Honoring Our Mothers Fund

The Honoring Our Mothers Fund provides support for the enhancement of educational and career opportunities for mothers who are students or employees at the University at Albany. Read more about the award.

Golden Patrons ($1000 plus)

  • Quentin Chin, Eugene Freyer,Frederic Freyer, Frederic Q. Freyer, Kenji Ota, Bruce Shore, Jesse A. Shore, Laura J. Shore, and Caroline A. Tharp in honor of Harriet Shore '82 '85 - loving mother, wife, and friend.
  • Kathy Turek in honor of her mother Lois Hardisty


Patrons ($1000)

  • Kedron Barson in honor of her mother Margaret Deal Smith.
  • Bianca Carter in honor of her mother Adeline DiBianco Sorieri.
  • Sue Faerman in honor of her mother Miriam M. Faerman.
  • Shirley J. Jones in honor of her mother Minnie Liggins Davis.
  • Kathy Shooks in honor of her mother Elizabeth Heinmiller and her mother-in-law 
  • Helen Shooks.
  • Lorre Smith in honor of her mother Margaret Deal Smith.
  • Kathy Turek in honor of her mother Lois Hardisty and her sister Marie Muckerman.


Contributors ($500)

  • Roberta Armstrong in honor of Vivian M. Smith and Louise C. Lubbe.
  • Patricia McAuliff in honor of her mother Ruby McAuliff.
  • Bonnie Spanier in honor of her mother Roselyn Solomon Spanier.


Sponsors ($250)

  • G. Michael Armstrong in memory of his mother Beatrice C. Armstrong.
  • Candace Groudine in honor of her mother Gladys Groudine.
  • Martha Rozette in honor of her mother Elizabeth Stedman Tuck and her mother-in-law Alice Taussig Rozett.
  • Gregory Turek in honor of his mother Helen Turek.


Members ($100)

  • Syd, Les, Joe, and Terry Allen in honor of Elizabeth Allen.
  • Carol Anderson in honor of her mother Betty Anderson.
  • Wendy Becker in honor of her mother Clarajane Stauffer.
  • Steve Beditz in honor of his mother Marie Beditz.
  • Gloria DeSole in honor of her daughters Lauren and Leah.
  • Thomas X. Geisel in honor of his mother Marie Geisel.
  • Janice Green in memory of her mother Theresa M. Green.
  • Naomi Lewis in honor of her mother Esther Lewis.
  • Patricia Mills in honor of her aunt Margaret Deal Smith.
  • Eliot Rich in honor of Rose Rich and Marla Eglowstein.

2003 Happy Mother's Day

A gift was made to the IFW Honoring Our Mothers Fund by each of the
following donors to recognize a very special woman on Mother's Day 2003:

Donor

Kathryn Boyd
Karina Ricker
Eliot Rich
Eliot Rich
Gallen Gomes
Janice Green
Bonnie Spanier
Sue Barnes
Gloria Herkowitz
Eugene Garber

Honoree

Winifred Boyd
Mirian Hamlin
Rose Rich
Marla Eglowstein
Rosemarie A. Samuels
Theresa M. Green
Roselyn Solomon Spanier
Hazel Foley

2002 Happy Mother's Day

A gift was made to the IFW Honoring Our Mothers Fund by each of the
following donors to recognize a very special woman on Mother's Day 2002:

Donor

Syd, Les, Joe, and Terry Allen
Gloria DeSole
Patricia McAuliff
Theresa Pardo
Chris, Angie, and Julie Rivera
Dorothy Robinson Weatherwax

Honoree

Elizabeth Allen
Leah DeSole
Lauren DeSole
Ruby McAuliff
Joan E. Kenny
Florence Rivera
Dorothy Robinson
Weatherwax