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 be out-of-date or reflect the bias and expeditionary initiative, which traveled to
stereotypes of past eras, the Museum is Transylvania under Macaulay Curator in S CI E N CE
endeavoring to address these. Thus, new the Division of Paleontology Mark Norell to 4
interpretation was developed for the “Old study dinosaurs and pterosaurs. The Richard
New York” diorama. Similarly, at the request Gilder Graduate School conferred Ph.D. and E D UCATI ON
of Mayor de Blasio’s Commission on Statues Masters of Arts in Teaching degrees, as well 10
and Monuments, the Museum is currently as honorary doctorates on exobiologist
developing new interpretive content for the Andrew Knoll and philanthropists David S. E X H I BI TI ON
City-owned Theodore Roosevelt statue on and Ruth L. Gottesman. Visitors continued to
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the Central Park West plaza. flock to the Museum to enjoy the Mummies,
Our Senses, and Unseen Oceans exhibitions.
Our second big event in fall 2017 was the RE P ORT OF TH E
The Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth received CH I E F F I N A N CI A L
announcement of the complete renovation
important updates, including a magnificent OF F I CE R
of the long-beloved Gems and Minerals
new Climate Change interactive wall. And 14
Halls. The newly named Allison and Roberto
farther afield, in Columbus, Ohio, COSI
Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals will
opened the new AMNH Dinosaur Gallery, the
showcase the Museum’s dazzling collections F I N A N CI A L
first Museum gallery outside of New York STATE M E N TS
and present the science of our Earth in new
City, in an important new partnership.
and exciting ways. The Halls will also provide 16
an important physical link to the Gilder All of this is testament to the public’s hunger
Center for Science, Education, and Innovation for the kind of science and education the BOA RD OF
when that new facility is completed, vastly TRUSTE E S
Museum does, and the critical importance of
improving circulation and creating a more the Museum’s role as a trusted guide to the 18
coherent and enjoyable experience, both science-based issues of our time.
intellectually and practically, for our millions COM M I TTE E S OF
of annual visitors. It is an exciting and profound time for the TH E BOA RD OF
Museum, as we stand on the threshold of TRUSTE E S
Of course, preparations for the Gilder our 150th anniversary and plan for the Gilder 20
FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN Center continued and in December 2017, Center. We thank you for your interest and
the Museum received approval from the support and look forward to sharing the COM M I TTE E S OF
New York City Department of Parks and milestones ahead with you. TH E M US E UM ,
Recreation on the Environmental Impact P ROJ E CT
In the fall of 2017, the historic Northwest Coast Hall, the Museum’s experiences of the living communities that Statement, the project’s last regulatory COM M I TTE E S ,
first permanent gallery and first cultural hall, the Hall celebrates. A N D A DV I S ORY
hurdle. This followed unanimous approval
American Museum of Natural COUN CI L S
will undergo a major restoration. Notably, from the Landmarks Preservation
History made two exciting the restoration is being done in close
The Northwest Coast Hall project is a central
Commission, near-unanimous approval from
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Lewis W. Bernard
announcements which are, in collaboration with First Nations communities component of an institution-wide increased
Community Board 7, and hundreds of public, Chairman
focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. In
some ways, emblematic of the and will be co-curated by Museum curator community, and City meetings over two
GI F TS A N D GRA N TS
Peter Whiteley and Nuu-Chah-Nulth artist early 2018, the Board of Trustees formally
years. As had been anticipated, a local group 22
institution’s work and focus adopted a statement articulating our values
and cultural historian Haa’yuups (Ron sued the Museum, and we ended the fiscal
today, as we look to our 150th Hamilton). Following the announcement, on diversity and inclusion. The Museum has
year preparing for litigation, even while pre- P L A N N E D GI V I N G
anniversary in 2019. the Museum hosted a convening of Native strengthened efforts to increase diversity
construction continued. Ellen V. Futter
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scholars, curators, artists, conservators, on the Board and in recruiting, and the President
First, on September 25, 2017, in an inspiring and experts, as we began planning for a management staff received implicit bias The report that follows details the many
CRE D I TS
ceremony with Native representatives restoration that will not only refresh the training. As part of this effort, the Museum other initiatives and milestones of the
from both local and Northwest Coast Hall and conserve its magnificent objects, is also addressing the topic of cultural year, too many to enumerate here. Among 34

communities, we announced that the but also reflect the current voices and representation and, where exhibits may the highlights, though, are our Explore21

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6 33 16
EXPEDITIONS:
Adding to Scientific Knowledge
and Collections
continents countries u.s. states

SELECT EXPEDITIONS FROM FY2018 Canada Peter M. Whiteley

Canada Melanie J. Hopkins
France Peter M. Whiteley
ANTHROPOLOGY
Romania+ Mark A. Norell
CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Mongolia Suzanne Goldberg, In-Hei Hahn, Carolyn Merrill,
Italy Peter M. Whiteley Mark A. Norell, Michael J. Novacek
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Spain Peter M. Whiteley
PALEONTOLOGY
Japan Eunsoo Kim
Tunisia Lorenzo Prendini
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
China Jin Meng
SACKLER INSTITUTE OF COMPARATIVE GENOMICS Morocco Neil H. Landman, James Witts*
Mexico Edward Myers
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

Mexico Charles S. Spencer

* Richard Gilder Graduate School Student or Postdoctoral Fellow India Laurel Kendall
+ Explore21 Expedition Cuba George Amato
Laos Stephanie Loria*
Belize Frank T. Burbrink, Neil Duncan, Eleanor Hoeger,
Melissa Ingala*, Ana Pavan, Nancy B. Simmons, Kelly Speer* Vietnam Mary E. Blair
Cambodia Stephanie Loria*
UNITED STATES
Benin Jerry Huntley, Paul Sweet
Panama Rae Wynn-Grant
Sri Lanka Nathalie Goodkin
Alaska Peter M. Whiteley
James M. Carpenter, Amy Davidson French Guiana Pio Colmenares
Kenya Ashley S. Hammond Malaysia Stephanie Loria*
Arizona Jerome G. Rozen, Corey Smith
Ecuador Alejandro Arteaga
Jon Merwin, Kaiya Provost*, Brian T. Smith Democratic Republic of Congo Elizabeth Alter, Melanie L.J. Stiassny Indonesia Susan L. Perkins
Peter M. Whiteley
Arkansas Paul Nascimbene Peru John J. Flynn, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, Julia Tejada-Lara* Indonesia Laurel Kendall
California Nicholas Tailby*
Malawi Lorenzo Prendini
Florida Richard Baker, John Gatesy Solomon Islands Joe McCarter
Peter Capainolo
Cheryl Y. Hayashi Madagascar Christopher J. Raxworthy
Georgia David Hurst Thomas
Tahiti Eleanor J. Sterling
Hawaii Eleanor J. Sterling
Montana Neil H. Landman, James Witts* South Africa Lorenzo Prendini
Nevada Ned Horning
New Mexico Jon Merwin, Kaiya Provost*, Brian T. Smith
Peter M. Whiteley Argentina Felicity Arengo

New York Peter Capainolo

Mark E. Siddall, Michael Tessler*
Nicholas Tailby*
South Dakota Neil H. Landman, James Witts*
Texas Jon Merwin, Kaiya Provost*, Brian T. Smith
Utah Melanie J. Hopkins
Lucas Moreira*, Paul Sweet
Washington, D.C. Peter M. Whiteley
Wyoming Jianye Chen*, Alexandra Fernandes, John J. Flynn, Camille Grohe*,
Neil H. Landman, Octavio Mateus, Carl Mehling, Mark A. Norell,
Emanuel Tschopp, Z. Jack Tseng
Antarctica Jin Meng
Lucas R. Moreira*, Paul Sweet

Invertebrate Zoology
Total collections Vertebrate Zoology 23,357,868

34,158,257
COLLECTIONS per division 4,422,837
Earth and Planetary Sciences
155,298
specimens and artifacts

27,089 11,621 1,187 Ambrose Monell Cryo

Collection (Frozen Tissue)
Anthropology
collection items added collection items loaned visiting scholars hosted 117,728
540,433 Paleontology
5,564,095

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FE BRUARY 2 018
more than Deadly Fungus May Be Infecting
RESEARCH

418 500 1
Snakes Worldwide Even Cheetahs’ Ears
HIGHLIGHTS: Are Built for Speed
Frank T. Burbrink
Select Publications Across Associate Curator Camille Grohé
Five Divisions scientific publications species analyzed in a Museum amber specimen Research Associate
comprehensive Tree of Life found to contain the first
New research suggests that a fungal disease caused by John J. Flynn
for Malaria parasites by fossil evidence that ticks Dean of the Richard Gilder
Museum scientists fed on dinosaurs Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola can affect snake species worldwide. Graduate School and Frick
Curator of Fossil Mammals

JULY 2 017 AU G U ST 2 01 7 FEB RUARY 201 8

Three New “Club-tailed” Widely Used DNA Analysis Fast-flying Bats Researchers Recover The Giant North Carnivora Skull Shape New Model Predicts Cells
Scorpions Identified Misses Microbial Species, are Split by Ocean an Ancient Nova American Vinegaroon? Depends on More Than That “Eat” Other Cells
Study Finds Channel It’s Actually Seven Just Diet
Lauren Esposito Michael M. Shara John Burns
CUNY-Richard Gilder Graduate Curator
Different Species Research Scientist, Sackler Institute for
Michael Tessler Kelly Speer Z. Jack Tseng
School Alumna Comparative Genomics
Ph.D.-degree Candidate, Ph.D.-degree Candidate, Lorenzo Prendini Research Associate
Lorenzo Prendini Richard Gilder Graduate School Richard Gilder Graduate Alexandros Pitti
School Curator John j. Flynn
Curator Mercer R. Brugler Postdoctoral Researcher
Dean of the Richard Gilder
Research Associate Graduate School and Frick Curator Eunsoo Kim
of Fossil Mammals
Associate Curator

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Early Trilobites Had New Study Shows A New Approach to Combating Leeches’ Blood Meals Can Be Used Fossil Brain Case Reveals New Alga? Squid? Rare Ancient Fossil
Stomachs, New Fossil “Solitary” Pumas are Illegal Wildlife Trafficking to Track Regional Biodiversity Insights About Ancient Shark Finally Identified as a Ray
Study Shows Social Over Meals
Mary E. Blair Michael Tessler Allison Bronson Allison Bronson
Melanie J. Hopkins Anthony Caragiulo Director, Biodiversity Informatics Research Ph.D.-degree Candidate, Ph.D.-degree Candidate, Ph.D.-degree Candidate,
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Richard Gilder Graduate School Richard Gilder Graduate School Richard Gilder Graduate School
Assistant Curator Assistant Director of Genomic O C TO B E R 201 7
Operations, Sackler Institute for Eleanor J. Sterling Mark E. Siddall John G. Maisey John G. Maisey
Comparative Genomics
Jaffe Chief Conservation Scientist Curator Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod
Catching the First Research Curator Research Curator
George Amato Rebecca Hersh
Director, Conservation Genomics, Sackler Gravitational Waves Visiting Scientist, Sackler Institute for
Institute for Comparative Genomics Comparative Genomics
from Neutron Stars
Michael M. Shara
NOVEMBER 2 017 D EC E M B E R 2 01 7 M AY 201 8
Curator

