1897 Legacy Society

The 1897 Legacy Society recognizes alumni and friends of Bradley University who have included Bradley in their wills, estate plans, or life income arrangements.
Life income arrangements can include charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities, life insurance, or remainder interests in residences and farms.
The Legacy Society components complements our annual giving societies and allows the University to honor you as a member of a special group of benefactors. Nearly 700 have accepted membership since the Society was established in 1992. Members are noted in Bradley Magazine (formerly Hilltopics) with permission, invited to Founder's Day and other selected events, and receive an 1897 lapel pin to wear with pride.
For more information, please call Charlie Roy, Executive Director of Development, Planned Giving, at (309) 677-2241 or by email at [email protected] in the Office of Planned Giving.
Current Members:
- Nick Adkins*
- Jeff and Bonnie Alexander
- Elizabeth Roecker-Alt*
- Charles A. and Audrey (Limonta) Anderson
- Harold and Edith Anderson
- John and Lucy Anderson
- Frank Arceri*
- Jeff and Debby Arseneau
- John F. Bacilek
- Patrick and Eleanor Barron
- Allan and Lorie Bartel
- Charles W. Barton, Jr.
- Glen Barton*
- Elwin* and Phyllis Basquin
- Dr. Rathi K.* and Sikha Bhatacharya *
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard *ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ H. BogardÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ
- Donald E. Bohatkal
- John and Janice Bowman
- Daniel Brabec
- Dr. John R. Brazil
- Max G. Brittain, Jr.
- Robert W.* and Barbara B.* Brown
- Stephen and Janice Brown
- Tom Browning
- Charles and Susan Brunner
- Mr.* and Mrs.* Lewis J. Burger
- Mrs. Marilyn Ross Burton*
- Ms. Eleanor Bussell*
- Paul C. and Arlene A. Bute
- Helen C. Campbell*
- Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Camplin
- Mr. Richard C. Carraway
- Margaret L. Carter
- Howard and Sue (Keele) Carver
- Ruth G. Christensen*
- Ellen Sohn Clauss and Ronald N. Clauss
- Daniel Cleveland
- Larry Coffman
- Terry D. and Judith Q. Cole
- Drs. Kent and Nina* Collins
- June Shalkhauser Combs*
- Calvin C. and Joan M. Coolidge
- Dr. Carol A. Coram
- Edward L. Council and Bridget M. McManus
- Craig Crawford
- John and Marilyn Cross
- Steven Crowley
- Kelly J. Dace
- Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Daly*
- George Ann Danehower
- Ben and Judy Darrow
- Dr. James L. and Susan D. Davis
- L. Fred Davis*
- Maynard P. and Elsie M.* Davis
- Mrs. Sally Davis-Ekstrand*
- Byron and Sylvia* DeHaan
- Mike and Lori Dekeyser
- Dick and Judy DePalma
- Patrick and Nancy Dickerson
- Robert and Sharon Dixon
- Linneaus C. and Phae H. Dorman
- Burton Doty*
- Gillian Draper
- Dr. Lawrence A. Edler
- Richard L. Ehrhardt*
- James E. Eilers, PhD*
- Jack Errion*
- Dr. Kenneth E. and Susan Fahrenholtz
- Amy K. Fairfield
- Michael G. Fassett
- James* and Jane Fiala
- Bruce G. Fineman, M.D.*
- Sylvia* and Don Fites
- Calvin A.* and Sharrie A. Flaig
- Dianne M. Fleming
- Dr. Edward B. Flint and Ms. Jeannette L. Gruber
- Jay Fowler
- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Fox
- Anne L. Fredd
- Steven and Michelle Frey
- Kenneth* and Helen Furlong
