90th Birthday Wishes
Our birthday card was presented to Mr. Mandela on the occasion of the inauguration of the Bishopscourt academic facility for the Mandela Rhodes Scholars in Cape Town.
Dear Madiba,
the Board of the
Friends of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation
and the following supporters
are honored to wish you
a very Happy Birthday
as we celebrate your vision and leadership
in education and development in southern Africa.
We are proud to continue working alongside you in your 90th year.
Portrait by Marie B. McLendon
Douglas Barnes & Kathryn Lassila, Hamden, CT John & Rebecca Board, Chapel Hill, NC
Derek & Joan Benham, New York, NK Paul Blustein, Bethesda, MD
Edward Boyda, Brooklyn, NY Brad Braxton, Nashville, TN
Luke & Sarah Bronin, Hartford, CT William Carmichael, Greenwich, CT
Ana Unruh Cohen, Washington, DC David Cohen, Charlotte, NC
Thomas Cotton & Melinda Lee Howe, Wash., DC Ginny and Sean Day, Greenwich, CT
Sean David, Providence, RI Jennifer DeVoe, Portland, OR
"Eric and Barabara Dobkin send their best wishes to honor Mr. Mandela."
Eric & Barbara Dobkin, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. John O. Downing, Morristown, NJ Jim & Debbie Fallows, Washington, DC
David Frederick, McLean, VA Mariette Geldenhuys, Ithaca, NY
Allison Gilmore, New York, NY Graham Glenday, Durham, NC
Ian Glenday, Washington, DC Nigel Glenday, New York, NY
Timothy Gokey, Kansas City, MO Dan Goodgame & Marcia Logan, Westport, CT
Cyrus Habib, Kirkland, VA Ann M. Haight, Oxford, UK
Adam Helfer, Columbia, MO Benjamin & Cristine Heineman, New Canaan, CT
Seth Hendon, New York, NY Robert Hellwarth, Santa Monica, CA
Storrs Hoen, Brisbane, CA Will Hunter, Cavendish, VT
Justin Huscher, Chicago, IL Deborah Jacobs, Brookline, MA
Ronald Katz & Elizabeth Roth, Palo Alto, CA Richaerd Klass, Arlington, VA
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl Wudunn, Scarsdale, NY
Anonymous gift in the honor of Mr. Stephen Larimer of Portland, OR
Jessica Leight, Northampton, MA Henry & Audrey Levin, New York, NY
George & Frances Ligler, Potomac, MD Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Redwood City, CA
George & Carolyn Mackenzie, Washington, DC Michael & Ellen Martin, New York, NY
Michael McCaffery, Hillsborough, CA Murray L. McLachlan, Redwood City, CA
Kathleen McLaughlin, Toronto, ON Bill McLendon & Danielle Fontaine, Greenville, SC
Charles Merdinger, Incline Village, NV Linda Merrell, Poughkeepsie, NY
Breon & Lynda Mitchell, Ellettsville, IN Robert & Grayce Mitchell, Seattle, WA
Saurabh Mittal, Charlotte, NC
“With thanks for your role in sponsoring the extraordinary Mandela Rhodes Foundation” John & Barbara Morrison, Evanston, IL
George B. Munroe, New York, NY Jasmine Nahhas di Florio, New York, NY
Andre C. Namphy, New York, NY
“President Nelson Mandela - onward!” Bryce Nelson, Pasadena, CA
“Wishing us many more years of your inspiration and example. Happy Birthday!”
Trevor S. Norwitz, New Rochelle, NY
Errol Norwitz & Ann Hess, Madison, CT Van Doorn Ooms, Bethesda, MD
Raymond Paretzky & Karen Zacharia, Wash., DC Richard & Catherine Pedersen, Omaha, NE
Edward & Cami Pelz, Berlin, NY Suzanne R. Perles, Manhattan Beach, CA
Steven Pfeiffer, Washington, DC John R. Price, Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Radtke & Mary Abraham, New York, NY Scott & Linda Rafferty, Washington, DC
Joseph Ross, New York, NY Michael Sandel, Brookline, NY
David G. Schatz, New Haven, CT Mr. & Mrs. Schoeman, Somers, NY
John Sears, Boston, MA Ralph O. Simmons, Champaign, IL
Edson W. Spencer, Wayzata, MA Rick Stengel, New York, NY
Megan Steven-Wheeler, Norwich, VT Lewis Suzman & Katherine Switz, Seattle, WA
Michael Thaddeus, New York, NY Byron R. Trauger, Nashville, TN
John Tye, New Orleans, LA
"Mr. Mandela, you are an inspiration to us all!" Craig Underwood, Breckline, MA
Melinda Wells, Greenwich, CT Alfred & Julia Wurglitz, Gaithersburg, MD
Samuel & Lauren Zurier, Providence, RI
The Board of the Friends of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (USA) warmly thanks all these supporters, as well as all our supporters who prefer to remain anonymous, for helping us mark this very special event.