Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society recognizes special individuals and couples who have included The National World War II Museum in their estate plans. These gifts support our mission to preserve and share the history of the American experience during World War II. The Museum would like to thank these Legacy Society members for their generous support.
Nearly three decades after Ambrose’s original vision to build a national D-Day museum, the National World War II Museum stands as a testament to his epic dream. Now, you can forever be a part of this legacy.
You become part of this distinguished group when you include The National World War II Museum in your will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance, or create a life-income gift.
Let us know!
Please let us know if you’ve included a gift for The National World War II Museum. Providing us with documentation is the best way to ensure that your gift is used in the way you intend.
As a member of Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society, you will receive:
Recognition on a Donor Wall in the Museum and in our Annual Report (with your permission)
Invitations to special events and programs
The reassurance that you are defending freedom for future generations by keeping the lessons of WWII alive
Our Legacy Society Members
Maj. Michael Abrams, USAF (Ret.)
Brian and Donna Ace
Ron and Karen Adams
Barbara S. Akins
IMO Donald S. Akins
Fred and Ida Aquilina
Frank Arian
Robert J. and Maureen R. Avina
IMO & IHO Robert C. Bogash and Charles W. Hendershott
Mary N. Bailey
IMO G. C. Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bailey
Alfred J. Barbano Jr.
IMO Irene R. Barbano
David D. Barrett
Jerilyn Batina
Marikay Batina
IMO Jerome R. Batina
Eugene Becker
Thomas Becker and Cheryl Hart
Justin M. Bein
James and Peggy Beisner
Ronald A. Bell
James A. Beshai
David Wesley Ewell Black, MAJ, USA (Ret.)
B.J. and Becky Bowers
Christopher Brancato
Edward Brayman and Sparre Strand
IMO Dean Strand, Leroy Strand, and Donald L. Brayman
Robert and Lenore Briskman
Charles Neil Bullock
IMO Charles Brantley Bullock, WWII Seabee, Mt. Olive, NC
Jeff and Amy Burg
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Busch
Captain Carroll J. Campbell
Nicolette Cardillo
IMO Nicholas William Cardillo and John Lattanzio
Candace Caylor
IMO Donald Caylor
Alfred J. and Jamie P. Chilson
James F. Clarke
David Cole
Susan and Gerald Connor
IMO Joseph A. Ballard, USMC
Jim Cooney
Steven R. and Laura A. Corbett
Cathy Cosenza
IMO Corporal Louis A. Cosenza, USMC, WWII
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cowan
Gail P. Cox
IMO Everett A. Smith, Pvt.,
11th Airborne Service, WWII
Michael and Catherine Crane
Bryan Culp
Thomas M. Czekanski
Arthur Q. Davis Jr.
Susan Demorsky
IMO Walter Demorsky
Allen E. Dewitt
IMO Alvin E. and
Geraldine K. Dewitt
Ray Doss
Wm. Craig Dubishar
Walter H. Duke Jr.
Michael A. Ehrman
Gretchen S. Ellis
Roland C. Emmanuele
Patricia “Trish” Eubanks
Ronald Falciano
Charles Faught
Dawn Ilene Faulkner
Gladys Feijoo
Col. & Mrs. Thomas G. Fierke, USA
Paul Forde
IMO John McAllister Forde
Jay H. Frankel
Nancy J. Fraze
IMO CPL Weldon F. Kocher
Peter N. French
George T. Froming
Norman and Margaret Gauthreaux
Ted Gerber
Alisa and Jon Giulietti
Stephen Glassey
IMO Maj. John R. Glassey
Nancy M. Goettman
IMO Father 2nd Lt. Andrew T. Goettman, Navigator B-17 Bomber
Christine M. Gray
IMO Wesley N. Pettigrew
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Greene Jr.
Karen J. Greene
IMO Sgt. Donald Thomas Greene
Glenn Greenwell
Jack R. Gross
IMO SSgt. Herbert Gross
Dr. Alicia Hahn and
Mr. Scott Hahn
IMO Laura A. Hinrichs
Carol Halicki
Thomas and Charlene Hand
Michiel J. Hanou
Ned J. Hart
Nancy L. Hartman
Sharon K. and Terry O. Hartshorn
Michael G. Harwood
IMO Jason David Harwood
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hayes
Ned and Mary Haylett
Don Heidrich
Ross R. Hempstead
David Martin Hendrick and
Stephanie Nigh Hendrick
Edward J. Hill
Madlyn and Paul Hilliard
Nelson S. Hoffman
Kristine Homan
Jordan Hornstein
Joseph and Carda Horton
IMO Bernard Horton, Aron Seibel, and Oliver P. Baughman
Michael F. Huebner, LTC, USA (Ret.) & Carol A. Huebner, COL, USA (Ret.)