- Carol L. Gard
- Leslie Holton Grigg Garvin
- Paul and Mary Genis
- Bruce Genthner
- Jack A. Gillespie *
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilmore *
- LeeAnn Ewan Glatz and Jay A. Glatz
- Dr. Donald and Cynthia Glover
- Jerry H. Gold
- Ken Goldin
- James L. Gould
- Tracy Gove
- Jeffrey R. Gower
- Ralph and June Grandle
- Kathleen Graffam
- Lee A.* and Marjorie A. Gramm *
- Lorraine Greenfield Trust
- Jeffrey H. Greenfield
- Norm Greisen
- Elizabeth G. Griebel*
- Lowell and Alice Grieves
- Robert E. Griswold*
- Barbara Bitting and Homer Gurtler*
- Betty J. Gustin*
- Dale and Joanne Hachtel
- Bradley D. Hahn
- Ron and Jean* Hall
- Russell P. and Michelle A. Hammond
- Michael P. Hailperin*
- Earl and Kay Harbaugh
- William F. Hardin*
- Mr. and Mrs. Jim * Harrer
- Ronald Harris*
- Richard B. Hasbrouck*
- Cliff * and Betty* Hasselbacher
- Steve and Rhonda Hasty
- Walter I.* and Joanne Haupt *
- Mr.* and Mrs.* James H. Hawk
- Jerry L. * and Marilyn J. Hayden
- Edward H. Heilbron*
- Richard and Norma Helfrich
- Dr. Patricia A. Helms
- Mr.* and Mrs. Jack R. Henderson
- Gary C. and Linda K. Henzl
- Ms. Laura Herlovich
- L. Frank Herman*
- Dr. Robert * and Rita* Hertenstein
- Paul H. Herzog
- C. Lee* and Wylma* Hinkley
- Phyllis and Jerry Hoeft*
- Robert G. and Margaret L. Hoerner
- Beth Huhn Hoffman
- Donald R. Holton
- David C. Horowitz *
- Ellen Harney Hosking
- Laurie* and Bud * HoweÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ
- Robert C. Howell, Jr. *
- Eva E. Hunsicker *
- Louetta Irwin*
- Jay and Joan Janssen
- Ruth A. Jass *
- Nancy A. Jaster
- Judith Rutkowski Johnson
- Robert A. Johnson *
- Vicki and Bob Johnson
- Jean Burd Jorden*
- Celesta S. Jurkovich and Lyle H. Schwartz
- Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Kamil
- Lynn and Wayne Kaplan
- Nadine and Ron Kapper
- William and Helen (Czachorski) Kasley
- Patricia Doran Kellogg
- Philip M. Kellstedt*
- Andrew H. Kilgus, M.D.
- Roger and Linda Kilpatrick
- Edward M.and MaryÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ King
- Donald G. Kissock
- Wayne Klasing
- Lou W. Klejbuk, Jr.
- David and Beverly Klintworth
- Ken * and Doris* Kolb
- Thomas E. Komnick
- Norma J.* and George J.* Kottemann
- Peter W. Koukola
- Jacquelyn Safford Krag
- John A. Krallmann
- Carol Kranz and David Gross
- Dennis and Carolyn Kroll
- Mr. and Mrs. Thadd (Ted) J. Krupa
- Lanny (Harold)*ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ and Kay Lamont
- Dr. Edward Lee and Cheryl Lamoureux and Family
- Rose Marie Schneider Langfels*
- Dick Lansing
- Dr. Barbara E. Lawrence
- Marion and Nathaniel Lazan
- Allison Lee
- John V.* and Mary M. Leengran
- Rodney W. Leininger*
- Sally Erikson Lewis
- Charles * and Jeanette Linn
- Duane H. and Sandra J.* Livingston
- Wiley G. Loveless, Jr.
- Richard W. Luehring
- Michael and Pamela Luenz
- Robert Louis Luzzo
- John and Merry Carey-Lynch
- Jesse Maberry
- Don* and Peggy Maisel
- Patricia A. Mandler
- Robert Marchetti and Melissa Leary
- Sam Marcosson
- Fred Marcussen
- James R. Martin*
- John* and Ruth* Martin
- David Mateer
- Robert W. McCallum*
- Kay W. McCurdy
- Gladys M. McDonald Estate
- Rose M. McKee
- Bob and Nanette* Meals
- Dean A. and Jo Ann Mefford
- H. Donald Merritt, Jr.