Extinct Gliding 155-Million-Year-Old Fossil Holds Scientists have detected a Does Green Blood Give New Tools for Monitoring
Mammal Changes Our Clues About Land Animals’ Some Lizards an Edge? Arctic Wildlife
spectacular collision of two
Thinking About Ear Transition Back to Sea
neutron stars some 130 million Susan L. Perkins Robert Rockwell
Evolution Curator Research Associate
Gabriel Bever light years away via gravitational
Jin Ming Research Associate
waves and light—the first-ever M AY 2 018
Curator Mark A. Norell
Macaulay Curator of Paleontology
cosmic event observed in this way.
Study Finds Some Malaria
Parasites May Need New Names
Spencer Galen
Ph.D.-degree Candidate,
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Richard Gilder Graduate School
99-Million-Year-Old Amber Contains First New Dinosaur Named for Yeti of New Species of Snail- A New Way to Study Susan L. Perkins Janus Borner
Evidence That Ticks Fed on Dinosaurs Mongolian Mythology Eating Snake Discovered Extinct Animal Diets Curator Postdoctoral Fellow
in Ecuador and Peru
Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente David A. Grimaldi Pei Rui Julia Tejada-Lara A team of researchers led by Richard Gilder
Research Fellow Curator Columbia-Richard Gilder Graduate School Ph.D. Alumnus Alejandro Arteaga Columbia-Richard Gilder Graduate
School Ph.D. Candidate Graduate School Comparative Biology Ph.D.-
Mark A. Norell Ph.D.-degree Candidate,
A tick from the Cretaceous period, found preserved in a Macaulay Curator of Paleontology
Richard Gilder Graduate School John J. Flynn degree candidate Spencer Galen discovered
Dean of the Richard Gilder
Museum amber specimen with a feather, is the first fossil Michael J. Novacek Graduate School and Frick Curator
the deadly malaria genus Plasmodium includes
evidence that the ectoparasites fed on dinosaur blood.
Senior Vice President and Provost of Science of Fossil Mammals several distantly related groups.
Daniel Barta
Ph.D.-degree Candidate, Richard Gilder Graduate School

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 C U R AT O R S A N D D I R E C T O R S

Michael J. Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science

John J. Flynn, Dean of the Richard Gilder Graduate School
Scott A. Schaefer, Dean of Science for Collections, Exhibition, and Public Understanding of Science

DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY DIVISION OF PALEONTOLOGY DIVISION OF

Alex de Voogt John J. Flynn, Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
Ashley S. Hammond Melanie J. Hopkins Department of Herpetology
Laurel Kendall, Division Chair Neil H. Landman Frank T. Burbrink
Charles S. Spencer John G. Maisey, Christopher J. Raxworthy Richard Gilder Honorary degrees were awarded to Andrew H. Knoll, an expert in the early evolution of life
Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod and Earth’s environmental history, professor at Harvard, and curator of the paleobotanical
David Hurst Thomas
Research Curator Department of Ichthyology
Graduate School
Peter M. Whiteley collection at the Harvard University Botanical Museum, and to Ruth L. Gottesman and
Jin Meng Scott A. Schaefer Commencement
David S. Gottesman, a Museum Trustee, each for their roles as champions of science and
Mark A. Norell, Macaulay Curator, John S. Sparks September 27, 2017 science education. Three students from the Ph.D. program were awarded doctoral degrees
Division Chair
Melanie L. J. Stiassny, and 13 received their Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Earth Science degrees.
Michael J. Novacek Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod
Research Curator
DIVISION OF
Department of Mammalogy
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Ross D.E. MacPhee
Department of Astrophysics Nancy B. Simmons
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low Robert S. Voss
Rebecca Oppenheimer 2 0 1 7 R I C H A R D G I L D E R G R A D U AT E S C H O O L G R A D U AT E S
Department of Ornithology
NEW C U R ATOR Michael M. Shara
George F. Barrowclough
Ashley S. Hammond Department of Earth and Joel L. Cracraft, Lamont Curator,
Ashley Hammond works on the
Planetary Sciences Division Chair
PH.D. IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING (EARTH SCIENCE)
fossil record for hominoid (ape and Denton S. Ebel, Division Chair Brian T. Smith
human) evolution in East Africa. Nathalie Goodkin
CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY Michael Tessler Chase Elliot Baldwin Alejandro Aminadab Mundo
George E. Harlow
AND CONSERVATION “Advancing Leech Comparative Biology Through Kristina Rose Coker Olivia Grace Nelson
James D. Webster
Ana Luz Porzecanski, Director Methodological Innovations”
Deion A. Desir Amanda Ruth Nowicki
DIVISION OF Eleanor J. Sterling, Advisor: Mark E. Siddall
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Co-Advisor: Robert DeSalle Deborah Fishbeck Iliya Nadezhda Smithka
Jaffe Chief Conservation Scientist
James M. Carpenter, Donna Radha Gangadeen-Ramsahai Nakita Gaetane Vanbiene
Peter J. Solomon Family Curator, HAYDEN PLANETARIUM Amber Elizabeth Paasch Aline Graziele Gjelaj Chelsea Alexandra Vasquez
Division Chair
Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Physiological and Genomic Characterization of Lewis Nathan Jones
Robert DeSalle Frederick P. Rose Director Phagocytosis in Green Algae”
David A. Grimaldi Advisor: Eunsoo Kim
Cheryl Y. Hayashi SACKLER INSTITUTE FOR
COMPARATIVE GENOMICS
Eunsoo Kim Zachary Thomas Calamari During his time at the Richard Gilder Graduate School,
Susan L. Perkins Cheryl Y. Hayashi, Leon Hess Director of Ph.D. graduate Michael Tessler received a National Science
“Investigating the Homology of Ruminant
N EW CU RATO R Comparative Biology Research
Lorenzo Prendini Cranial Appendages” Foundation Grant (NSF) to conduct research in China
Estefanía Rodríguez Nathalie Goodkin Advisor: John J. Flynn and accompanied Museum Curator Mark E. Siddall on a
SOUTHWESTERN
Jerome G. Rozen Nathalie Goodkin’s research uses Co-Advisor: Nancy B. Simmons Constantine S. Niarchos Expedition to Cambodia to study
RESEARCH STATION
Mark E. Siddall coral geochemistry to reconstruct how leeches blood meals could be used to track mammal
Geoffrey Bender, Director
Ward C. Wheeler ocean-atmosphere interactions, species. Along with Siddall and other Museum colleagues,
climate behavior, and pollution Tessler described a new leech species, named Chtonobdella
RESEARCH LIBRARY
histories over the past 500 years. tanae in honor of author Amy Tan.
Thomas Baione,
Harold Boeschenstein Director

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5,000
PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS:
Exploring Cutting-Edge
Science, Celebrating Cultures
90,000+
estimated visitors watched the solar Students in New York City public schools
eclipse on August 21, 2017, from the reached through Urban Advantage
Museum's Arthur Ross Terrace

Kwanzaa 2017 Educators' Evening: Our Senses Hackathon: Hack the Deep
AU GU ST 2 1 , 2 01 7
The Museum’s annual Kwanzaa festival More than 500 teachers attended this after- The Museum’s fourth annual hackathon
featured gospel-infused tunes from The hours professional development program for “demo day” featured a collaboration among
2017 Solar Eclipse Persuasions and performances by the Brooklyn the special exhibition Our Senses. Curator in the technologists, hackers, and Museum scientists,
United Marching Band and Vy Higginsen’s Sing Division of Invertebrate Zoology Robert DeSalle, who explored the ways digital applications
On August 21, a total solar eclipse darkened the Harlem Choir. The festivities were hosted by who curated the exhibition, oriented teachers can transform and visualize the Museum’s
skies over the United States from Oregon to Linda H. Humes, scholar and storyteller. with an introductory lecture, and Museum collections and data over the course of 24 hours.
South Carolina. An estimated 5,000 spectators scientists shared information about current
gathered on the Museum’s Arthur Ross Terrace research and other Museum programs.
to watch the peak of totality (0ver 70 percent
coverage) pass over New York City at 2:44 pm. The
Museum also hosted a free live broadcast of the
event from NASA inside the Rose Center for Earth FEB RUARY 1 3 , 201 8 M ARCH 2 , 2 018
and Space.
Asimov: Artificial Intelligence Ocean Luminaries
A panel of experts led by Frederick P. Rose Director Museum scientists, artists, oceanographers,
Urban Advantage of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson and entrepreneurs convened under the blue
discussed the possibilities and consequences of whale in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life for an
In 14 successful years, the Urban SEPTEMBER 23–OCTOBER 15, 2017 O C TO B E R 1 6 , 2 01 7 A.I. Panelists included Google’s John Giannandrea; evening of discussions and performances to
Advantage Program, a public-private iRobot Corporation and CyPhy Works’ Helen kick off the special exhibition Unseen Oceans
partnership of the New York City Greiner; IBM’s Ruchir Puri; Massachusetts and illuminate cutting-edge marine research.
Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt: Endurance with Scott Kelly Five Years of NYC Institute of Technology’s Max Tegmark; and the Speakers included Kelly Benoit-Bird, Sylvia Earle,
Department of Education and a An Opera for Families
Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly accumulated Science Mentoring University of Michigan’s Michael P. Wellman. Estefanía Rodríguez, Mark Siddall, John Sparks,
Museum-led consortium of eight On Site Opera Company presented a series 520 days living in space over four space flights, Consortium Rashid Sumaila, and Tierney Thys.
institutions including the New York of site-specific performances in the Hall of a record at the time in 2015. In this Frontiers
Hall of Science, the Bronx Zoo, the Saurischian Dinosaurs based on the real-life Lecture with Frederick P. Rose Director of the
experiences of Rhoda Knight Kalt and her Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson, Since the Museum and the
New York Aquarium, the New York M ARCH 24 , 201 8 APRIL 2 2 , 2 018
grandfather Charles R. Knight, the famous Kelly shared a glimpse of life in space and the Pinkerton Foundation launched
Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn
naturalist illustrator. extreme challenges of long-term spaceflight. the NYC Science Mentoring
Botanic Garden, the Queens Botanical
Consortium in 2013 to expand
Garden, and the Staten Island Zoo,
its innovative Science Research
has served more than 2,000 teachers
Mentoring Program (SRMP),
and more than 395,000 students in
the program has served high
public middle schools across New York OC TO B E R 1 9– 2 2 , 2 01 7
school students across six local
City. This academic year, the program
science-focused institutions,
reached more than 90,000 students The Margaret Mead Film Festival: Activate
including the Lamont-Doherty
and 879 teachers at 295 schools, as This year’s festival included the world premiere Earth Observatory at Columbia
the number of schools that include of Robert Lewis’ Lunar Tribute, featuring a
University, the NOAA Center Sun-Earth Day EarthFest
students and teachers from sixth, conversation with astronaut Charlie Duke. The
2017 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award was for Remote Sensing and Earth Visitors explored the special relationship Artists and scholars joined Museum scientists
seventh, and eighth grades increased.
awarded to Indigenous filmmaker Warwick Systems (CREST) at City College, between the Earth and the Sun at this for a series of tours, performances, and
Thornton for his film We Don’t Need a Map. and Wave Hill. In 2018, 100 day-long festival in the Cullman Hall of the conversations focused on the conservation and
Universe featuring hands-on activities and a appreciation of the planet. Programs included a
students presented findings
3D presentation in OpenSpace in the LeFrak performance of composer John Luther Adams’
from research projects at the
Theater with Director of Astrovisualization Become Ocean by the Chelsea Symphony
Museum’s 4th Annual Student Carter Emmart. Orchestra and an interactive dance by the
Research Colloquium. troupe Pilobolus under the blue whale.