IHO and IMO our Fathers Floyd C. Huebner, USA WWII and Alfred J. Isaac, USN WWII
Richard and Wanda Hurd
Col. Richard Hutchins, USAF
(Ret.)
William J. Hyde
Michael C. Jacobi
Jeffrey Jacobson
Louise M. James
Tyrone M. Jamison
IMO David S. Moore
Charles L. and Janet K. Jarvie
David and Patricia Jernigan
William and Story John
Byron R. Johnson
IHO Major Thomas R. Johnson
Jr. and 1st Lt. Stewart
Kenneth Johnson
Arthur T. Jones
Rodger and Deborah Jones
IMO Rodger Wayne Jones, WWII
Jeffrey Jordan
Paul Bernard Karas
Drs. Peter and Candance
Kissinger
Dot Klock
Robert and Mary Ann Koncz
Luke Kontgas
Michael R. Korber
Gretchen D. Krueger
Victor Harold Krulak Jr.
Gary J. Kuhar
Peter Lang
Roy H. Larner Jr.
Cheryl Laser
Leo Laskowski
Mrs. Henry (Louise) A. Leander
Oscar Lewis
Tim and Elizabeth Lewis
IMO Floyd B. Lewis and Ralph Wilson
Stephen and Cindy Linder
John S. and Cynthia J.
Lindstedt
Mr. Lou Linxwiler
Sherry A. Lowry
Kearby Lyde
Anthony and Claudia Madrigale
IMO SGT Anthony J. Madrigale, US Army
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Maerz
IMO Philip Edmund Allen, PFC
Louis Magnotti
IMO William Magnotti
Jane Mance
Dr. & Mrs. Michael R. Matson
Thomas and Susan May
Patricia F. Mayfield
IMO Earl Everett Mayfield Sr., US Army, WWII
George A. McCalpin
Adrianne McClenton
Robert and Susan McCollum
Robert E. McWhirter
George Meierhofer Jr.
IMO George F. Meierhofer, WWII Veteran
Suzanne and Michael Mestayer
Richard and Lynn Meyers
IMO WWII Veterans Douglas
W. McIlhenney and Lt. Commander James J. Meyers
Hebert Miller and Heide Netherton
Dr. Judith A. Monte
Carole A. Montre-Sand
Glenn A. Mueller
David E. Nagle
IMO Edward G. Nagle
Dr. Michael J. Napoliello
Myrtis and Robert Nims
Lawrence Nothdurft
IMO Milton H. (Funny) Nothdurft
Joseph O’Dowd and Diana Maria Alcazar-O’Dowd
Cheryl Oliver
IMO John Everett Oliver Jr.
Scott and Lynne Olsen
Jane and Ronald L. Olson
Eileen Owsiany
Carol Palmisano
Mary B. Parker
IMO Robert B. Parker
James C. Parrie and Sheila J. Parrie
IHO Cpl. William Kenyon, RAF
Jeanne E. Parsons
IMO Edgar A. “Bud” Parsons,
USA “The Fighting 69th”
Drs. David J. and Marti E. Peck
IMO 1st Lt. Clifford J. Peck,
USAAF 111th TRS–KIA Sicily 1945
Aimee Pergalsky
William and Nancy Perocchi
IMO CAPT Andrew Haldane, USMC
Mary W. Pless
Lewis A. Post
Kelley Price
Mr. Robert Prior
Diane Reese
IMO A. Willard Reese
Garth T. Reid
Marlene G. Reinecke
IMO Walter M. Reinecke
Darla K. Renbarger
Thomas N. Robinson
Sylvia Tauzy Rodriguez-Schwarz
Mary Anne Rohde
IMO Stephen D. Rohde
Paul D. Ross Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Rowe
Urban G. Rump
Andrew Salmon and Judy Johnson
Rick K. Scheffel
Joanne M. Schivley
Jean Schlenker
Dr. Gwen Schneider
John Seck
Joseph G. Seck
Robert E. Severson Jr. & Mary
R. Severson Trust
IMO Robert E. Severson Sr.
and John W. Schild
Arthur R. Sharp
Dr. Margaret A. Sharp
IHO Staff Sergeant David
Sharp, WWII Veteran
Beth K. Shaw
Robert V. Siebel
Marc and Cathy Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Reagan C. Smith
Saundra & Peter Spilotro
IMO Herbert H. Macknick
Gail and David Spivack
IMO Robert Gates DeWeese
William J. Stafford
IMO William H. Stafford, Lt. Col.
