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Robert B. L. Murphy Society

The Wisconsin Historical Foundation honors individuals who benefit the Wisconsin Historical Society through deferred gifts with membership in the Robert B. L. Murphy Society. Murphy (1905-2001) was a founding member of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation and actively served on the Society's Board of Curators for forty-two years, serving as its president from 1958-1961. The Robert B. L. Murphy Society was established in his honor in 1998.

  • Anonymous (40)
  • George Affeldt, Jr.
  • Margaret Ahlgren
  • David H. & Nancy K. Aronson
  • Nancy M. Bauer & Helmut R. Bauer*
  • Ray and Hazel Bayley
  • Dr. Stephen J. & Dr. Miriam R. Bensman
  • Todd I. & Betty J. Berens
  • Willis and Ruth Bloedow
  • R. Jerome & Patricia A. Boge
  • Ann L. Bowles & Professor B. Dean Bowles
  • Thomas and Joyce Bruckner
  • George Nau & Eleanor A. Burridge
  • Robert W. Chase
  • Estate of Dr. Paul F. Cranefield*
  • E. David & Mary Jean Cronon
  • Dean Emeritus Scott M. Cutlip*
  • Jennifer Eager Ehle & Stephen P. Ehle
  • Estate of Mary Enerson*
  • Richard A. Erney
  • Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. & Barbara R. Fishel
  • Mark and Janet Gajewski
  • Dick Grum
  • Hugh F. & Edna H. Gwin
  • Lorenz Heim
  • Melinda V. Heinritz
  • Ann Bardeen-Henschel, M.D.
  • Jack O. Holzhueter
  • W. Pharis and Carolyn Horton
  • Mrs. Peter D. Humleker, Jr.
  • Susie Fritz Jablonic
  • Donna M. & Rasmus B. A. Kalnes
  • Joan B. Key
  • Irma Korbitz*
  • Ann L. Koski
  • Estate of Evelyn Krueger*
  • Roy C. & Anne H. LaBudde
  • Robert A. & Dorothy H. Luening
  • M. Lynn Main
  • Estate of Violet Eugenia Erickson Marans*
  • Eugene G. McLane
  • Ann M. McNeal
  • George H. Miller
  • Willis H. Miller
  • Peter J. & Lisa A. Moris
  • Dr. and Mrs. H. Nicholas Muller III
  • Robert B. L.* & Arabel Murphy*
  • Judy Nagel
  • Irene M. Newman*
  • Allan R. & Patricia K. Patek
  • Patricia Popple
  • Gregory Postles
  • Estate of Eleanor L. & David K. Radtke*
  • James S. & Ann Wartinbee Reeve
  • Irvin & Mary Sather
  • Martha M. Schmidt*
  • Ruth M. Schoenfeld
  • Donna J. Sereda
  • M. James & Joan L. Severa
  • Judith Siers-Poisson & Jean-Marc Poisson
  • Rod M. Starcke and Family
  • John C. Street
  • David R. Stucki
  • Dawn E. Stucki
  • Estate of Mary M. Swan*
  • Natalie A. Tinkham
  • Carol T. Toussaint
  • John B. Toussaint
  • Mrs. Harvey E. Vick
  • George L. Vogt
  • James A. Walz*
  • Laurie A. Wermter
  • Rev. Charles E. & Mrs. Ruth Werth
  • Carlyle H. Whipple (Hank)
  • Florence Whitefield*
  • Edwin P. & Barbara M. Wiley
  • Winifred Woodmansee*
  • Helen B. Wyman*
  • Estate of Myrtle N. Zache *
  • Estate of Reynold W. Zeller*
  • Robert S. Zigman

*Deceased members


Memorials Gifts

The families and friends of the individuals listed below generously directed memorial gifts to the Wisconsin Historical Foundation.

  • Vera Connors
  • Philomene T. Conway
  • Henry David Dahlquist
  • Gertrude C. McKinster Ehlers
  • Nancy and Ralph Inbusch
  • Barbara Kaiser
  • Edwin Karn
  • Robert Ledin
  • James McManus
  • Richard Mueller
  • Peter Mulrine
  • Arabel & Robert Murphy
  • Frederick I. Olson
  • Edyth Pence
  • Wiley Dixon Powell
  • William Proxmire
  • Daisy Pearl Quick
  • Olliver Reese
  • Raymond Roberts
  • Edwin R. Shannon
  • Almira and Allen Thomson
  • James A Walz
  • D. Russell and Helen R. Wartinbee
  • Arnold Weiss
  • William R. Wood
  • Gordon Young

Gift of Tribute

Gifts honoring the individuals listed below were given to the Wisconsin Historical Foundation.

  • Ellsworth and Dorothy Brown
  • Margaret Buller
  • Janet and Ted Finn
  • Suzanne Guinn and Michael Lange
  • Dennis Markos