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NOVEM B ER 20, 201 7– JANUARY 2, 2 019

5 1 11
EXHIBITION
HIGHLIGHTS:
Scientific Storytelling in
Three Dimensions exhibitions opened onsite 12-foot-tall amethyst geode interactive galleries showcased
went on temporary view in in the special exhibition Our
the Museum’s Grand Gallery Senses: An Immersive Experience

JUN E 24, 2 017– J U N E 16 , 2019

Our Senses: An Immersive Experience

Our Senses featured 11 interactive galleries designed to test perceptions and illuminate the
complex relationships between sensing and perceiving. A live presenter invited visitors
Allison and Roberto to discover how senses evolved and what is unique about human perception—including
Mignone Halls of Gems that we are the only species that creates imaginary sensory experiences and shares them
with others through language.
and Minerals
Announced October 16, 2017
O PENED M ARCH 1 2, 201 8

On October 16, 2017, the Museum

announced that the Halls of Gems
and Minerals will undergo a complete
Inside You redesign to transform the 11,000-square-
Inspired by the popular Museum exhibition The Secret World Inside You, this exhibition foot space into a gleaming showcase
introduced visitors to the world of microbes and how they affect our health and well-being. for its world-renowned collection. The
Updates to the
redesigned halls will be named for
Northwest Coast Hall Roberto and Allison Mignone, long-
O CTOBER 7, 2 017 – M AY 28 , 2018
Announced September 25, 2017 standing Museum supporters and
volunteers. Roberto Mignone currently
On September 25, 2017, the Museum serves as a Museum Trustee, and
launched a multi-year project to Allison Mignone is the Vice Chair of the
update, restore, and conserve the Museum’s Campaign. The event included
historic Northwest Coast Hall and the unveiling of a 12-foot-tall, sparkling Unseen Oceans

to enrich the interpretation of amethyst geode from Uruguay—one of Unseen Oceans delved into how new technologies like robotics and satellite monitoring
the world’s largest. are being used by scientists to reveal once-hidden marine species and explore remote,
the gallery’s outstanding exhibits,
inhospitable areas. The exhibition featured immersive exhibits such as a 180-degree, high
working with Pacific Northwest
resolution screen with animations of marine giants, and an interactive submersible that
Coast communities. Attendees at the allowed visitors to virtually navigate seamounts.
announcement included members of
the Haida, Kwakwaka’wakw, Nuu-
O PENED M AY 1 7, 201 8
chah-nulth, and Tlingit communities,
who were welcomed by members
of the Shinnecock Nation of eastern Pueblo Bonito: Trading Treasure; Trading Ideas
20th Anniversary
The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter Long Island. A new exhibit case in the Grand Gallery provided a window into the world and commerce
Celebrating its 20th year at the Museum, this popular attraction is an annual favorite of the Ancestral Puebloans who lived in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon from AD 850 to 1140,
visited by millions of children and adults. The Museum honored longtime vivarium through a selection of rare objects from the Museum’s archaeological collection. The
volunteers who began volunteering at the exhibition when it first opened in 1998. exhibit was produced with the Museum Anthropology Master of Arts Program offered
jointly by Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History and in
consultation with Brian Vallo (Acoma Pueblo), Native consultant and director of the Indian
Arts Research Center (IARC) of the School for Advanced Research, and Stephanie Riley
(Acoma Pueblo), registrar for cultural projects at the IARC.

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 REPORT OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Fiscal year 2018 marked another year of solid

financial performance and growth in the Unrestricted Operating
Museum’s net assets. Revenues And Expenses
Due to continued strength in fundraising and attendance as well
4% 4%
as ongoing financial discipline, the Museum generated positive net
unrestricted operating revenues of $126,283 in fiscal year 2018. This 9% 27%
positive outcome was the net result after transfers of designated
contributions and other revenues to plant and long-term investments. 16% Revenues
The Museum’s net assets increased by $32.3 million, from $1,037.8
million to $1,070.1 million, during fiscal year 2018. Over the last six 16% 24%

fiscal years, the Museum’s net assets increased by $387.7 million,

or 57%, due to consistently strong Museum operations, continued
27% Visitor contributions and admissions
strength in fundraising, endowment appreciation, and restructuring of
24% Contributions and grants*
the Museum’s long-term debt, as well as reductions in the Museum’s
16% Endowment and related funds*
liabilities for postretirement healthcare. 16% Auxiliary activities scientific facilities. As in the past, the Museum debt and borrowings on its lines of credit Marketable Equities 45%
9% The City of New York funded its capital improvements from a remained at zero. Absolute return/hedged equity funds 32%
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING RESULTS 4% Membership variety of sources, including the City of New Marketable fixed income 3%
4% Miscellaneous revenue and other fees
During fiscal year 2018, the Museum’s annual Unrestricted Operating York, State of New York, private donations, ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Marketable real assets 1%
Revenues and Support increased by $3.7 million, from $192.1 million to and the Museum’s endowment.
The return on the Museum’s endowment was Private investment partnerships 15%
4%
$195.8 million. Annual Unrestricted Operating Expenses, together with 5% +8.4% in fiscal year 2018, reflective of strong
5% The Museum recognized non-cash Cash equivalents 4%
transfers, also increased by $3.7 million, from $192.0 million to $195.7
depreciation expense of $30.7 million during worldwide equity markets. Net of planned
5%
million for the same period, resulting in net unrestricted operating Total 100%
36% fiscal year 2018, less than the Museum’s withdrawals from the endowment to provide
revenue and support of $126,283 during fiscal year 2018.
9% $33.0 million investment, resulting in an funding for Museum operations and capital
Expenses THE IMPORTANCE OF
The Museum continued to receive substantial operating and increase of the value of the Museum’s physical expenditures, as well as gifts and pledge
9% CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS
programmatic support from Trustees, other individuals, foundations, plant of $2.3 million, from $406.3 million to payments to the endowment, the market
9% 18% The Museum continued to benefit greatly
and corporations, as well as the City of New York, the State of $408.6 million. value of the endowment increased by
from the extraordinary generosity of its
New York, and the federal government. During fiscal year 2018, $36.8 million in fiscal year 2018, from
DEBT AND OTHER LIABILITIES private and public supporters. During fiscal
contributions and grants used to fund Museum operations, including a 36% Scientific research, education, and exhibition $675.3 million to $712.1 million.
year 2018, the Museum raised a total of $87.2
portion of net assets released from restrictions, totaled $47.6 million. 18% Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs The Museum’s liabilities decreased by
9% Cost of goods sold and other expenses of The Museum’s endowment asset allocation million in support of its operations, programs,
Additionally, the Museum received unrestricted operating support $7.3 million during fiscal year 2018 from
auxiliary activities
from the City of New York, including funding for certain energy and is intended both to drive investment return capital improvements, and endowment—
9% General and administrative $400.0 million to $392.7 million. The decrease
pension costs, totaling $17.3 million. The City of New York also provided Transfers to fund payment of debt service and to provide protection in volatile markets. a major endorsement of the importance
9% in liabilities was largely attributable to a
capital support to the Museum (see “Capital Expenditures”). 5% Fundraising and membership $6.0 million decrease in the valuation of the The Museum’s endowment funds are invested and social impact of the Museum’s work
5% Communications by independent investment managers in in science, education, and exhibition. As a
Museum’s interest rate exchange liabilities
5% Visitor services
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES diversified equity and fixed income securities result, the Museum continued to balance its
4% Information technology
related to its debt, reflecting higher interest
In fiscal year 2018, the Museum invested $33.0 million to fund priority rates used to value these liabilities. During and are overseen by the Museum’s Investment operating budget, enhance its programmatic

capital improvement projects to meet infrastructure and security * Includes a portion of net assets released from restrictions fiscal year 2018, the Museum made principal Committee. As of June 30, 2018, the Museum’s offerings, and make improvements to its
needs as well as permanent exhibition hall renovations and new payments of $3.0 million on its long-term endowment was invested as follows: infrastructure and facilities.

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 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES—UNRESTRICTED
These statements are summarized for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2017, and excerpted from the audited
financial statements. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available on amnh.org.

OPERATING REVENUE AND SUPPORT FY 2018 FY 2017

Investment return designated for operations $ 19,507,055 $ 20,076,659

Contributions and grants 30,694,607 29,297,376
Operating support from the City of New York 17,302,651 17,223,267
Visitors’ contributions and admissions 54,091,147 52,774,018
Membership fees 6,879,243 6,654,130
Auxiliary activities 31,651,588 29,873,157
Miscellaneous fees and other revenue 7,459,307 6,721,430
Net assets released from restrictions 28,191,310 29,464,998

Total operating revenue and support $ 195,776,908 $ 186,345,126

OPERATING EXPENSES

Scientific research $ 36,635,388 $ 36,476,319

Education 26,688,529 25,590,664
Exhibitions 5,492,387 9,682,347
Membership 2,430,277 2,325,340
Visitor services 9,453,617 8,840,958
Auxiliary activities 17,546,469 17,535,047
General and administrative 18,937,594 17,215,542
Fundraising 6,975,118 6,927,026
F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T S Communications and digital media 9,009,794 8,220,921
Information technology 8,142,327 7,782,268
Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs 35,838,994 34,538,901

Total Operating Expenses $ 177,150,494 $ 175,135,333

CONDENSED SUMMARY OF CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS Designated contributions and transfers to plant and long-term investments 18,500,131 16,836,390

OF FINANCIAL POSITION Operating revenue and support in excess of operating expenses,

designated contributions, and transfers $ 126,283 $ 113,312
These statements are summarized for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2017, and excerpted from the audited
financial statements. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available on amnh.org.
NON-OPERATING REVENUE, SUPPORT, AND EXPENSES

ASSETS FY 2018 FY 2017

REVENUE AND SUPPORT FOR PLANT
Cash and other operating assets $ 198,484,402 $ 174,097,093 Contributions, grants, and miscellaneous revenue $ 1,009, 414 $ 3,253,415
Contributions and grants receivable, net 134,333,127 172,744,177 Capital support from the City of New York 66,105 5,623,559
Long-term investments 721,403,888 684,690,104 Net assets released from restrictions 1,879,617 4,931,025
Plant and equipment, net 408,557,272 406,313,589 Transfer from long-term investments and operations to plant 19,991,762 21,562,757

Total assets $ 1,462,778,689 $ 1,437,844,963

PLANT EXPENSES
LIABILITIES Interest and related expenses $ 9,974,222 $ 10,110,796
Change in value of interest rate exchange and cap agreements ( 5,985,177 ) ( 10,660,151 )
Accounts payable and other liabilities $ 121,261,466 $ 125,356,183
Depreciation and amortization 30,855,755 30,758,464
Bonds and loans payable 271,425,413 274,685,723
Plant expenses not capitalized 34,854 760,689
Total liabilities $ 392,686,879 $ 400,041,906

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS AND OTHER

NET ASSETS
Contributions and bequests $ 652,255 $ 1,131,648
Unrestricted $ 287,733,433 $ 290,252,438 Investment return in excess of amounts designated for operations and plant ( 1,487,945 ) 8,457,035
Temporarily restricted 542,226,141 514,297,865 Net assets released from restrictions 10,985,968 11,168,527
Permanently restricted 240,132,236 233,252,754 Transfers from plant and operations to long-term investments and other, net ( 1,491,632 ) (4,726,367 )
Total net assets $ 1,070,091,810 $ 1,037,803,057 Pension-related activities and other 628,822 (4,809,540 )

Total liabilities and net assets $ 1,462,778,689 $ 1,437,844,963 Change in unrestricted net assets $ ( 2,519,005 ) $ 15,735,573

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 BOARD OF TRUSTEES As of June 30, 2018

Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman

Ellen V. Futter, President EX-OFFICIO HONORARY
TRUSTEES TRUSTEES

Hon. Bill de Blasio Roger C. Altman David A. Hamburg Morris W. Offit

TRUSTEES Mayor of the City of New York
Philip F. Anschutz Richard E. Jaffe Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Hon. Corey Johnson
Jackie Bezos Kathryn Harrison Charles H. Mott Stephanie Bell-Rose Richard A. Jalkut Richard D. Parsons
Speaker of the Council of the
Scott L. Bok Marlene Hess Valerie S. Peltier City of New York Melinda Blinken Harry P. Kamen Charles E. Phillips, Jr.