Betsy A. Standafer
IMO David Veter, John Frederick Hoppes, and Robert DeVore
Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Stanley
James V. Steffan
George Stemmons
Frank and Paulette Stewart
Richard G. Stoddard
Val and Julie Stokes
Ward Sullivan
George E. Talarski
Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor
Taube Family
Thomas C. Terrell III
Gary and Linda Thomas
Lovick P. Thomas VI, MD, FACR
IMO Major Lovick P. Thomas V
Jeri L. Tillman
Nathan L. Todd
Joseph and Rhonda Trader
James and Pattie Tye
Florence T. Upson
IMO David Richardson Upson
Clare G. Vanderbeek
Vincent Vasil
IMO Major Leon N. Vasil
Dr. Mayme Kathy Volanty
IMO Blaine L. Hufnagle
Karen Walk
IMO Dr. Gene Geisert
Bruce E. Wamsley
Curt S. Wary and
Kathleen R. Vogt
Keith Wentzell
Col. Hugh West and Mrs. Lauren West
IMO Seymour Schertz
Kent Westmoreland
IMO George and Margaret Westmoreland
Ronald and Kathy Whitcomb
Cherry Whitley
Christine T. Whitman
Dr. Tyron S. Wieland
Chris and Susan Williamson
IMO Susan H. Williamson
Frank G. Wilson
IMO Charles Wilson Jr., 282
Combat Engineer Battalion
Turner Wingo and Gloria Wingo
Col. William G. Yarborough
Ronald M. Yarrington
Hank Zachry
Herbert Zinn
And Five Donors Who Wish to
Remain Anonymous
We remember with special gratitude the individuals whose legacy gifts to The National WWII Museum have been realized.
The 801st 492nd Bombardment Group Association
The 86th ‘Black Hawk’ Infantry Division Organization, Inc.
Anne Anthony
IMO Robert J. Hanbury
Patricia Ann Jean Barile
IHO her parents, Antheny A. and Ethel T. Barile
John and Virginia Bettencourt
Sylvia Bezek
Thomas J. Billings
Rita Mary Bobin
Robert Stevenson Boyd
Abdon J. and Mary Eileen Bray
Richard L. Brown
CCS USN Pearl Harbor 1941
& Signing of Treaty 1945
Robert Burness
Waldo C. and Arabelle J. Burnett
Edward P. Camp
Daniel Castner
CBI Veterans-California Group
Judith K. Chamberlin
Robert Oliver Cole and Lucille Bishop Cole
Marjorie Monroe Colomb
Margaret V. Colvin
Josephine Comodo
Jo Ann Corey
Leslie H. Cox
IMO 2nd LT. Howard L. Cox Jr.,
USAAC (1924–1944)
Dixie L. Cranford
Robert W. Dannelley
Betty B. Dettre
IHO Major General Rexford H. Dettre Jr.
Richard Dorney
Arthur J. Elchek
Nathan S. Elder
Erwin Charles Ellerbeck Jr.
Carol L. and A.H. Feige Jr.
Carolyn Davis Fernandez
IMO Capt. Julian M. Fernandez
Bertram E. Fetter
Henry and Audrey
Fontcuberta
Captain and Mrs. John Ford
Jean Hirsch Frank
IMO Charles W. Frank Jr., WWII Veteran
Dayton G. Geary
Jerome Gewirtz
Dr. Morris W. Goldberg
Peter Gordon Gray and Julaine Roy Gray
John H. Griffith II, US Merchant Marine
William R. and
Dorothy W. Griffiths
Jewell Watson Grima
IMO Thomas J. Grima
Thaddeus Gruszecki
Col. Carolyn A. Guertin (Ret.)
Henry Francis Gurney
Ruth Henrietta Haase
IMO Calvin (Kelly) Haase
George Robert Hamrdla
Fiske Hanley II
Aaron M. “Rick” Harris
Judy Harris
Lawrence C. Harris
Jackie Hollis Henderson
Genevieve G. Higgins
Laura A. Hinrichs
Anita Mae Hirsh
William and Norma Hise
Grace O’Connor Hogan
Harry H. Howard
William Daniel Huddleston
Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Jaffe
Raymond Gene Jensen
Raymond C. Johnson
Sophia Kallelis
IMO her husband Theodore S. Kallelis
Jackie M. Kasten
Sidney Katz
Carol R. Kemmerer
Col. Richard Adrian Kennison
Charles R. Kilbourne
Paul J. Kranick
IMO Frank E. Kranick, MIA 1945
Raymond J. Kress
H.W. Lay
Lt. Col. Richard J. Lees, Ret.
