2001 Major Donors

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation recognizes contributors in the following categories:

The New Century Society of The Thoracic Surgery Foundation

**	Heritage Society - Members have made provisions for an estate gift to The Foundation
**	Life Partners - $1,000,000 or more cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**	Life Grand Benefactors - $500,000 to $999,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**	Life Benefactors - $100,000 to $499,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**	Life Patrons - $50,000 to $99,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**	Life Sponsors - $25,000 to $49,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**	Life Members - $10,000 to $25,000 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
	Annual Member, Summa Cum Laude - $5,000 or more in a given year
	Annual Member, Magna Cum Laude - $2,500 to $4,999 in a given year
	Annual Member, Cum Laude - $1,000 to $2,499 in a given year
**	Annual Member, Contributors - Up to $999 in a given year
**	Denotes Life Circle

LIFE PARTNERS
Edwards Lifesciences ~
Eugene Braunwald, M.D. ~
Datascope Corp.
David S. Sheridan ~
The William J. von Liebig Foundation

LIFE GRAND BENEFACTORS
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery ~
The Graham Foundation ~
Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D. ~
(In tribute to Robert B. Wallace, M.D.)

LIFE BENEFACTORS
Frederick S. Cross, M.D. ~
The Cross-Jones Research & Educational Fund of Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio ~
Genentech, Inc. ~
Richard D. Jones, Ph.D. ~
Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneally * ++ ~
Medtronic, Inc.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ~
St. Jude Medical, Inc. ~
The Tauber Foundation
The Starr Foundation

LIFE PATRONS
Bio-Vascular, Inc. ~
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ~
Richard E. Clark, M.D. * ++ ~
Cardiac Surgical Group, MGH
Ethicon, Inc. ~
Heart & Lung Surgery Foundation ~
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Jamplis * ++ ~
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer * ++ ~
Sulzer Carbomedics Inc. ~
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace * ~
The Western Thoracic Surgical Association ~

LIFE SPONSORS
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Bell * ~
Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D. * + ~
Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University
Edgar L. Feinberg, M.D.
Kathryn Quadracci Flores, M.D. & Raja M. Flores, M.D.
David A. Fullerton, M.D.
George J. Magovern, M.D.
Mary C. Mancini, M.D. (In memory of Peter Louis Mancini)
Jack & Martha Matloff * + ~
Respironics, Inc. ~
David B. Skinner, M.D. + ~
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association ~
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr. * + ~
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
James M. Wilson, M.D.

HERITAGE SOCIETY
Richard E. Clark, M.D. * ++ ~
David A. Fullerton, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Jamplis * ++ ~
Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneally * ++ ~
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer * ++ ~
David S. Sheridan ~
Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D. ~ (In tribute to Robert B. Wallace, M.D.)
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr. * + ~
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace * ~
James M. Wilson, M.D.