Tom Brokaw Helene L. Kaplan Virginia Hearst Randt Hon. Scott M. Stringer Daniel Brodsky Katheryn P. Kempner Kathleen I. Powers
Comptroller of the City of Raymond G. Chambers Deborah C. Kessler Alan Rappaport
Lonnie G. Bunch, III Richard S. LeFrak Christopher Redlich
New York
Christopher C. Davis John Lykouretzos Shaiza Rizavi Steven A. Denning Frederick A. Klingenstein Richard L. Revesz
Hon. Gale A. Brewer
Cheryl C. Effron Linda R. Macaulay Theodore Roosevelt IV Vivian H. Donnelley David H. Komansky Richard Robinson
President of the Borough of
Nancy B. Fessenden Roger Juan Maldonado Anne Sidamon-Eristoff, Manhattan L.F. Boker Doyle Karen J. Lauder Jonathan F. P. Rose
Chairwoman Emerita Hon. Mitchell J. Silver Fiona Druckenmiller Shelly B. Lazarus Janet Ross
Tina Fey Hon. Victor Marrero
Anna Deavere Smith Commissioner of the John L. Eastman
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Theodore A. Mathas Ilene Sackler Lefcourt Ralph L. Schlosstein
Department of Parks and
Peter J. Solomon Hughlyn F. Fierce William M. Lewis, Jr. Frank V. Sica
Richard Gilder Raymond J. McGuire Recreation
Christine A. Varney Emily H. Fisher Thomas E. Lovejoy Mary C. Solomon
Joseph H. Gleberman Rebekah Mercer Hon. Tom Finkelpearl
Kenneth L. Wallach Commissioner of the Tom Freston Shirley M. Malcom Constance Spahn
Robert G. Goelet, Lorne Michaels
Chairman Emeritus Laura Whitman Department of Cultural Affairs
Roberto A. Mignone Victor F. Ganzi Norman S. Matthews Rosalind P. Walter
David S. Gottesman Hon. Richard Carranza
Alexandra Mondre Tamsen Ann Ziff Helene D. Gayle Eugene R. McGrath Judy H. Weston
Chancellor of the New York
Peggy Hamburg City Department of Education Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. Edward H. Meyer Edward O. Wilson
Edwin H. Morgens
Earl G. Graves Irma Milstein

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 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES As of June 30, 2018 COMMITTEES OF THE MUSEUM, PROJECT COMMITTEES,
A N D A D V I S O R Y C O U N C I L S As of June 30, 2018

AUDIT COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE PLANNING

TRUSTEES AND COMPENSATION
Christine A. Varney, Chairman Christopher C. Davis, Chairman DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITION POLICY INVESTMENT CENTER FOR
GOVERNANCE
Lewis W. Bernard Christopher C. Davis, Chairman Lewis W. Bernard (CAMPAIGN) BIODIVERSITY AND
Peter J. Solomon, Chairman Tom Brokaw, Chairman Roberto A. Mignone, Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard CONSERVATION
Nancy B. Fessenden Jackie Bezos Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard
Lewis W. Bernard ADVISORY COUNCIL
John Lykouretzos Nancy B. Fessenden Nancy B. Fessenden Allison Mignone, Vice Chairman
Scott Bok Ellen V. Futter Scott L. Bok Joseph H. Gleberman, Chairman
Charles H. Mott Ellen V. Futter Ellen V. Futter Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw Richard S. LeFrak Ellen V. Futter Vivian H. Donnelley, Vice Chairman
Shaiza Rizavi David S. Gottesman Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Christopher C. Davis
Cheryl C. Effron Lorne Michaels Joseph H. Gleberman Richard E. Jaffe, Vice Chairman
Theodore Roosevelt IV Charles H. Mott David S. Gottesman Ellen V. Futter
Ellen V. Futter Virginia Hearst Randt John Lykouretzos John Alexander
Theodore Roosevelt IV Linda R. Macaulay Linda R. Macaulay
Victor Marrero Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Linda R. Macaulay Lewis W. Bernard
BUDGET AND FINANCE Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Roberto A. Mignone Theodore Roosevelt IV
Raymond J. McGuire Anna Deavere Smith Alan Rappaport Peggy Bewkes
Christine A. Varney Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Peter J. Solomon
Theodore A. Mathas, Chairman Mary C. Solomon
Christine A. Varney Kenneth L. Wallach Melinda Blinken
Lewis W. Bernard Christine A. Varney Rosalind P. Walter LIBRARY Scott L. Bok
Nancy B. Fessenden EDUCATION POLICY Ann Ziff
EXECUTIVE Nancy B. Fessenden and Margaret Hess Chi
OFFICERS SCIENCE POLICY
Ellen V. Futter Jackie Bezos, Chairman David S. Gottesman, Roberta Denning
Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman
Marlene Hess Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Chairman Lewis W. Bernard RICHARD GILDER Co-Chairmen Nancy B. Fessenden
Jackie Bezos Christopher C. Davis
Linda R. Macaulay Lewis W. Bernard Christopher C. Davis GRADUATE SCHOOL Lewis W. Bernard Emily H. Fisher
Tom Brokaw Ellen V. Futter
Roberto A. Mignone Scott L. Bok Nancy B. Fessenden Lewis W. Bernard Ellen V. Futter Ellen V. Futter
Christopher C. Davis Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Edwin H. Morgens Tom Brokaw Ellen V. Futter Jackie Bezos Alexandra Mondre Joshua Ginsberg
Nancy B. Fessenden David S. Gottesman
Charles H. Mott Vivian H. Donnelley Raymond J. McGuire Lois Chiles Constance Roosevelt Paul E. Graf
Ellen V. Futter Richard S. LeFrak
Theodore Roosevelt IV Nancy B. Fessenden Alexandra Mondre Vivian H. Donnelley Theodore Roosevelt IV Kathryn Hearst
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Linda R. Macaulay Ellen V. Futter Virginia Hearst Randt Nancy B. Fessenden Laura Whitman Karen J. Lauder
David S. Gottesman Theodore A. Mathas
BUILDING AND GROUNDS Joseph H. Gleberman Christopher Redlich Ellen V. Futter Thomas E. Lovejoy
Marlene Hess Roberto A. Mignone
Valerie S. Peltier, Chairman Robert G. Goelet Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Anne Sidamon-Eristoff ORAL HISTORY PROJECT Edwin H. Morgens
Richard S. LeFrak Christine A. Varney COMMITTEE
Lewis W. Bernard Peggy Hamburg Valerie Ohrstrom
Linda R. Macaulay
Richard E. Jaffe Nancy B. Fessenden, Chairman
Ellen V. Futter Valerie S. Peltier
Theodore A. Mathas
Katheryn P. Kempner Lewis W. Bernard
Richard S. LeFrak Shaiza Rizavi
Roberto A. Mignone
Linda R. Macaulay Ellen V. Futter
Victor Marrero Theodore Roosevelt IV
Charles H. Mott
Roberto A. Mignone Anne Sidamon-Eristoff
Alexandra Mondre Ross Sandler
Valerie S. Peltier
Peter J. Solomon Edwin H. Morgens Marion Schwartz
Theodore Roosevelt IV
Laura Whitman Valerie S. Peltier Anne Sidamon-Eristoff
Anne Sidamon-Eristoff
Christopher Redlich Constance Spahn
Peter J. Solomon
COLLECTIONS Frank V. Sica Judson B. Traphagen
Christine A. Varney
Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Edward O. Wilson
Linda R. Macaulay, Chairman Kenneth L. Wallach
Kenneth L. Wallach
Lewis W. Bernard
Nancy B. Fessenden SCIENTIFIC STAFF
Ellen V. Futter Robert DeSalle
Peggy Hamburg Cheryl Y. Hayashi
Rebekah Mercer Michael J. Novacek
Roberto A. Mignone Susan L. Perkins
Shaiza Rizavi Ana Luz Porzecanski
Theodore Roosevelt IV Eleanor J. Sterling

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 The Derfner Foundation AXA Equitable The Research Foundation for State University of
Deutsche Bank Penelope Ayers, The William P and Gertrude New York

GIFTS AND GRANTS Jodie and John Eastman Foundation Inc. Dick Cattani, Restaurant Associates

Megan Kearney and Paul Enright The Bank of New York Mellon Mr. Andrew Right
Claire E. Bernard Mrs. Linnea Roberts
Epstein Teicher Philanthropies
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Burke, Jr. Jonathan F. P. Rose, Lostand Foundation
Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander
John and Amy Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler Patricia E. Saigo, M.D.
PUBLIC FUNDERS $500,000 TO $999,999 Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Capital One Bank Ralph Schlosstein, Schlosstein-Hartley Family
Anonymous (1) Dr. Margaret Hamburg and Dr. Peter Brown Estate of Edwin F. Gamble
The Condé Nast Publications Foundation
FEDERAL Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Levin JetBlue Airways Corporation Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi
Mr. Peter W. Schweitzer, The William P and Gertrude
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Johnson Credit Suisse
National Science Foundation Macaulay Family Foundation The Gingrich Foundation Foundation Inc.
Dr. Susan Kardas Joseph and Joan Cullman Conservation
Institute of Museum and Library Services Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier, Speyer Family Foundation Goldman, Sachs & Co. Bob and Eva Shaye, Four Friends Foundation
Foundation, Inc.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Red Crane Charitable Fund Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Myrna and Steve Greenberg Laura Baudo Sillerman
Mr. and Mrs. George David
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services The Simons Foundation Joella and John Lykouretzos The Ephraim Greenwall and Susan MacGrath Sony Corporation of America
Ms. Jill Davis and Mr. Edward Conard
Linda R. and William E. Macaulay Families
Jim and Marilyn Simons Isaac Souede and Sein Chew
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Bernard Malberg Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Peter and Susan Solomon, Peter and Susan Solomon Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation
STATE Colgate-Palmolive Company
Family Foundation Mastercard The Marc Haas Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James Stern
New York State Office for the Aging The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Keryn and Ted Mathas Hearst The Tiffany & Co. Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman
$250,000 TO $499,999 Mr. and Mrs. Harold McGraw McCann XBC/Interpublic Group The Travelers Companies, Inc.
New York State Division of Homeland Security & Nancy A. Garvey
Melissa and Keith Meister Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Jones II UBS
Emergency Services Anonymous (1) Google Inc.
Morgan Stanley Wendy Keys Van Cleef & Arpels
New York State Education Department 100Kin10 Alex Goor and Sharon Kim
New York Life The Korein Foundation The Vidda Foundation
Accenture Helen Hays
Nia Tero Foundation Eugene M. Lang Foundation Peter and Mary Beth Weinberger
Ms. Anne Blatt
CITY Peter C. Hein and Anne Farley
Scott and Roxanne Bok, The Bok Family Foundation Panthera Corporation Evelyn H. Lauder Charitable Lead Trust Mr. Stuart West
Mr. Stanley Hoffberger
Mayor of the City of New York Mr. David Lowenstein
Con Edison Mr. Michael Pantuliano White & Case
HSBC Bank
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. McGrath
Vivian H. Donnelley* Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of New York Inc. Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC
IBM
Council of the City of New York Crystal McCrary and Raymond J. McGuire The Donald and Barbara Zucker Foundation, Inc.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Anna Chapman and Ronald O. Perelman
ING Financial Services LLC
New York City Department of Citywide Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McInerney Alice Lawrence Foundation, Inc.
Fidelity Charitable Christopher R. Redlich, Jr.
Administrative Services John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hugoton Foundation The Rice Family Foundation Jennifer Mercer
Johnson & Johnson
Lynette and Richard Jaffe, The Jaffe Family Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland Rebekah Mercer
Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones $10,000 TO $24,999
OTHER Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Milstein, Paul and Irma
Virginia Hearst Randt and Dana Randt Anonymous (8)
Milstein Foundation JPMorgan Chase
State of California Richard S. LeFrak, The Richard S. and Karen LeFrak
Julian Robertson, Robertson Foundation Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation, Inc.
Charitable Foundation, Inc. William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. Annette Kade Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. E. John Rosenwald, Jr. The Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen Foundation Academy Foundation
Alexandra and Greg Mondre Mr. and Mrs. David Nadler
Mr. Claude and Maria Ruibal Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Kellogg Amazon Studios
TRUSTEES, INDIVIDUALS, The Ambrose Monell Foundation Ms. Valerie Pels and Mr. Richard Pasquarelli
Mary Solomon/GS Gives The Klein Family Foundation Apollo Management, L.P.
FOUNDATIONS, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens, The Wildwood Pfizer Inc.
Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tseng Elysabeth Kleinhans Henry H. Arnhold*, Arnhold Foundation
CORPORATIONS AND Henry Peterson Foundation
Anne and Charles H. Mott Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation Damian Law Ross H. Auerbach
ORGANIZATIONS Connie and Ted Roosevelt
The Pinkerton Foundation Marshall M. Weinberg The Lehoczky Escobar Family Aliza Avital-Caplan and Dr. Ronald Caplan
Janet C. Ross, J and AR Foundation
Frederick M. R. Smith*, The Fremarch Foundation Tony and Nanar Yoseloff The Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation
$1,000,000 AND ABOVE S&P Global
Daniel and Brianne Ziff Constance and David Littman Candace C. Barasch
Anonymous (1) Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.
$100,000 TO $249,999 Mr. George S. Loening and Ms. Kimbrough Towles The Barker Welfare Foundation
Bezos Family Foundation Tiffany & Co.
$50,000 TO $99,999 Jennifer and John Madden, Emerald Capital Carter and Denise Bays
The Helen Gurley Brown Revocable Trust Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas Tishman Speyer
Advisors Bergdorf Goodman
Dalio Foundation Bank of America Merrill Lynch Anonymous (2) Josh and Judy Weston Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Maroney Richard A. and Amelia Bernstein
Elizabeth and Christopher Davis, Shelby Cullom Jill and Lewis Bernard, Mariposa Foundation Mr. Gregory Alexander Laura B. Whitman and Thomas C. Danziger
Davis Charitable Fund Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bingle
Bloomberg Philanthropies Altman Foundation Ann Ziff
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Gerstner Family Foundation Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Bloomingdale's
Mrs. Jaclyn Brunckhorst and Mrs. Angela Kim Mr. William S. Beinecke*, Prospect Hill Foundation
Richard Gilder, Gilder Foundation, Inc. Robert Mercer Mr. and Mrs. Marc Blumencranz
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Ms. Brim Bewkes
$25,000 TO $49,999 MetLife, Inc. BNP Paribas
Sibyl R. Golden* Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson Jackie and Mike Bezos
Anonymous (3) New York Mets The Boston Consulting Group
David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman, The Gottesman Fund Citi Ms. Katherine Bleckman and Mr. John Bleckman
21st Century Fox Alice and Lorne Michaels BrainPOP LLC
Charles Hayden Foundation Ray and Barbara Dalio Tom and Meredith Brokaw, The Brokaw Family
Foundation Daniel D. Adams and Dr. Manon Cox Moody's Corporation The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Hess Foundation, Inc. Filomen M. D'Agostino Foundation
Kitty and Thomas L. Kempner, Jr. The Christensen Fund AllianceBernstein L.P. New York Times Company Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Edward Lavin
Miriam and Paul Daneker
Allison and Roberto Mignone Cognizant American Airlines Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage
New York Life Foundation Foundation Charles and Stephanie Coleman American Express Company Penguin Random House Canon U.S.A., Inc.

