Honor Roll of Donors
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law proudly recognizes and extends its deepest gratitude to the following donors whose extraordinary generosity, through gifts of $100,000 or more, has helped launch and sustain the Opening Doors scholarship campaign. Their commitment is already transforming opportunities for our students and strengthening the future of the legal profession.
To learn more about how you can support this important effort with a gift of any size, please contact Darnell Hines at 312.503.7609 or darnell.hines@law.northwestern.edu.
An Anonymous donor committed $250,000 to establish a scholarship for Law School students.
Herbert N. Beller (BSBA ’64, JD ’67) made gifts totaling $150,000 to establish a scholarship for LLM Tax students.
William J. Benitez (JD-MBA ’09) committed $250,000 to establish the Benitez Family JD-MBA Endowed Scholarship.
Judge William Boyce (BS ’85, JD ’88) and Maria Wyckoff Boyce (JD ’88) committed $100,000 to the Law School Scholarship Fund and the Student Assistance and Relief (STAR) Fund.
Howard L. Chapman (BA ’56, JD ’58) made a gift of $100,000 in continued support of the Howard and Betsy Chapman Law Scholarship Fund.
Robert E. Davis (JD-MBA ’98) and Nancy L. Davis committed $250,000 to establish the Davis Family Endowed Scholarship.
Michael D. Deal (JD ’94) and Sharon L. Deal (JD ’94) committed $100,000 to the Law School Scholarship Fund.
Jonathan L. Entin (JD ’81) and Carol Conti-Entin documented an estate gift of over $1,000,000 to establish the Jonathan L. Entin Endowed Scholarship.
Christine Evans (JD ’03, LLM-IHR ’11) made a $113,000 gift in continued support of the Evans LLM-IHR Scholarship.
Drew S. Fine (JD ’87) made multiple gifts totaling $600,000 in continued support of the John L. Taros (JD ’87) Memorial Scholarship.
Karin E. Garvey (JD ’97) committed $100,000 in continued support of the Pauline and William Garvey Scholarship.
Nicholas L. Giampietro (JD ’87) committed $150,000 in continued support of the John L. Taros (JD ’87) Memorial Scholarship.
William J. Gibbons (BA ’68, JD ’71) documented a $400,000 estate gift to the Law School Scholarship Fund.
Sirisha Gummaregula (LLM ’95) committed $250,000 to establish the SatyaJyothi Foundation Scholarship.
Jeffrey Hammes (JD ’85) committed $1,000,000 to establish the Hammes Family Scholarship.
Judge Dean Hansell (JD ’77) committed $100,000 in continued support of the Dean Hansell LGBT Advocates Scholarship.
Adam and Denise Hoeflich committed $100,000 in continued support of the Barbara Su Hoeflich Scholarship.
Stephanie Hosler (JD ’99) committed $100,000 in continued support of the José Hugo Roig Endowed Scholarship.
The Estate of Donald Huber (JD ’56) made a bequest gift of $100,000 to the Law School Scholarship Fund.
Marie Oh Huber (JD ’86) and John Huber (BA ’83) committed $250,000 to establish the Huber Family Scholarship.
The Estate of Robert T. Jensen (JD ’49) and Barbara Jensen made a bequest gift of $200,000 to establish the Robert T. & Barbara M. Jensen Scholarship.
Jordon L. Kruse (JD ’97) and Jackie Kruse made multiple gifts totaling $600,000 in continued support of the Kruse Family Scholarship.
William Libit (JD ’85) and Duane Lisowski documented a bequest gift of $1,250,000 to the Law School Scholarship Fund.
Marc Lisker (JD ’95) and Caroline Lisker committed $180,000 in continued support of the Lisker Scholarship Fund.
Lydia Marti (JD ’86) and Richard Porter committed $250,000 to establish the Lydia Marti (JD ’86) and Richard Porter Scholarship.
Christina Martini (JD ’94) and David Susler committed $100,000 to the Law School Scholarship Fund.
Paul Marushka (JD ’96) and Emilia Wojnarowsky Marushka made a gift of $100,000 to establish the Paul Marushka Family Scholarship.
The Estate of Rex W. Orton (JD ’40) and Barbara R. Orton made a bequest gift of nearly $750,000 to establish the Rex W. Orton and Barbara R. Orton Scholarship.
Alexander F. Paul (JD ’00) and Carolyn Paul committed $1,500,000 in continued support of the Alexander F. Paul Law Scholarship and the Law School Scholarship Fund.
Terra Brown Reynolds (JD ’02) and David M. Reynolds II committed $250,000 to establish the Public Good Scholarship.
Rivers Casino committed $400,000 in continued support of the Rivers Casino Criminal Justice scholarship.
John Sikora (JD ’91) and Lacey Sikora committed $100,000 in continued support of the Sikora Scholarship.
Sherrese M. Smith (JD ’96) and Adé Heyliger made multiple gifts totaling $750,000 to establish the Sherrese Smith (JD ’96) and Adé Heyliger Endowed Scholarship.
Mark (JD ’85) and Kimbra (BA ’85) Walter made multiple gifts totaling over $1,125,000 in continued support of the Walter Family Scholarship.