LIFE MEMBERS
Abbott Laboratories Fund
Cary W. Akins, M.D. +
William C. Alford, Jr., M.D. * ~
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
W. Gerald Austen, M.D.
Dr. Carl L. Backer & Mrs. Julia Ford Backer
Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.
Arthur C. Beall, Jr., M.D. ~
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Bell * ~
John R. Benfield, M.D. * + ~ (In memory of Charlotte Benfield)
Lawrence I. Bonchek, M.D. * ~
Edward L. Bove, M.D.
Eugene Braunwald, M.D. ~
Gerald D. Buckberg, M.D. * ~
David B. Campbell, M.D. ~
Cardiac Surgery Associates, PA
Cardiac Surgical Associates, PA
Cardiac Surgical Group, MGH ~
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons of Ann Arbor, P.C. ~
Robert James Cerfolio, M.D. (In tribute to Dr. Robert David Cerfolio)
W. R. Chitwood, Jr., M.D. * ~
CHMC Cardiovascular Surgical Foundation
Richard E. Clark, M.D. * ++ ~
Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D. * + ~
John V. Conte, Jr., M.D.
Denton A. Cooley, M.D. * ~
CCCETS~
A. Robert Cordell, M.D. ~
Delos M. Cosgrove, III, M.D. * + ~
James L. Cox, M.D. * + ~
Frederick S. Cross, M.D. ~
Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University
Dr. and Mrs. James A. DeWeese ~
Richard N. Edie, M.D. ~
Robert G. Ellison, M.D. *
Elsevier Science Inc.
Richard & Jane Engelman * ~
L. Penfield Faber, M.D. * + ~
Edgar L. Feinberg, M.D.
Thomas B. Ferguson, M.D. *
Victor A. Ferraris, M.D., Ph.D.
Kathryn Quadracci Flores, M.D. & Raja M. Flores, M.D.
Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D. * + ~
Gregory P. Fontana, M.D.
Richard G. Fosburg, M.D. + ~ (In memory of David J. Dugan, M.D.)
Senator & Mrs. Bill H. Frist ~
David A. Fullerton, M.D.
Timothy J. Gardner, M.D. * ~
J. William Gaynor, M.D.
Farid Gharagozloo, M.D.
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
Scott M. Goldman, M.D.
The Graham Foundation ~
L. Michael Graver, M.D. ~
Frederick L. Grover, M.D. * ~
Frank L. Hanley, M.D.
Heart & Lung Surgery Foundation ~
Dr. & Mrs. George L. Hicks, Jr. ~
Alan D. Hilgenberg, M.D. ~
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M.D.
Stuart W. Jamieson, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Jamplis * ++ ~
Richard A. Jonas, M.D. +
Richard D. Jones, Ph.D. ~
The Joyce Foundation
George C. Kaiser, M.D. + ~
A. Hassan Khazei, M.D. ~
Shukri F. Khuri, M.D.
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D. * ++ ~
John Lamberti, M.D. * ~
Harold V. Liddle, M.D. * ++ ~
George G. Lindesmith, M.D. * ~
James W. Mackenzie, M.D. * ~
Joren C. Madsen, M.D. ~
George J. Magovern, Sr., M.D. * ~
James Royal Malm, M.D.
William T. Maloney * ~
Mary C. Mancini, M.D. (In memory of Peter Louis Mancini)
Dr. & Mrs. James B.D. Mark * ~
Douglas J. Mathisen, M.D. ~
Jack & Martha Matloff * + ~
Constantine Mavroudis, M.D. ~
P. Michael McFadden, M.D. * ~
Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneally * ++ ~
Joseph S. McLaughlin, M.D. ~
Roger B.B. Mee, MB, ChB, FRACS
Bert W. Meyer, M.D. * ~
Joseph I. Miller, Jr., M.D.
Steven L. Mourning, FAHP
Gordon F. Murray, M.D. *+ ~
John L. Myers, M.D.
Stanton P. Nolan, M.D. ~
Northern Illinois Heart Institute
The Northern Trust Company
William Nugent, M.D. (In tribute to Ralph Alley, M.D.)
John L. Ochsner, M.D. * ~
Mark B. Orringer, M.D. * ~
G. Alexander Patterson, M.D. * ~
Dr. and Mrs. Gosta Pettersson
Dr. & Mrs. Richard N. Pierson, III
Richard L. Prager, M.D. ~
Joe B. Putnam, Jr. M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer * ++ ~
Michael J. Reardon, M.D. (In tribute to Jack M. Matloff, M.D.)
W. Steves Ring, M.D.
Eric A. Rose, M.D.
Valerie W. Rusch, M.D. +
Robert M. Sade, M.D.
Baljit Sharma, M.D.
Thomas G. Sharp, M.D.
Richard J. Shemin, M.D. * ~
David S. Sheridan ~
Dr. Peter & Mary Kay Sidell ~ (In tribute to Dr. Robert B. Wallace)
David B. Skinner, M.D. + ~
Mark Slaughter, M.D.
Frank C. Spencer, M.D.
Thomas L. Spray, M.D.
Quentin R. Stiles, M.D. * ++ ~
The Starr Foundation
Valavanur A. Subramanian, M.D.
Thoralf M. Sundt, M.D. (In memory of Dwight C. McGoon, M.D.)
Francis P. Sutter, D.O., FACS
James F. Symes, M.D. ~
Stanley K.C. Tam, M.D. ~
Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D. ~ (In tribute to Robert B. Wallace, M.D.)
The Tauber Foundation
Christo I. Tchervenkov, M.D. * ~ (In memory of Ivan C. Tchervenkov)
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Tector ~
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery at University of Virginia ~
David F. Torchiana, M.D. ~
Gregory D. Trachiotis, M.D.
Bernard L. Tucker, M.D. * ~
Donald A. Turney ~
UCSF Cardiac Surgery
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics ~
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr. * + ~
USC Cardiothoracic Surgeons ~
Gus J. Vlahakes, M.D. ~
Jennifer D. Walker, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace * + ~
Henry L. Walters, III, M.D.
Benson R. Wilcox, M.D. * ++ ~
James M. Wilson, M.D.

* Charter Member
~ Founding Member
+ Board Member
++ Director Emeritus