- Katherine M. Bredel Meyer
- Joan * and Ken Milani
- Gregory Miller
- Lee E.* and Sylvia R.* Monroe
- Mr. and Mrs. Gene Morse
- Eldred George Mugford*
- Louis I. Mund*
- Robert J. Neary*
- Anamarie Neumiller
- Matthew A. Noe
- Jean L. Nunnally
- Maureen S. O'Brien
- John and Joan O'Sullivan
- Doris L.* and James L.* Olson
- Nicholas R. Owens
- Mrs. Charles Pape*
- John P.* and Colleen* Pearl
- Gary M. Peplow
- Richard L. and Helene M. Peterson
- Warren W. Pinto
- John* and Diane Powell
- William K. Pratt
- Wayman L. Prince
- J. D. and Nancy Hinrichs Proehl
- C. Ray * and Roberta * Prussner
- Paula A. Prutsman
- James B. Quest *
- Wendy and Scott Racine
- James A. Radosevich
- Charles * and Marlyn Rager
- Robert M. and JoAnn C. Randolph
- Camille A. and Harold B. Ratcliff
- Jack Reding
- Paul Remack * and Linda Theuriet
- Warren G. Reynolds*
- Catherine H. Ricciardelli
- Deane E. Richardson*
- Joanne M. Richie
- John D. Riter
- Ms. Winifred Ward Roberts
- Richard and Lelia* Rocke
- Jill M. Roggeveen
- Michael Romano
- John A. and Candace E. Palmer Rosene
- Roger W. Roszell
- Mr.* and Mrs.* Samuel Rothberg
- John and Virginia Rowe
- Janice Heinz Ruggerio*
- Cindy Sample
- Steven R. Sappington
- S. Sherman Sarff
- Elizabeth Saunders
- William J. Scarpaci
- Susan Schlegel
- George R. and Elizabeth A. Schmelzle
- Mrs. Chuck (Bonnie) Schofield
- Pamela Schuck-Hoehne
- Robert R. Schwartz II
- Judith Schweickert*
- A.J. Mike Schwindenhammer
- John A.* and Eleanor L. Sears
- Richard W. Seiler
- Timothy F. Shea
- Delmar D. Sherwood*
- Jon A. Shipp and Teresa A. Shipp
- Pamela Shuck-Hoehne
- TDon and Ginny Sidlowski
- Toni Siegle*
- Howard M.* and Katherine J.* Simpson
- Anne and Thomas* Smith
- Mel Smith and Janet Carl Smith
- Myron M. Solomon
- Victoria R. Sparks
- James E. Sparling*
- Mrs. Evalyn L. Spinder
- George Allen Spurr
- Stephen T. and Carla R. Stark
- Jim K. Steen
- Wayne R. Stein*
- Darrell E. Sternberg*
- William and Deborah Stickelmaier
- Jacqueline Stoecker *
- Mr. and Mrs. William D. Strauss, Jr.
- Mr. Frederick J. Stuber
- James W. and Rosemary K. Stuttle
- Dr. * and Mrs. Conley I. Stutz
- Scotty and Gaye* Sullivan
- Fred D.* and Nancy* Sundstrom
- Harriett and Gene* Swager
- Eric S. Swartz
- Tucker and Maggie Szold
- Mr.* and Mrs. Robert M. Talbott
- Philip J. Teeter
- Patricia Tencza
- Quentin E. Thompson
- Stephen M. Tiber
- Donald Titus
- George* and Verna * Tozian
- Dr. John* and Marilyn* Trefzger
- Anthony and Lisa Troglio
- Harold D. Turley*
- John L. and Rosemary M. Ufheil
- David F. Ulmer
- Dale and Phyllis Unruh
- J. Michael VanZandt
- Robert O. and Karen M. Viets
- Harold A. 'Pete' Vonachen Jr.*
- Harold A. 'Rocky' Vonachen III
- Commissioner Leo von Scheben
- David C. Voss
- Sally Tippett Walker *
- Terry A. & Carol H. Walters
- Matthew D. Waugh
- Dr. Linda Marilyn Weaks
- Steve and Shelley Weaver
- Philip* and Rose Jaffe* Weinberg
- Susan G. Weinberg
- Max A. and Ardith Mehrings Wessler
- Joe * and Bernadette West
- Brian Lee Weyeneth
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weyhenmeyer Jr.
- Chuck Wharton
- Michael A. Willis
- Pamela S. Wilson
- Barbara J. and Nelson A. Wright III
- Donald* and Marsha Wurtlin Trust
- Murray and Rena Yeomans
- James Stephen and Linda Kay Yerbic
- Helen J. Young*
- Dr. Ray Zarvell*
- Ronald and Judith Ziemba
- Herbert W. Zobel*
- Willis E.* and Nancy Zobrist
- Charles J. Zordani
- Many who wish to remain anonymous
*Deceased as of April 22, 2022