The Pussycat Foundation Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP American International Group, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Mr. and Dr. Eli Casdin

Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, The Howard Robert F. Gossett, Jr. Davis Polk & Wardwell Jesse and Rebecca Angelo Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (USA) Peter J. Cerasaro, Jr.
Phipps Foundation Anthony Gould Kate and Andrew Davis, Shelby Cullom Davis Philip F. Anschutz, The Anschutz Foundation Jill and Alan Rappaport Ralph M. Cestone Foundation, Inc.
Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust Kathryn O. Greenberg Charitable Fund Automatic Data Processing, Inc. The Reiss Family Foundation Charina Foundation, Inc.

* Deceased, as of November 1, 2018

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 Chervenak-Nunnalle Foundation Claudia and James Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer D. A. Sackler Sheila and David Barrett Mr. George Jovanoski Jennifer Sutherland
Margaret Hess Chi and Michael Y. Chi Kristen Edgreen Kaufman and Michael Kaufman Leonard C. Sanford Trust Barry, McTiernan & Wedinger, PC The Kandell Fund Mr. Jeff Swiatek and Ms. Caroline Risman
New York CityPASS Mr. Edward Khalily Saturday Night Live Laura and Greg Beard Ann Kaplan and Robert Fippinger Mr. James Taylor
Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation Krasdale Food Inc. Elaine L. Saul Sarah and Erik Belz Kaplan, Inc. TH Productions
Ms. Chelsea Clinton and Mr. Marc Mezvinsky Richard P. Krasnow and Nancy Meyrich Mr. and Mrs. Drew Saur Mary E. Benner Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kisling Mr. Kenan Thompson
The Honorable William J. Clinton and The Honorable Shelly B. Lazarus Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust Ms. Kathryn M. Berthold Charles and Jane Klein Darlene Thoroughgood
Hillary Rodham Clinton Mr. and Mrs. David Leibowitz Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Mr. James B. Tost
Dr. and Mrs. John Bognacki Mr. Melvin Klugman
The Abby and David Cohen Family Foundation Will and Mary Leland Mrs. Elizabeth Owens Mr. Christopher Bray Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Koch Alexander and Catherine Traykovski
Seth Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lessing Mr. and Mrs. James Scott Reverend and Mrs. C. Frederick Buechner The Lambert Family Jeannie Tseng and Colin Rust
Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Cruz, III Mr. and Mrs. David Letterman Mr. and Mrs. David Shara Nichole Bull Ms. Kate Lauprete and Mr. Geoffrey Lauprete Christine A. Varney and Thomas Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Davis The Leon Levy Foundation Ms. Patricia Shaw Raymond G. Chambers, The MCJ Amelior Hans Li and Jennifer Kouvant Varnum De Rose Charitable Remainder
Michael and Marilyn Dee Shawn and Serena Levy Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff Foundation Annuity Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Lipman
Deloitte Judy C. Lewent and Mark Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Imran Siddiqui Chanel Bernardette Vaskas
Arthur L. Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. Dinyar Devitre Dorothy Lichtenstein Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Silverman Jessica and Bryan Cho Holly Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lourie
Anja and Kevin Dreyer Amanda and Thomas Lister Mr. Larry Silverstein Bruce E. Cobern Evelene Wechsler
Ms. Susan Lyons
W. Leslie Duffy Barbara Page and John Liu Sidney, Milton and Leoma Simon Foundation James Cohen Mr. and Mrs. David Westin
Tamara and Kevin MacMillan
Cheryl and Blair Effron Margaret Munzer Loeb and Daniel Loeb Theodore and Alice Cohn Ann Eden Woodward Foundation
Mr. Gerald Singer Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Maguire
Emigrant Savings Bank Loews Corporation Evelyn McGee Colbert and Stephen Colbert Laila Worrell and Mike Hulbert
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. Phyllis Mailman
Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond Grace, Sharon, and Alex Volckhausen Romy and David Coquillette Yale University
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Smith Ms. Anita M. Majetich
First Data Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Mai, The Mai Family Jennie and Chris Coyne Yext, Inc.
Constance G. Spahn Ms. Priscilla Malcom
First Eagle Investment Management Foundation Foundation The Dana Foundation Ziff Brothers Investments
Dr. Neil Stahl and Dr. Jayne Raper Honorable Victor Marrero and Ms. Veronica White
Mr. and Mrs. David Foley Danielle Mandelblatt Christopher Denicolo
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steel Mr. William Martini
Mr. Francis L. Fraenkel Ms. Pamela Manice Naomi Donnelley and Joe Butler
Jane and Frances Stein Foundation Marubeni America Corporation $2,500 TO $4,999
Heather and Robert Gallivan Frank Markus
Mr. Allan Steinfeld and Ms. Alice Schneider Mr. Brian Drake and Mrs. Diane Ash Drake Friedrike Merck Anonymous (3)
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Gluck V. and L. Marx Foundation
Dr. Ian M. Tattersall Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck Matt H. Ahrens and Erin Smith Ahrens
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Mr. and Mrs. David E. Massengill
Amy Taylor and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr. Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation Mr. Michael Mignone and Ms. Teena-Ann Eric Altmann
GoldenTree Asset Management, LP Norman S. and Joanne B. Matthews
Time Warner Inc. Douglas and Susanne Durst Sankoorikal Jose and Mary Alvarado
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Goldring Dolly and Charles Mayer, Jr.
Dr. Lauren Tobe and Mr. Russell Sacks Ms. Joan Egrie Mizuho Financial Group American Society of Mammalogists
Perry and Donna Golkin Mr. John McEnroe and Ms. Patty Smyth
Trust for Mutual Understanding Elephant Rock Foundation Dr. Diana M. Moore Yoni Arbel and Leona Clague
Andrew S. Goodwin, Plymouth Hill Foundation Ms. Ann McNamee
Two Sigma Investments LLC Niko Elmaleh David Shaw Neill Arup
Richard Gordon Edward and Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Roy P. Vagelos Mr. and Mrs. R. Bradford Evans Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Gorman Dr. Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Dr. Jerome Harris
Venable LLP Event Network, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David O'Brien Messrs. William and Bayard Baker
Carolyn Gould Meyer
Mr. Ernest M. Von Simson and Ms. Naomi O. Seligman Cece and Richard Fabbro Octagon Anne H. Bass
Susanne and Paul Graf Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millard
W. P. Carey Susan and Leonard Feinstein Ogilvy & Mather The Howard Bayne Fund
Greenlight Capital, Inc. Miller Khoshkish Foundation
Ginger and Keith Wallach The Frankfort Family Foundation Dr. David Orentreich Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Beattie
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mishaan
The Walt Disney Company Tracy Fu and Sharon Wee Fu Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Ms. Margaret Beller and Ms. Elizabeth Beller
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Guffey Mitsubishi International Corporation
Wells Fargo Ellen V. Futter Nina and Mike Patterson Madeleine Bennett
Ms. Barbara Guss and Mr. David Kemp Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Dr. Coralyn W. Whitney Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gelfand Orr Pitts Family Charitable Trust The Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson
Ms. Lisa Hagerman and Mr. George Hagerman C. Jay Moorhead Foundation
Elizabeth H. Williams Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Berley
Harbor Group International, LLC Mary and Garrett Moran
H. W. Wilson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ken Giuriceo Quebec-Labrador Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bernstein
Jaime Harlock-Caiola and Alfred Caiola Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Morcos
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Herman Goldman Foundation Ms. Samantha Regan Katherine and Marco Birch
Craig Hauser Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Nath
Wings World Quest Katja Goldman and Michael W. Sonnenfeldt Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds Dr. and Mrs. M. Donald Blaufox
Gillian Hearst Simonds and Christian Simonds National Film Preservation Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Winokur Grant Thornton LLP Roche William Kenneth Block
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hearst III Margo and James L. Nederlander
Corrin Yep and Ned Solot Sloan and David Greenspan Rockefeller Group Michèle and Joseph Brazil
The Margarita and John Hennessy Family Northern Bay Contractors, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Zilkha Mr. Charles Griffis and Mrs. Megan Kelly Adrian Ross, Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Lori R. Buchbinder and Raymond McDaniel
Foundation Julia and Jamal Nusseibeh
Dr. Tiffany Herlands and Mr. Ronny Barnea Oceanic Heritage Foundation Mary W. Harriman Foundation Jack and Anita Saltz Foundation Jason Biegel and Susan Buchner
Josefin and Paul Hilal Nancy and Morris W. Offit $5,000 TO $9,999 Ms. Anne Hathaway Barbara Saltzman The Buck Family
Hitz Foundation Milary Olson and Steven B. Cohen Anonymous (8) Kyle Haug Dr. and Mrs. Carl Saphier BuroHappold
HBO Nancy Peretsman and Robert Scully Estate of Gene B. Abrams Mr. and Mrs. Carney Hawks Val and Min-Myn Schaffner Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Huff The Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation AECOM Tishman Ms. Margarita C. Hennessy Helena Segy Foundation Prof. Darren Campo
Mr. William O. Hunt Mr. Jeremy C. Powers AKRF Carolyn Hickman and John R. Campbell III Charlotte and Ottavio Serena di Lapigio Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cashin
Jennifer Huntley, The Jennifer Foundation Judy Rasmuson Steven and Kathy Alecia Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Higgins Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff and Hunter Lewis Celgene Corporation
Mr. Hans J. Hvide Mr.* and Mrs. William Rayner Ms. Susan E. Alter Mr. Douglas Hitchner and Ms. Larissa Martell Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chait
IPsoft Incorporated John R. Robinson and Barbara Robinson Family Mrs. Joan Amron Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Hite Mrs. Charline Spektor Beverly and Herbert Chase
ITOCHU International Inc. Rolex Watch USA, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Hixon Mr. Jeremy P Springhorn and Dr. Erin Springhorn Mrs. David A. Cofrin
The Carl Jacobs Foundation Isabel Rose Jody and John Arnhold Ms. Lillie Hodges Anne Spychala Family Charitable Foundation Joan and Harvey* Cohen
Amy and John Jacobsson May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Jonathan Babkow and Maia Rubin Aurelia Ion Mrs. Philip A. Straus Dr. Charles J. Cole and Carol R. Townsend
Dr. Irma B. Jaffe Nina Rumbough Randall and Virginia Barbato Ms. Annette L. Jones Sumitomo Corporation of America Nancy C. Cooper

