The Founders Society recognizes donors for cumulative lifetime giving of $100,000 and greater. Members of this prestigious group have shown a deep commitment to the mission and vision of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences. Their gifts induct them as a lifetime member of the Founders Society.
Criteria
- Cumulative lifetime giving of $100,000 and greater.
- Gifts can be made in support of any DMU college, program, fund or university event.
- If a gift enables a donor to meet the minimum giving threshold of $100,000, it must be completed within five years of the initial pledge.
- Corporate matching gifts are counted for an individual’s membership in the Founders Society.
Eligible Gift Types
- Cash
- Pledges
- Gifts in Kind (With Documentation)
- Stock
- Soft Credit for Current Spouse (With Documentation)
- Documented Planned Gifts
Donor Recognition and Opportunities for Engagement
Founders Society membership includes the following:
- Lifetime membership in the Founders Society.
- Name included on the Alumni Wall digital display.
- Publicity and acknowledgment (at donor’s discretion) of gifts and the progress or related accomplishments of gift impact.
- A congratulatory message from the DMU Board of Trustees.
- Opportunities to interact with other philanthropists of similar capacities.
- Stewardship reports demonstrating how each donor’s philanthropic contributions are benefiting the university.
- Exclusive communication from DMU senior leadership.
- Special invitation to all premier DMU events.
- Subscription to the DMU Magazine.
Founders Society Members
- Kenneth Adams, D.O.’83, and Adrienne Adams
- Mary E. Adams
- Patricia Aldrich
- William G. Anderson, D.O.’56
- Larry Baker, D.O.’77, and Lori Baker
- Bako Pathology Services
- Bankers Trust
- Nicholas W. Bartz, D.O.’81
- Barry Braver, D.O.’79, and Celia L. Sroka, D.O.’79
- Traci Bush, M.S.P.T.’95
- Benjamin D. Byers, D.O.’01, and Debra A. Byers
- Naresh Chandan, D.O.’92, and Ritu Chandan, D.O.’95
- Nicholas R. Conway, D.O.’61
- William Cruzen, D.O.’76, and Carla Cruzen
- Aletha Tente Dawson
- Dorothy M. Diener, D.O.’47
- John B. Dolven, D.O.’63
- Howard C. Doughty, D.O.’76, and Susanne Doughty
- Bernard M. Feldman, D.O.’80, and Ava R. Feldman, D.O.’83
- Kathleen Graney Finkenauer
- Foundation for Educational Excellence
- Angela and Thaddeus Franklin
- Leonard Fronton, D.O.’66
- Stanley C. Gallagher, D.O.’76, and Joyce Gallagher
- James German, D.O.’70
- Thomas Gleason, D.O.’81, and Martha Gleason
- Murray Goldstein, D.O.’50
- Robert Good, D.O.’77, and Brenda Good
- James A. Grekin, D.O.’62
- Paul Groben, D.O.’75, and Jean Groben
- Watson A. Gutowski, D.O.’58, and Catherine A. Gutowski
- James T. Haffenden, D.O.’52
- Marcia Hammers, B.H.A.’88, and Gary Hammers
- Bernard E. Herbert, D.O.’34
- Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
- Iowa Medical Society Foundation
- Iowa Osteopathic Educational Foundation
- Tad Jacobs, D.O.’81, and Kathy Jacobs
- Aram Janigian, D.O.’63, and Susie Janigian
- Donald Janower, D.O.’67, and Barbara Janower
- David Kapaska, D.O.’86, and Mary Ann Kapaska
- Fred N. Katz, D.O.’66
- Josephine B. Kloetzly, D.O.’27, and Paul R. Kloetzly
- Frank M. Kneussl, Ph.D.
- Anthony C. Korvas, D.O.’69, and Cathy A. Korvas
- Richard Kotz, D.O.’56
- Dr. Byron E. and Johanna D. Laycock
- Madelyn M. Levitt
- Ralph Levy, D.O.’60
- Erika Linden and Randy Thompson
- Robert Lowry, D.O.’61
- McAninch Corporation
- Gordon E. Meaney
- MercyOne Des Moines
- Alvin Miller
- Anna Miller
- Maryam Moghaddam, D.O.’84, and Masoud Moghaddam, Ph.D.
- Roger D. Monsour, D.O.’63, and Barbara Harken Monsour
- Erna abd Steve Morain
- Paris N. Munroe, D.O.’39
- Ralph A. Olsen
- John and Mary Pappajohn
- Glenn C. and Dorothy V. Petersen
- Richard T. Pitts, D.O.’73, Ph.D., and Colleen O’Connor, CRNA
- Polk County Board of Supervisors
- Marvin A. and Rose Lee Pomerantz
- Harold S. Powell, D.O.’57, and Marion Powell
- Prairie Meadows
- Quad City Osteopathic Foundation
- Mary A. Radia, D.O.’81, and Suku Radia
- J. Anthony Rakowski, D.O.’05
- Kendall Reed
- Stephen Richards, D.O.’74, and Janice Richards
- Norman Rose, D.O.’63, and Dee Ann Rose
- Paul L. Ruza, D.O.’56
- Joseph J. Ryno III, D.O.’76, and Sue C. Ryno
- Scott Schmidt
- William R. and Lelia Schulz
- Maurice J. Schwartz, D.O., 1933, Elliott R. Schwartz, D.O., 1973,
- and Pamela J. Shanklin, MHI. FABQAURP
- SEI
- Myrtle Hohl Staley
- Harry A. Stenzel, D.O.’63
- Student, Class of 1968
- Fred Tente, D.O.’48
- Eugene L. Timmons, D.O.’59
- Lowell L. Troester, D.O.’54
- U.S. Bank
- UnityPoint Health – Des Moines
- The Waldinger Corporation
- Michael Witte, D.O.’77, and Linda Witte
- Sue and Art Wittmack
- Frank A. Wojciechowski, D.O.’75
- James R. Woodmansee, D.O.’44, and Lorna Woodmansee
- Russell M. Wright, D.O.’29
- Patricia M. Yungclas