Don and Marilyn C. Lien
Colin C. Livingston and
Beverly Livingston
Barbara Moller Lyons
IMO John Guise Lyons, Lt. Commander, WWII
Dr. George D. Malkasian
Lucille Marottoli
George McCalpin
McDaniel Family Trust
IMO Mary C. McDaniel
Larry McQuern
Janet L. Merrill
Violet S. Michaels
IMO Anthony Michaels
Manderson Miles Sr. & Joseph S. Miles
Ruth Mitick
IMO LTC Stanley R. Mitick Jr., USAF (Ret.)
Arthur Jewel Moore
Charles R. Murray
Rose P. Murray
Robert M. Noonan Jr.
Mark P. Norman
Cdr. and Mrs. Henry O’Connor, USNR
Tonda L. Olson
Patricia Palmer
John U. Parolo
Mr. Felicien “Gus” Perrin
Robert C. Pharher
IMO Irving Harry Pharher
Julian M. Pleasants, PhD
Mary Hom Quan
Maria J. Raffa
William and Marnette Ragon
Ellis T. Reed
Sophie B. Reed
IHO Chief Warrant Officer
Harold J. Reed
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. Reilly Sr.
Leonard T. ReVeal
Roger Reynolds
Noah Riley
Richard J. Rinebolt
Leora and Joseph Ritter
Mildred Rogers
Gordon and Ann Rosen
Ida M. Rucklos
Clifford J. Rutstein
Charles A. Sarahan
Harold W. Schluenz
Harold M. Schubert
Jack M. Schwartz
Lloyd F. Scott and Ann B. Scott
Abraham Z. and Norma Shanzer
Kathe A. Shields
Sharyn Robbins Silverstein
Nancy Singer
Betty Gilbert Sisson
Thomas and Mary Rose Slattery
Richard Paul Smyers
Marianne K. St. Claire
IMO Col. William K. St. Claire
Stuart X. Stephenson Jr.
James H. Stone
Margaret M. Suszko
Allan Vincent Tait
Mary Joan Taylor
Arthur D. Thomas
Margaret B. Thurlow
IMO YNCM Clinton S. Thurlow Jr.
Mark Anthony Toups
Laurence Hardy Triemer
Georgette “Gigi” Viellion
Harold J. and Rhedora Vietz
Andre Villeneuve
G. Paula Walter
Russell D. Warner
Edward J. Weber
Liselotte Levy Weil
IMO Leo Levy and Ferdinand Levy
Alfred Langford Woodill
Brenda S. Youngblood
Jeanette Hodges Zajac
Samuel Zemurray III
Our Mission. Your Legacy.
Each year, the Museum receives support from passionate Members, volunteers, and friends through their estates. Their gifts provide a lasting impact that helps keep the WWII generation’s voice alive. And every gift counts—no matter the size, your gift will help ensure that future generations are inspired by the Museum you cherish today.
Your generous gift will become part of the Museum’s endowment, which was established to help meet current institutional goals and secure resources for future goals of expanding exhibits, infrastructure, and staff. These cherished endowment funds provide support for the Museum’s educational programming, while also enabling our staff to think creatively and design new initiatives for generations to come.
Making a lasting tribute to the Museum through a deferred planned gift is a simple process. It can be as simple as creating provisions in your will or revocable living trust to benefit the Museum, or naming us as a beneficiary in your life insurance policy. A charitable gift in your estate plan is easy to establish, can be changed at any time, and often produces tangible benefits for you and your family.
Through your planned gift, your legacy is secured forever as a member of the Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society, an essential part of the foundation of this institution. Ambrose, who passed away in 2002, devoted his life’s work to preserving and honoring the stories of our service members and Home Front workers who helped achieve victory in World War II. Through the Society, you embody those values and become part of our mission: to educate younger generations about the lessons of World War II and to honor the men and women who sacrificed so much for us.
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Shelita G. Bourgeois, M.S.
Planned Giving Officer
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
504.528.1944, ext. 247
shelita.bourgeois@nationalww2museum.org