* Deceased, as of November 1, 2018

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 Dr. Michelle Copeland and Dr. Jonathan Halperin Michael and Sandy Hecht Ms. Frances Naftal Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann Mr. Andrew Baker and Ms. Anne Baker Mr. Frank Burzik
Susan R. Cullman and John Kirby Mr. John C. Henry and Ms. Amy Henry Kathy Wylde, Partnership for New York City Mr. Aaron Thomas Ms. Carol Baker and Mr. Mark E. Stein Ms. Alice Byowitz
Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Jr. Anya C. M. Herz and Dr. Andrew Shiva The New York Community Trust Barbara and Donald Tober Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bales Ms. Anne Canty
Mr. Justin Davda and Ms. Logan McClure Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hesse Jeff and Jieun Nitka Rosanna Troiano and John Troiano Elizabeth P. Ball Claire and Jason Capello
Davis Brody Bond, LLP Constance M. Hoguet Mr. Peter Norton The University of Michigan Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bandler Mr. and Mrs. Mark Carey
Judy and Kim Davis Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hollein Ms. Sandra Nudelman USI Insurance Services Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Barakett Walter W. and Barbara I. Carey
Elisabeth de Picciotto Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes William S. Nye Mr. Carroll L. Wainwright Jr. Esq. Mr. Paul Baranay Mr. Robert Caro
Mr. David H. De Weese and Ms. Anne C. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howard Mrs. William Oppenheim Mary J. Wallach Mr. Frank T. Barbaro, Jr. Mrs. E. K. Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Paul del Balso Ms. Charissa Huan and Mr. Russel Chiming Huang Chips and Sarah Page Mrs. John L. Weinberg Ms. Andrea Barbieri Shelley Carr
Mary and Jason Dillow Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes Nicole and Bruce Paisner Dr. and Mrs. Allen Weingast Mr. Hugo Barreca and Ms. Wendy Schlemm Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carter
Discovery Communications, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Munib Islam Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Pantzer Mr. Jerry A. Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Barry Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
Mr. John R. Donahue and Mr. Aaron Hobart Raina and Jack Herrick, J.H. Electric of New York, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Papsun Dr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Whitmore Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Bartz Stephen P. Chang
Ms. Margaret F. Donovan and Ms. Nancy Broderick M. Elaine Johnston and Mary Jacobs Dr. M. Lee Pearce Jarvis and Coke Anne Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. John E. Baumgardner Mr. and Mrs. Christian Cheney
Edmund C. Duffy Mrs. Elisabeth Jans-Carballo and Mr. Federico Mr. William G. Pearcy Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell G. Williams Reginald R. and Jameson A. Baxter Ms. Diane M. Chesnut
Carballo Mr. Charles Perry Wilson and Mr. Ransom C. Wilson
Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation Dr. Louis B. Pieper, Jr., DVM Mr. Richard Bayles and Ms. Gretchen Pusch Mr. Lawrence T. Chien
Johnson Controls, Inc. Mr. Ransom C. Wilson
Mr. George Eberstadt and Ms. Cynthia Young PIMCO Dr. Kathryn and Mr. Bruce Beal Mr. and Mrs. Denny Chin
Max Kade Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Karen Eckhoff Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Plusch Lisa and Richard Witten Mr. Robert M. Beals and Ms. Betsy Barton Mr. Edward Chin and Ms. Elizabeth Merrick
Joseph Kahn and Shannon Wu
Camille and Peter Ehrenberg Mr. Justin Pollack and Ms. Suzanne Reisman Mr. David Wood Mr. Victor Bearg Ms. Jennifer Chung and Mr. Jay Wilkins
Richard I. Kandel
Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Mr. and Mrs. Zachary O. Pomerantz Migs Woodside Ms. Heather Bellini and Ms. Marlene Nolasco Amy and Anthony Civale
Helene and Mark Kaplan
Carol and Roger Einiger Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Prince Mr. David Worthington and Dr. Julie Staggers Dr. John Belmonte Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Clemente
Mr. Dan Katzner and Ms. Claudia Zeldin
Mr. Andrew Epstein John Rachwalski and Jessica Yau Robert P. Zimmerman Mr. Harvey Benenson The Clifford-Levy Family
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
Eurotech Construction William and Patricia Ramonas Ms. Diana Berger Ms. Mary Ann Cloyd
Helen Kimmel
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone Ready Set Rocket $1,000 TO $2,499 Dr. Alice O. Berkowitz and Mr. Norman R. Berkowitz Myrna Coffino
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kingston
Elaine Fein, The Fein Foundation Mr. Dominic Ricci and Ms. Jennifer Stalec Anonymous (10) Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bernaz Mary Ann P. Cofrin
Mr. Gary J. Klopfer
Frank Finkel Susan and David Rockefeller 1220 Exhibits Mr. Charles Bernheim and Ms. Rachel Bernheim Adrianne and Jerry L. Cohen
Ms. Kristine Koren
Holley and Russell Flagg Sascha M. Rockefeller Mrs. Diane Abbey and Mr. Arthur N. Abbey Elaine S. Bernstein and Erika Bernstein Kelble Mr. Jesse Cohen
Katherine Bittl and James Bittl
Dr. and Mrs. David F. Frankel Mr. and Mrs.* Cye Ross Mr. Adil Abdulali and Ms. Sohaila Abdulali Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Berry Joseph M. Cohen
LANGAN
Peter Hess Friedland Drs. Valerie and John W. Rowe Mr. and Mrs. Adam Abelson Mr. John Bessonette and Mrs. Ginger Thames Ms. Sharon Cohen and Dr. Matthew A. Cohen
Sidney and Helaine Lerner
Charles A. Fritz III Bryan and Aidan Rowley Carol and Robert Abrahams Judith L. Biggs Mr.* and Mrs. Bertram J. Cohn
Mr. and Mrs. Beau Lescott
Ms. Susan C. Frunzi and Mr. David Wachtel Ms. Mary Rufrano Ms. Lisa Ackerman and Ms. Jean Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. James Bigham Mrs. Marie H. Cole
Betty and John Levin
Chad Gallant and Barbara Becker Mr. and Mrs. Troy Ruhanen Mr. and Mrs. David A. Ackert Mrs. Loren Blackford and Mr. Michael Dubno Ms. Julie Combs
Mr. and Mrs. William Milton Lewis, Jr.
Tiffany and Sean Gardner Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Noreen and Ahmar Ahmad Edie Blair Ms. Elaine Congress Snyder
Mr. and Mrs. D. Roger B. Liddell
Peter Gartland Mr. Louis J. Salvaterra and Ms. Mia Salvaterra Ms. Funda Akarsu-Reza and Mr. Ali Reza Peter and Sofia Blanchard Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Linden
Gary Zarr & Associates Nadia Samadani and Omar Kathwari Mr. and Mrs. Tim Alford Ms. Leslie May Blauner and Mr. Andrew Blauner Mr. William J. Constantine and Ms. Margaret
Mr. Chien C. Liu
GCM Grosvenor Lisa S. Sanford Ms. Felicia Alfred and Mrs. Olga Alfred Lauren Blum and C. William Merten Wellington
Ms. Jennifer T. Loeb
Scott Geller Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Santella Mrs. David Alger Katie Boes and Rich Calacci Mr. John E. Cooney and Mrs. Lenore C. Cooney
Ms. Carla Lowenheim
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gill Paul and Mary Seid Christine Allen Dr. Kevin Bohacs and Ms. Susan Mitterling Nick Cooper
Ms. Sharon Lowenheim
Jordan Glaser and Hazel Weiser The Seshadri Family Mr. Emerson Allen and Ms. Alison Allen Boland Communications Mr. Robert D. Cope
Mr. and Mrs. James I. Magid
Dr. Paul W. Glimcher and Dr. Barbara Knappmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shabsels Mr. Jeffrey Altman and Dr. Sara Jordan Mr. John W. Bolich Ms. Kathleen Corbett and Mr. Edward McDaniels
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Goldberg Ms. Susan Shabsels Stephen and Madeline Anbinder Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Borsanyi Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Cordero
Management Resources, Inc.
Goldfarb & Fleece Shake Shack Mr. Chester Anderson and Ms. Peggy Anderson Lizzie Boswell Felipe A. Coronel
Barbara Manocherian
The Goldie Anna Charitable Trust Andrew and Adolophine Sheeley Karl Anderson and Marissa Shorenstein Dr. Brian Bosworth and Mrs. Lauren Mr. Emil Costa
Jeffrey and Cynthia Manocherian
Boo Grace Aneesa Sheikh and Eric Cheng Ms. Elizabeth Andrews Freeman-Bosworth Victoria Costa and Jacob Carl Zydney*
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Margolin
Phyllis Green and Randy Cowen Mr. and Mrs. Craig Shouldice Rita Antanir Posin and Hana Ohayon Mr. William Bowen Ms. Jennifer Coughlin and Mr. Devin Haran
Marine Aquarium Societies of North America
Kim and Jeff Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Singer Ben Appen and Leslie Chang Mr. Jeff Bower and Ms. Laura Bower Mr. Kenneth A. Cowin and Ms. Helen Cowin
Mr. and Mrs. William Marr
Ms. Margaret Grise and Mr. Adam Silver Laurel and Michael Skarbinski Mr. Peter J. Appleby and Ms. Stephanie Raia Mrs. Laura Ivanhoe Brail and Mr. Richard Brail The Cowles Charitable Trust
Mr. Anthony Mason and Ms. Christina Mason
Ellen K. and Lawrence R. Gross Mr. Maxim Skudarnov Ms. Alyson Archer and Mr. John Archer Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brandman Ms. Sherri Crichton
Diane and Adam E. Max
Loomis J. Grossman, Jr. Melissa A. Slaybaugh Mr. Robert H. Arnow Mr. and Mrs. Stanlee Brimberg Walt Crimm Associates Inc.
Mr. W. Jameson McFadden
Sarah Withers and Nestor Guillen Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smigel Mrs. Helen Jean Arthur Mr. and Mrs. John Britton Dr. and Mrs. David P. Crockett
Mr. Malcom McLain and Ms. Mary Maher
Agnes Gund Society of Systematic Biologists Vera Miller Aryeh Catharine O. Broderick and Henry U. Harris III Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Cullen
Mr. Donald K. McNeil
Mr. Pat Gunn Marc S. Solomon Mr. Michael Ashworth and Ms. Elizabeth Ashworth Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Brody Ms. Rebecca Culley and Mr. Peter Lee
The Janis and Alan Menken Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gunter Dr. and Mrs. Peter Som Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky Mr. Frank Brosens Mr. and Mrs. Ravenel B. Curry IV
Ms. Cynthia Miller
Mr. Anuj Gupta Ken and Teresa Stabler Atelier Ten Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brownstone Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cushmaro
Countess Anastasia T. Milonas and Ms. Claire
Matthew Haberling Milonas Linda and Bill Starzman Kym Aughtry John H. Buckner Drs. Lawrence and Eileen Cutler
Hadley Exhibits Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Miranda Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sterling, Jr. Ms. Anastasia Augoustopoulos and Mr. Peter I. Davis Ms. Natalia Bulgari and Mr. Todd Hollander Ms. Nanci L. Czaja and Mr. Richard F. Czaja
Mses. Trish and Hannah Hamlin Ms. Tiffany Moller and Ms. Hannah Harper Stop & Stor Charitable Fund Mrs. Elaine Avidor and Mr. Yosi Benlavi Dr. Marcia Bull and Mr. A. Bliss McCrum Genevieve Da Silva and L. Schellie Archbold
Mr. Jeffrey S. Handen Mr. Jerome B. Moss and Ms. Olga Gottlieb The Leila & Mickey Straus Family Charitable Trust Ms. Norma R. Axelrad Judith and Robert Burger Lucy and Mike Danziger
Ms. Madie I. Head Mr. and Mrs. Faris Naber Mr. and Mrs. Bela Szigethy Ms. Carol Aylsworth Mrs. Jasminka Bursic Mr. and Mrs. Michael Danziger

