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Chandler School is deeply grateful to its First Families for their leadership gifts in support of the Commitment to Excellence: Chandler South Campus Campaign. As of mid-October 2012, Chandler School has raised nearly $12 million toward the $15 million goal for phase one of the Campaign, nearly 90% of which was donated by the 84 First Families listed below. First Families is a designation of honor reserved for
Chandler Circle
($1,000,000 and above) S. Allan Johnson and Marguerite L. Johnson
1950 Circle
($500,000 to $999,999) The Ahmanson Foundation R. Christian B. Evensen Gregory D. and Jennifer W. Johnson Anne and Jim Rothenberg Trevessa and James Terrile
Armada Circle
($250,000 to $499,999) Anonymous Wendy and Zhen Fa Han Mary Grace and Peter Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Neithart
Point Circle
($100,000 to $249,999) Lauren Craig Albrecht ’85, Michael Albrecht and Family Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey C. Arrobio ’83 William Bauman ’79 Kevin Boumajdi and Alice Hsu The Chang Family Mr. and Mrs. David Chao Class of 2018 and 2020 Family The Freer Family Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Johnston Frank and Victoria Hu Family Mark Kim and Jeehyun Lee Bob Kohorst, Shelley Allen, Kevin Kohorst ’99 and Matthew Kohorst ’03 David and Leon Kuo The LaBarge Family
families who stepped forward early with gifts of $50,000 for more to help make the critical investment in Middle School facilities and gymnasium and to pay off the resulting debt from construction. Their names are permanently inscribed on the South Campus donor wall. At a recent dinner in celebration of Chandler’s First Families, Head of School John Finch described how the group got its name: We call you our “First Families,” and the story of why we do that is worth repeating here. In 1957, when Tom Chandler realized he needed to move his fledgling school to a new campus in order to prosper, he gathered his small parent group together, looked them in the eye and said ‘What can you do to help
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First Families Helen and Philip Leong Ken and Laura Liang Gloria and Frank Lin The Madden Family Debbie and Thomas Mitchell Anna-Christine and Christopher Rising ’83 Sharon and Nelson Rising The Rivas Family Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rothenberg Mr. and Mrs. John L. Rouse Ted and Lori Samuels Kathy and Karl Swaidan Allen and Annie Teng Marianne and Matt Wright ’74 CHS ’78
Tower Circle
($50,000 to $99,999) Ashwin and Sushma Adarkar Anonymous (2) Monte and Meghan Baier Joseph Balthazar Bob and Tamara Bowne Family Drs. Dale Daniel and Sharon Yee Michelle and Steven Delarosa Karle and Rick Dickerson Kay and Alex Durairaj
this school grow?’ Their overwhelming response is why we are here today on this piece of property. When the capital campaign for the South Campus was first launched, we realized that our need at this juncture of our history is no less critical to the success and mission of Chandler School and we asked for at least 100 families to come forward with gifts or pledges of at least $50,000. The response to that request has been no less amazing. Fundraising continues for phase one, including a handful of naming opportunities starting at $150,000 for several areas of the campus. For more information, please contact Director of Development Laura Dicovitsky at ldicovitsky@chandlerschool.org or 626-795-9990.
Chris and Sarah Dusseault Douglas and Melanie Frey Dr. Gabriel Gamboa and Yasmin Gamboa Wende and Jon Headley Dr. Ray Hsiao and Dr. Jenny Wu Karianne and Scott Johnson Teiji and Stephanie Kawana Family Ronald and Gladys Kong The Kuwada Family Nathaniel Dash Lam Linda Chang and Gary Lee Stanley Liu and Yuen Fang Lucia and Ben Logan Dick and JoAnn Longwell Dr. Michael Luu and Janel Kyung Luu Joyce Mitamura ’80 Andrea and Sean Moriarty Mr. and Mrs. William E. Myers Jr. ’75 Tom and Ali O’Brien Family Lisa and Carlos Rico David and Masami Robson David and Vicky Rogers Family Mark and Tomoko Schmidt John Sih and Susan Kam Kristin and Tim Smith Karin ’85 and Sean Stellar Roger W. Stephens Dr. George Sun and Mrs. Zehra Sun Ian Tien and Family Steve, Joyce, Brian and Amanda Tsai The Tyson Family Mihaela and Clayton Varga Chris ’81 and Lena Waldheim Dr. John Wan, Dr. Luning Chen, Dylan Wan, Daisy Wan Dr. Thomas Wu and Dr. Helen Lai Raymond and Mary Yen Saori and Fred Yue