen Basha
David and Ronda Beck
Hon. Elizabeth S. “Liesl” Beckley
Barry E. Berger
Laurie K. & William Berner
Ann Brennan Bertsch
Ed Blackman
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan
James Bonfiglio
Michelle Teny – Borsellino
BRD Printing
John & Catherine Brennan
Pauline Brennan
Chad A. Brown
Margaret L. McMullin Brown
Dr. Michelle Simmons Brown
Joseph F. Burke
Kathleen C. Butler
John A. Carras
Sean F. Carrol
Karen Chadwick
Christine Zellar-Church
Cintas Corporation
Classic Business Products
Debra A. Clawson
James P. Colbert
Joseph A. Collins
John C. Colpean
Edward F. Cook
Mark and Lisa Cooney
Joseph Correnti
Nino A. Coviello
D. Augustus Straker Bar Association
John J. D'Alessandro
Michael A. Darby
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation
Frank DiGiacomo
Scott T. Doggett
Michelle Donovan
Dow Chemical Company Legal Library
Hon. H. Kevin Drake
Karen Du Brul
Barry H. Dubner
FD Hayes Electric Co.
Federal Bar Association of MI
James J. Fehrman
William L. Ferrigan
Douglass K. Fischer
Marc A. Fishman
Tiffany Foskey
Marga Franck
Virginia and John Frezell
Michael J. Gibson
Holly Glazier-Hicks
Jeremy Goodman
Steven B. Goolnick
Andrew Gozinsky
Richard S. Gravante
Randall Gregg
Hon. Roman S. Gribbs
Patrick Griffin
Grosshans Painting, Inc.
Jason J. Guari, esq.
John L. Hackman
Danielle Hall
Lisa Halushka
Scott Harrison
William H. Harsha
Christopher Hastings
Richard G. Hayhoe
Healthy & Fit Magazine
John C. and Nancy Heugel
Chris & Louise Holman
Steven Hughey
Ingham County Bar Association
Innovative Communications
Vivian Jackson-Boko
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss
Mary Pat Jaracs
W. Anthony Jenkins
E. Christopher Johnson, Jr.
Vincent E. Johnson
Khalid Kahloon
John Kane
Kenneth Kaplan
Kim Kauffman Photography, Inc
Lisa Kenney
Kent County Office of the Defender
Kevin A. Kelley Foundation (KAK)
Jonathan I. Knight
Kositchek's
Donna Kozik
Andrew Krause
The Kresge Foundation
Robert E. Krinock
Stephen P. Krupp
Robert S. LaBrant In Memory of Tom Downs
Lake Trust Credit Union
Lewis Langham
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Salvatore F. Lanza
Stuart Lazar
Helen N. Levenson
Liberty Mutual
Logicalis, Inc.
Ashley Lowe
Suzanne Margules Lowe
Lutz Electric Construction Co., Inc.
Gerald MacDonald
William I. MacDonald
Mahoney & Associates Inc.
Robert & Layne Maloney
Lawrence E. Manning
Salvatore Marabondo
Paul Marineau
Ann M. Marks
Kathy Ann Martin
Daniel Matthews
Catherine McCollum
Keeley A. McDonald-Riddle
Kevin T. McGraw
James C. McLaughlin
Richard D. McLellan
Michigan State University
Midstate Security
Hon. James E. Mies
Konstantinos I. Mikropoulos
Peggy L. Miller
David Mittleman
Hon. Donna T. Morris
Patricia T. Morris
Monty & Kelly Moyer
Maurice and Lisa Munroe
Mark A. Murphy
Brianne Myers
Sharon Nantell
Joseph N. Nelson
James & Sally Newton
Lawrence & Dianne Nicolette
I. Eric Nordan
Willette J. Northup
Kimberly O’Leary
Otis Elevators
John B. Parks
Robert A. Pecchio
Brian L. Petrequin
Stephen Pierpoint
Joseph J. Piperato III
Norman E. Plate
Lawrence Ploucha
Plunkett Cooney
Darin A. Poole
Brenda Popplewell
David L. Porteous
Darin Portnoy
Brian Potestivo
Keith A. & Gretchen Pretty
Hon. Mark D. Raven
Thomas C. Rawson
Kim & Dan Ray
Frank H. Reynolds
Gary A. Rhodes - Rhodes & Associates
Robert A. & Rosemary T. Richason
Dale Robertson
Lauren Rousseau
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schartow
Devin and Sheila Schindler
Kevin B. Scott
Donald G. Self
Stephanie Sewak
Dan and Colleen Sheaffer
Richard H. Shoemaker
Herbert Silver
Laura A. Simoldoni
John J. Smith
William D. Smith
Allen M. Soifer
Sandy & Howard Soifer
Paul and Candace Sorensen
Heather Spielmaker
State Employees Credit Union
H. William Stertz
Dr. Gerald E. Stopczynski
Bobbie Studwell
Ronald Sutton
Stevie J. Swanson
Kathy Swedlow and Erik Altmann
James B. Thelen & Kara Zech Thelen
Thrun Law Firm PC
TIAA
Nancy Totzke
Christopher R. Trudeau
Karen Truszkowski
Reginald M. Turner
James Vitrano
Robert C. von Gruben
Victoria Vuletich
L. Graham Ward
Judson Werbelow
David C. & Janice U. Whipple
Hon. Helene N. White
James M. Williams
Glen L. Ziegler