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 Mary G. Davis Mr. Colin C. Ferenbach Gail Gregg Mrs. Sophia Hudson and Mr. Daniel Riley Dr. and Mrs. Hoshang J. Khambatta Ms. Nastassia Lopez
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Davis Evette and Scott Ferguson Mr. John W. Gribble and Mr. Michael Gribble Mr. Dennis Hughes Mrs. Linda Marie Khettry Al Loris
Shelia M. Davis and Dr. Irv Kron Mr. and Mrs. Dan Figueras Mr. Erik K. Grimmelmann and Ms. Louise A. Gikow Ms. Nancy M. Hughes Mr. Humphrey Kiara and Ms. Inosi Nyatta Mr. and Mrs. Sherif Lotfi
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas de Neufville Mr. and Mrs. Greg Finck Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Grinberg Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hull Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kibel Mr. Paul Love and Ms. Anna Dover
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Debs Dr. William F. Fitzgerald and Ms. Tillie Gross Al and Denise Hurley Thomas Killeen The Albert G. Lowenthal Foundation
Ms. Eileen Decallies Ms. Patricia K. Fitzgerald Aryn and Matt Grossman Peter Hutchings and Martha Wolfgang Mr. Edward A. Kirtman and Mrs. Risa M. Schifter Ms. Morgan M. Mackert
Ms. Kathleen Degala and Mr. Yzes Istel Mr. John T. Fleurant Ms. Melody Hyllen-Davey and Mr. Bruce Davey Mr. Gerold F. Klauer and Dr. Jana Klauer Mr. and Mrs. George Maguire
Mrs. Desiree Gruber and Mr. Kyle MacLachlan
Megan and Cisco del Valle Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fliman Mr. David Iles Mr. and Mrs. Adam Klein Ammara Yaqub and Hussein Malik
Mrs. Patricia Gruber
Ms. Jane DelFavero Dr. and Mrs. John J. Flynn Mrs. Elena Ilyayev and Mr. Kyle Benoit Patrick J. Knox Dr. and Mrs. Roy S. Malpass
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther
Ms. Chiara deRege and Ms. Phyliss Waldron Kerianne and James Flynn IMAX CORPORATION Ms. Judy Koch and Ms. Barbara J. Eler Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Manheimer
Frank and Joanne Gumper
Ms. Donna M. Derr Ellen L. Fogle Mr. John Inwright and Mr. John M. King Ms. Margaret Koerner Ms. Isabelle Marino and Mr. Ryan Hoffman
Mr. Timothy Gunn
Ms. Lindsay N. Forbes and Mr. Ali Dibadj
Ms. Julie Herzig Desnick and Dr. Robert J. Desnick Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Gural George and Jeannie Irish Mr. Olivier Kohler Ms. Cindy Mark
Mr. Blake Foster
Ms. Katharine B. Devlin and Mr. Michael H. Devlin II Ms. Veronica W. Hackett Peter Anthony Irwin Julie Kohn and Dan Swift Mr. Thomas J. Marlowe, Jr.
Fox Rothschild LLP
Ms. Naomi Diamond Ms. Karli Hagedorn and Mr. Zane Walker Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jackman Kristy and Jonathan Korngold Kevin Marrinan
B. Harrison Frankel
Mr. David Dibble Mr. Adam Hagfors Ms. Sara Jackson and Mr. Bill Jackson Kevin and Stacey Kotler Tom Marshall and Kathy Keneally
Ms. Marla Franzese and Mr. Frank Franzese
Michael DiBrizzi Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Hagglund John Mary and Bernard Jacobs Foundation, Inc. Andrea Krantz and Harvey Sawikin Mr. and Mrs. William Marth
Mr. David Freedman and Mrs. Robin Freedman
Ms. Rebecca Dickerson and Mr. Nicholas Murray Kathleen D. Hale Anita and Robert Jacobson Mr. Stephen Kraus and Ms. Lindsay Kraus Dr. Joseph Masci
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Freitas
Catherine and Michael Diefenbach Mr. Jay Hallik and Ms. Noha Kasrawi Dr. Ashika Jain Miss Vanessa Krauser Ms. Christine Matthews
Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II
Robert and Marti Dinerstein Dr. Jennifer Hallum and Dr. Alton Venson Hallum III Richard A. Jalkut Mr. George H. Krauss Mr. and Mrs. John A. McCaffrey
William and Jacqueline Friedewald
Mr. Samuel A. Discua Duarte Mr. Russel T. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jamison Kimberly Kravis and Jonathan Schulhof Ms. Kay McCrosky
Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein
Ms. Tegan Donnelley Lynne and Harold Handler Mr. and Mrs. Morton Janklow Dorothy and David Kroenlein Ms. Paula McGuinness
Ms. Kara Friedman
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Dontzin Dora Barlaz and Noah Hanft Mr. Raymond D. Jasen and Ms. Eva Jasen Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Krumholz Ms. Jan McHugh-Smith
Mr. Robert A. Friedman and Mrs. Jane Grenadier
Mr. Frank Douglas William F. and Ruth Ann Harnisch Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Jelisavcic Mr. David Kuck Ms. Frances McKenzie
Friedman
Ms. Dahlia Doumar Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Harris Dr. Barbara Jessen and Ms. Ann Jessen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kuck Mrs. Dee McLeod and Mr. Edrick Browne
Suzanne Frye, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Boker Doyle Jon and Trace Harris Mr. and Mrs. Ian G. John Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Kujawa Constance and H. Roemer McPhee
Mrs. Genny G. Fua-Del Fierro and Mr. Jonathan
Dr. Kathy Drill and Craig A. Drill Del Fierro Ms. Hedy Hartman and Mr. Andrew Chait Mr. Jeff M. Johnson Mr. Brian E. Kun and Ms. Milagros Soto Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mele
Drumcliff Foundation Mr. George E. Fulcher and Dr. Danielle Warren Mr. Thomas Haubenstricker and Ms. Anne Mr. John Johnson and Mrs. Susan Short Mr. and Mrs. Tomislav Kundic Mrs. Teresa Melhado
Ms. Constance Dry Mr. Mortimer B. Fuller Haubenstricker Dr. Keith Johnson Mr. Francis Kunkel Mr. George Melissinos and Ms. Emily Rich
Ms. Patricia E. Duffey and Mr. David Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Kwok S. Fung Ms. Laura Louise Hawkins and Mr. Roy Olivera Brady Mr. Robert Johnson Mr. Peter LaFleche and Ms. Ellen LaFleche Falguiere Mrs. Josephine A. Merck
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Duffy Mr. Luis Galdo Dr. Kathryn Hearst Mr. Scott Johnsson Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Laibstain Carolyn and Eugene Mercy, Jr.
John F. Eagan Ms. Danielle Gardner and Mr. Lawrence Fuhrmann Mr. and Mrs. Herman M. Heinemann The Janet Stone Jones Foundation Peter and Deborah Lamm Ms. Linda Merinoff and Mr. Paul Bogrow
Dr. Mary Edlow, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Garland Dr. and Mrs. George F. Heinrich Ms. Corrina Jones Dr. Neil H. Landman Mr. Robert G. Merli and Ms. Soo Sung Wong-Merli
Mr. Matthew Edmonds and Ms. Julie Ann Quay Jacqueline M. Garrett Mr. Peter Heinrich and Ms. Cynthia Lilley Thomas P. Jones Mr. Jay Langhurst and Mr. Daniel Klingler Ms. Natalie Merrick
Mr. John J. Egan and Mrs. Veronica Hacket Egan Mr. Gary Gaskin and Ms. Gemarla Gaskin Marian S. Heiskell Mr. Arlin Jorge Joseph Laraia and Dr. Mary Motyl Metropolis Group, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Egan Mr. Michael Gat and Ms. Tanya R. Gat Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Henes Joseph Family Charitable Trust Mrs. June Larkin Ms. Betsy Michel and Ms. Katie Michel
Ms. Elizabeth M. Ehrenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. Mr. Kevin Hennessey and Mr. Alexander Hennessey Lauren Elizabeth Junge The Larkin Family Brian and Heidi Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Eikenberry Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gewirtz Ilene and Jerry Herz Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Kaldor The Robert J. Laskowski Foundation Alexandra Milstein
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Eizenstat Mr. Louis A. Giambusso and Ms. Ann Giambusso Alexandra and Paul Herzan Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kamarck Ambassador and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder Sandra C. and Lowell A. Mintz
Ms. Mariana Elder Tom* and Marjorie Gilbert Brian and Tania Higgins Dr. Stanley Kaplan Ms. Gina Laversa-Zeitlin and Mr. Brian Zeitlin Ms. Susan Mintz
Mr. Martin Elias Dr. Raminder Gill and Dr. Amardeep Gill Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Karp Nora Lavori Ms. Barbara Mitchell and Mr. J Zachary Sullivan
Mr. Richard Ellenbogen and Mrs. Maryann Pfeiffer Mr. Evan S. Giniger and Ms. Marisa da Silva Higgins, Quasebarth & Partners, LLC Eugene L. and Mary Kasakove Ms. Geraldine Laybourne Eben Moglen
Lita and Walter Elvers Mr. Thomas Giroux and Ms. Neli Esipova Mr. William Himwich and Ms. Letitia Carlson Dr. and Mrs. John W. Katz Mr. Alan Laytner and Ms. Rachelle Laytner Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Mogul
Mrs. Carrie Ergin and Ms. Evren Ergin Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Girsky CAPT Deborah Ann Hinkley, MC, USN Ms. Kim Kaufman and Mr. James A. Goldsmith Mr. and Mrs. David Lederman Dr. Barbara W. Monsanto and Dr. Enrique Monsanto
Miss Gail Erickson and Ms. Christa W. Rice Mr. Leonard Gleich and Ms. Lois Russo Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hipkins Ms. Yukako Kawata and Mr. Teodulo A. Henriquez Mr. and Mrs. Raymond LeFebvre Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Montbach
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Esposito Mr. and Mrs. David Gochman Mr. George C. Hixon Earle W. Kazis Jacqueline LeFrak and Edward Kosinski Mr. and Mrs. William F. Morrill
John and Deborah Evangelakos Mr. and Mrs. Tim Gokey Mrs. Frank W. Hoch Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kean Mr. and Mrs. Frederic I. Leif Mr. David Morse
Ms. Casandra Evans Michael and Anne B. Golden Mr. and Mrs. John Hockenberry Mr. and Mrs. Kassahun Kebede Mr. and Mrs. John G. Leness Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse
Ms. Carol Evarts and Mr. Maxwell Evarts Ms. Susan E. Golden and Mr. Max Golden Ms. Julia Hodder and Mr. David Hodder Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keefe Mr. David Lester Ms. Dorothy L. Mott
The Eydenberg Family Diana S. Goldin Hodgson Russ LLP Laurie D. Kefalidis The Irene Levoy Foundation, Inc. Donald R. Mullen
Social Media Donations Facebook Ronald Goldstock and Judith Friedman Mrs. Beth Holland Ms. Saundra Keinberger and Ms. Nina Keinberger Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Lewinter Mr. Gary R. Mullen
Bridgett Fawcett Mr. Michael Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Holodak Bicky and George Kellner Mr. and Mrs. Francis R. Lewis Ms. Barbara Munn
Ms. Randa Fayez and Dr. Kamal Aboul-Hosn Ann and Melissa Gottlieb Mrs. Theodora W. Hooton Mr. Robert E. Kempf Mr. John P. Linderman and Dr. Trudy M. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Saleem Muqaddam
Mr. M. Bruce Fegley Gramercy Flower Associates Patricia Horotan Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Kendall Fritz and Lee Link Mr. James Murdoch and Ms. Kathryn Murdoch
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feinberg Mr. David Gray and Mrs. Kathleen Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hovey Mr. Craig Kennedy and Ms. Beth Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. William Link Mr. Vinay Nair and Ms. Gayathri Vinay
Janet and George Felleman Ms. Susannah Gray and Mr. John Lyons Dr. Leslie Howard Karen and Kevin Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Litner Mr. Avi Nash and Ms. Sonia Nash Gupta
Dr. James Felser William Green and Alyson Adler Mr. and Mrs. John Hsu Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kenner Joe and Clare LoCicero Mr. Kenneth R. Nassau and Ms. Lee A. Hebner
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Felsher Mr. Daniel Greenberg and Ms. Karen Nelson Mr. Da-Shih Hu and Ms. Shih-In Ma Mr. Erik Kenward Mr. Thomas J. Logan Mr. and Mrs. David Nastro
Martha Feltenstein Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Greenfield David J. Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kerschner Mr. Eric Lomas Mr. Robert L. Navin and Ms. Thais Roda Noya