DONORS TO THE COLLECTIONS Library-Archives
FY 2004-2005 Donors

  • Robert Ariail
  • Maxine Austin
  • Jane Ayer
  • Elizabeth Bardwell
  • Gordon H. Barland
  • Gordon Barland
  • Tom Barrett
  • Dorothy Blobner
  • Jerome Bolan
  • Burt Boyer
  • Paul Boyer
  • Bill Breihan
  • Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America
  • Richard Christianson
  • Pauline Farrell Clark
  • Gloria Coates
  • Jim Day
  • Pat Feltskog
  • Fighting Bob, Inc.
  • Frank Girard
  • Kathy Glander
  • Arthur Glick
  • Fred Grasley
  • Fran Grasley
  • Ralph Guettinger
  • Richard Haney
  • John T. Harrington
  • Charles E. Hawtrey
  • Merle Hayden
  • Christopher Hexter
  • Mrs. Ronald Hickson
  • Helen Hift
  • Highlander Research and Education Center
  • Lu Sparks Howe
  • Sandy Huffaker
  • Jamakaya
  • Duwayne Johnsrud
  • Margaret Keck
  • Mike Keefe
  • Frederick Kessler
  • Jim Kirchstein
  • Shirley Krug
  • Ellen Kuchta
  • Jerrold Kuntz
  • Simi Litvak
  • Staughton Lynd
  • David J. Marcou
  • Charles Marx
  • Willis H. Miller
  • Minnesota Historical Society
  • Mary Lou Munts
  • Pam Norvall
  • Vincent O'Connor
  • Kaye Olson
  • John Peters
  • Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Joan Popp
  • Ellen Proxmire
  • Public Relations Society of America
  • Fred Risser
  • Barry Rohan
  • Deborah Rufer
  • Warren J. Samuels
  • Denese Sanders
  • William Sanders
  • Don Sanford
  • Elizabeth Schlesinger
  • Joan Schneeberger
  • Brian Smith
  • Clark C. Smith
  • Georgia Snoke
  • Socialist Workers Party
  • James F. Spohn
  • Bernard Stein
  • John C. Street
  • Joanne Stuttgen
  • Dana Summers
  • Earl Thayer
  • Jerry Thornbery
  • Lawrence Towne
  • United States Student Association
  • George Vogt
  • Ann Waidelich
  • Jan Walker
  • Elizabeth Warner
  • Wisconsin Coalition Against Domesic Violence
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
  • Allen Young

Wisconsin Historical Museum Donors to the Collections

  • Dan Arndt
  • James J. Backhaus
  • Jean B. Backhaus
  • Linda Baumgarten
  • Barry Behringer
  • Sandra Behringer
  • Leslie A. Bellais
  • Paul Bernegger
  • Paul Bickford
  • Biodiversity Project
  • Delbert G. Birschbach
  • Kenneth M. Birschbach
  • Barbara L. Borns
  • William F.N. Brewster
  • Donald Bromeland
  • City of Burlington
  • Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes
  • F. Patrick Cousineau
  • Margie Cousineau
  • Kay Cowing
  • Veryl I. Crompton
  • Dane County Parks Department
  • Warren DeMunck
  • David HB Drake
  • David G. Dregne
  • David B. Driscoll
  • Leonard Dura
  • Robert Dura
  • Jeff Eagan
  • Patricia Earl
  • Jean Ellarson
  • Douglas Farmer
  • Suzanne Farmer
  • Jane Flisakowski
  • Dennis Franke
  • John Gerhardt
  • Joel B. Germond
  • Lucretia Ghastin
  • Larry Gilbertson
  • Rosella Gitter
  • James D. Goebel
  • Georgia A. Grahn
  • Green Bay Packers
  • Grice, Holdener, and Associates, Inc.
  • Ermin Hansen
  • Jennie Hansen
  • Trent Hanson
  • Randal Hedtke
  • Margaret Heise
  • David Hermanson
  • Ursula Hermanson
  • Mary Hilfiker
  • Ray E. Hilfiker
  • Virgil Hoff
  • Andrea L. Hoffman
  • Donald Huebner
  • Rozita Huebner
  • Caroline Imig
  • Jo Jean Kehl Janus
  • Carolyn J. Johnson
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Joan Jorstad
  • Terry Jorstad
  • Norman Julius
  • Susan Kilbride
  • James King
  • Mary King
  • Kingston Cemetery Association
  • Douglas Koepke
  • Kohler Foundation, Inc.
  • Kohler Police Department
  • Cheryl Korth
  • Ann L. Koski
  • Jan C. Kucher
  • Charlotte Larsen
  • Doris Larson
  • Thomas Larson
  • Thomas Lathrop
  • Gloria Laundrie
  • Tim Layeux
  • Esther Limberg
  • Harold Limberg
  • Robert Luening
  • Margaret Malmberg
  • Glen Marks
  • Leland Marks
  • Zelma Marks
  • Rodney Martin
  • Wesley Martin
  • Marilyn Martingilio
  • Ann S. Mathwig
  • Donald McHugh
  • Robert Mindy
  • Jerome E. Monson
  • Mount Mary College
  • Nebraska State Historical Society
  • Nancy Nelson
  • Stanley Nelson
  • Kris Nickel
  • Mark Nickel
  • Russel Oberstadt
  • Patrick O'Neill
  • Overture Center for the Arts
  • Genevra Partika
  • Irving Partika
  • Myron Peterson
  • Mark A. Pierquet
  • Pam Pierquet
  • Dan Purcell
  • Edwin Purcell
  • Brent Radke
  • Nancy Radke
  • John F. Reinemann
  • Anne Reynolds
  • James Roeber
  • Marc Rosenthal
  • Sara Lee Foods ( U.S.A. )
  • Elda Schiesser
  • Linda Schiesser
  • Victor Schneider
  • Maurita Sells
  • Tom Sells
  • Bernice Shallow-Goetz
  • Paul Short
  • Sara Short
  • Dale Sipple
  • Alois Soucheck
  • Robert Statz
  • Laverne Steinberg
  • Ronald Strommen
  • Edward Sullivan
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Norman Tonn
  • Stella Ward
  • Wingra Stone
  • Wisconsin Department of Environmental Services
  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Frank Wolf
  • Karen Wolf
  • Peter Wolf
  • Darlene R. York
  • John E. York
  • Ruth Young
  • Dennis Zemple
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