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 Mr. and Mrs. George A. Needham Mr. and Mrs. Paul Raether Ms. Soonae Sakow and Mr. Jason Sakow Mr. Steven H. Strongin and Dr. Alexis C. Strongin Mr. Douglas A. Warner III Ms. Patricia Azeltine
Ms. Eileen Nemeroff Ralph Appelbaum, Founder of Ralph Appelbaum Mr. Joshua Sandbulte and Ms. Tracey Strauss Guy Miller Struve and Marcia Mayo Hill Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Warner Ms. Ashanda Balderas
Mr. George Nereo and Ms. Marilynn Nereo Associates Mr. and Mrs. Claudio Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Stuntz Mr. Ariel Warszawski and Ms. Tara R. Dwyer Mr. Frank M. Bamberger
Stephanie and Herbert Neuman Mr. and Mrs. Austin Ratner Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Scariano Mr. Kent Sublette Mr. Eric Wechsler Ms. Carolina Baron
Mr. Wyatt Neumann and Mrs. Jena Cordova Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ravetz Mr. William Schaaf and Ms. Joy Chang Dr. P. R. Sundaresan Mr. Caswell Weinbren Ms. Linda Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. A. David Niles Mr. Shaji Ravi Mr. James M. Schell and Ms. Rosario Mangat Mr. Jeffrey Sussman and Mrs. Susan Sussman Mr. Earl. D. Weiner Ms. Helen Baumhofer
Nouveau Elevator Reed Hilderbrand Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Svenson Mildred Weissman Mr. David Baxter
Dr. Michael Novacek and Dr. Maureen O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Reed Mr. Steven Schleider and Mr. Martin Levine Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Sweeny, Jr. Ms. Kyuri Weng and Mr. Eric Weng Ms. Fern Beckman
Naomi Novik and Charles Ardai Mr. and Mrs. David Reed Mr. Rick Schulman and Ms. Debbie Schulman Mrs. Baba Swift Mr. David Wetherbee Ms. Joan L. Benson
Mr. Timothy Nugent and Ms. Rebecca Mr. and Mrs. Jerome C. Regier Mr. Steven P. Schwartz Ms. Jennifer Swindal and Ms. Haley Swindal Tantleff Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Whalen The Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson
Calder-Nugent Mr. Rodney Reid Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Schwartz Jeffrey Taback and Inanna Donnelley Ms. Ana Wheatcroft and Mr. Jonathan Kellner Mr. Lewis W. Bernard
Ms. Polly O'Brien and Mr. Barrett Toan Mr. Steve M. Reilly Ms. Audrey Schwenger Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tannenhauser Dr. and Mrs. Owen Whitby Mr. Robert Bethge
Mr. Brian O'Dwyer Ms. Fretta Reitzes Mr. and Mrs. William C. Scott Ms. Robyn Tarnofsky and Mr. Antony Ryan Robert W. and Donna T. Whiteford Dr. and Mrs. Donald Blaufox
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Martin Zaretsky
Bokhorst
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Mr. John Vincenti and Mrs. Robyn Kampf
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OUR SENSES: AN IMMERSIVE THE BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY ALLISON AND ROBERTO MIGNONE HALL MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING KWANZAA 2017 2018 ISAAC ASIMOV MEMORIAL DEBATE:
EXPERIENCE OF GEMS AND MINERALS PROGRAM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Generous support for The Butterfly Conservatory has Kwanzaa 2017 was provided, in part, by the May and
Our Senses is generously supported by Dana and been provided by the Eileen P. Bernard Exhibition Fund. The Museum gratefully acknowledges Allison and With deepest appreciation, the Museum acknowledges Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. and the family of The late Dr. Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific and
Virginia Randt. Roberto Mignone for their leadership support of the Kathryn W. Davis for her generous founding support of Frederick H. Leonhardt. influential authors of our time, was a dear friend and
NORTHWEST COAST HALL redesigned Halls of Gems and Minerals. the Master of Arts in Science Teaching (MAT) Program. supporter of the American Museum of Natural History.
Kwanzaa 2017 was co-presented by Community Works
UNSEEN OCEANS Generous support has been provided by the Leadership support for the MAT program is provided by In his memory, the Hayden Planetarium is honored
The Museum gratefully recognizes the Eugene V. and and New Heritage Theatre Group.
Arthur Ross Foundation. The Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund. to host the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate —
Lead funding for Unseen Oceans and its educational Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and Lewis Bernard,
The Kwanzaa marketplace was organized by the generously endowed by relatives, friends, and admirers
resources is provided by OceanX, an initiative of the whose leadership support has made the restoration of The MAT program is supported in part by the National
Harlem Arts Alliance. of Isaac Asimov and his work — bringing the finest
Dalio Foundation. the Northwest Coast Hall possible. INSIDE YOU Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DRL-1119444
minds in the world to the Museum each year to debate
The American Museum of Natural History gratefully The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has provided critical Inside You is made possible by the generosity of the and DUE-1340006, and the U.S. Department of
SUN-EARTH DAY pressing questions on the frontier of scientific discovery.
acknowledges the Richard and Karen LeFrak Exhibition planning support, including for consultation with First Arthur Ross Foundation. Education Grant Number U336S140026.
and Education Fund. Nations communities. The American Museum of Natural History gratefully
Inside You is proudly supported by the Janssen SCIENCE RESEARCH MENTORING
RHODA AND THE FOSSIL HUNT: AN acknowledges Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Unseen Oceans is generously supported by The conservation of painted totem poles has been Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. PROGRAM
OPERA FOR FAMILIES PoLAR Partnership and NASA for their participation in
Chase Private Client. made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library
Sun-Earth Day. Support for the Science Research Mentoring Program
Services under grant number MA-30-17-0260-17. The world premiere production of John Musto’s Rhoda
Special Thanks to International Ocean Discovery at the American Museum of Natural History is
Additional support has been provided by the and the Fossil Hunt was supported in part by the New
Program, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, NASA provided by Christopher C. Davis, The Shelby Cullom
Gilbert & Ildiko Butler Family Foundation. York State Council on the Arts and New Music USA,
Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA Solar System Davis Charitable Fund; The Pinkerton Foundation; the
and made possible by gifts from the Mary Flagler Cary
Ambassador Program, NASA Goddard Institute for Bezos Family Foundation; the Doris Duke Charitable
Charitable Trust, the New York City Department of
Space Studies, New York Cares, Museum Staff and Foundation; the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation; Inc.;
Cultural Affairs, the Helen F. Whitaker Fund, the Aaron
Volunteers, and The Story Pirates. and the Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation.
Copland Fund for Music, the Carl Jacobs Foundation, the
EXPEDITIONS E D U C AT I O N A N D P R O G R A M S Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and an anonymous donor. Complimentary test preparation and college admissions
The PoLAR Partnership is supported by a generous grant
Additional thanks to Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric from the National Science Foundation (DUE-1239783). support for program participants is generously provided
Unlimited program for providing educational content by Kaplan Test Prep.
Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided
for this publication.
EXPLORE21 RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL OCEAN LUMINARIES, EARTHFEST, AND by the Schaffner Family and the Horace W. Goldsmith Support for the NYC Science Research Mentoring
HACKATHON: HACK THE DEEP Endowment Fund. Consortium is generously provided by The Pinkerton
The Museum’s Explore21 Initiative is generously The Museum expresses its utmost appreciation HAYDEN PLANETARIUM PROGRAMS Foundation.
supported by the leadership contributions of to Richard Gilder, a steadfast and most generous Ocean Luminaries, Earthfest, and Hackathon: Hack the The material contained in the presentation, Aurora and
Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided
Katheryn P. and Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.; Linda R. benefactor and friend whose visionary philanthropy Deep are made possible by OceanX, an initiative of the Eclipse in 3D, is funded in part by NASA under award No
by the Schaffner Family and the Horace W. Goldsmith
and William E. Macaulay; and the Stavros enabled the Museum to establish the Gilder Dalio Foundation, as part of its generous support of NNX16AB93A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or
Endowment Fund.
Niarchos Foundation. Graduate School. the special exhibition Unseen Oceans and its related recommendations expressed in this material are those
educational activities and public programs. of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views
Additional support for the Richard Gilder Graduate
AMNH-MONGOLIAN ACADEMY OF School has been generously provided by the Hess of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
SCIENCES EXPEDITIONS Foundation, Inc.; an anonymous Museum Trustee; the HACKATHON: HACK THE DEEP WITH
BRIDGEUP: STEM
The AMNH-Mongolian Academy of Sciences City of New York; Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Gerstner Family
expeditions are generously supported by the Margaret Foundation; and the Annette Kade Charitable Trust. Hackathon: Hack the Deep is part of BridgeUp: STEM,
and Will Hearst Paleontological Research Fund. an initiative educating youth and the public about P H OTO G R A P H Y / D E S I G N
MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL: cutting-edge computing in scientific research and
ACTIVATE science communication.

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