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222 NORTH 20TH STREETPHILADELPHIA, PA 19103www.fi.edu
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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02 New Doors Open
09 Conversation with the Karabots
11 Wonderland of Science
13 Exhibitions
17 How Did We Get Inside Your Brain?
20 Reimagined Sports Challenge
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH
23 Partnership Advances Communication
24 Hamilton Legacy of Support
ACTION
25 Convening Climate Change Partners
28 Philadelphia Science Festival
EDUCATION
29 STEM Scholars Graduates First Class
31 PECO Reaches Students Across the Region
32 Augmented Reality Project Yields Valuable Lessons
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
EXPANDING REACH
35 Science After Hours
36 Rosalind Williams: From the Museum Floor to the Board
37 Let’s Talk about Your Brain
38 Sensory-Friendly Sundays
COMMUNITY
39 Professional Learning
41 Neighborhood Programming
LEGACY
45 2014 Franklin Institute Awards
47 Committee on Science and the Arts
50 William and Laura Buck Support SportsZone
SUPPORT
53 2014 Financial Statements
55 Contributed Support
How will climate change affect cities and what can we do
about it? See pages 25 –26.
Your brain is always changing—even as you read this sentence.
See page 37.
The Perelman Shimmer Wall is a kinetic sculpture that is part of
the new Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion.See pages 5-12.
Your generosity keeps the Institute’s Heart beating.
Thank you.
Did you know that Benjamin Franklin’s bifocals (which he
invented) are on display?Learn about other objects in our curatorial collection on page 11.
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CURIOSITY. DISCOVERY. INQUIRY. DELIGHT. THESE ARE KEY PARTS OF ANY EXPERIENCE THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE CREATES.
Larry Dubinski, pictured leftDon Morel, pictured right
DEAR FRIENDS,
Curiosity. Discovery. Inquiry. Delight. These
are key parts of any experience The Franklin
Institute creates, whether it’s in one of the 12
exhibit galleries in the museum building or in a
park, a community center, or your neighborhood
library. In 2014 we expanded our capacity to
create these experiences onsite by opening
the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion,
the first addition to the Institute’s building in
more than 20 years. Last year the Institute
welcomed 761,557 visitors from around the
world, including 187,751 students, 31,239 from
underserved schools who visited for free. In
total, the Institute’s programs across the city
and around the world directly reached 1.1 million
people in 2014.
As you will read in this report, in the
busy months leading up to and following the
Karabots Pavilion opening, we didn’t miss a
beat. In addition to celebrating, we continued
and expanded upon our other projects:
convening partners, reaching out into the
community, and providing learning opportunities
for students, families, educators, adults across
the region and beyond.
The Franklin Institute is an essential part of
the vibrant city of Philadelphia. As you read in
this report about the learning, creativity, and fun
that took place in 2014, please know that your
support makes it all possible. Thank you for your
generosity to your museum, and for helping us
to do more, be more, and inspire more people
to have a passion for learning about science and
technology. In the year ahead, we hope you will
join us again as we help the greater Philadelphia
region to connect with and explore science in
new and exciting ways.
Warmest regards,
Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D. Chair, Board of Trustees
Larry DubinskiPresident and CEO
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DESTINATIONNEW DOORS OPEN
CONVERSATION WITH THE KARABOTS
WONDERLAND OF SCIENCE
EXHIBIT IONS
HOW DID WE GET INSIDE YOUR BRAIN
REIMAGINED SPORTS CHALLENGE
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SaylorGregg and the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion were honored with an award at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Awards for Design Excellence.
NEW DOORS OPEN
After six years of planning and 18 months of
construction, in the second week of June, the
Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion opened
to the public with a week of incredible events.
On June 12 a gala celebration welcomed the
project’s most ardent supporters—and there
were many. Chief among them were lead donors
Nicholas and Athena Karabots, whose $10 million
gift made it possible to break ground in April 2012
(see page 12).
On June 14, the Karabots Pavilion opened
to the public with a ribbon “exploding” in true
Franklin Institute style, and an entire day of
special programs and events, including science
demonstrations, living “statues” of Franklin
Institute Award winners, and the knowledge that
Philadelphia’s science and technology learning
resources had just expanded in wonderful ways.
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Watch the Emmy Award-winning video 80 Years of Discovery, which debuted at the Karabots Pavilion opening gala, on our website at www.fi.edu/support-inspire-science
The first 500 visitors were admitted free of charge, and by opening time, a
line stretched around the block. The community’s overwhelming response
to the new resources the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion provides
continues a 190-year tradition (and 80 years on the Parkway) of celebrating
science learning in Philadelphia.
Adding 53,000 square feet in a fourth wing on the Institute’s south side,
the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion houses an education center and
conference space on its ground floor, the Your Brain exhibit—now the
Institute’s largest exhibit and the largest neuroscience exhibit in the country—
and climate-controlled special exhibit space that makes it possible to host
fragile artifacts and larger traveling shows. Your Brain appears in the Frank
Baldino, Jr. Gallery and is underwritten by Teva Pharmaceuticals.
THANKS TO INCREASED CLASSROOM SPACE, DISCOVERY CAMP NEARLY DOUBLED LAST SUMMER TO 1,500 CAMPERS, AND HUNDREDS MORE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS USED THE NEW SPACES FOR WORKSHOPS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
DESTINATION
At the Brain Bar, staff and volunteers help
visitors explore actual brain specimens.
An actress playing Franklin Award
Laureate Marie Curie describes discovering
the elements polonium and radium.
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When Nicholas and Athena Karabots made a $10
million gift to the Inspire Science campaign, they
catapulted the Institute’s ambitions into reality by
making possible the groundbreaking of the new
building that bears their name. A student from the
Institute’s STEM Scholars program, Evangeline
Adjei-Danquah, sat down with the Karabots to learn
more about the motivation behind their philanthropy,
which impacts many organizations in the region.
Nick: Well, Eva, where are you from, and
what would you like to know about us?
Evangeline: I live in South Philly. My father is
a teacher, and we moved here from the Bahamas
when I was three years old. I have two older
siblings who are both in college at St. Joseph’s
University. I’m hoping to study neuroscience in
college, and I’m a junior this year, so I’m preparing
to take the ACT exam. I’m interested in learning
about your career—what do you do now and how
did you achieve your success?
Nick: I’m the chairman and president of a
management company that oversees printing,
publishing, real estate and other businesses that
employ about 1,600 people. But looking back to when
I was six years old, I sold calendars during the
depression years of 1939 and 1940. When I was nine
I made a shoeshine box and I would travel by subway
to shine shoes in Union Square. My family lived in the
South Bronx, and I’d bring the money I made home
to my mother. It was a nickel a shine, so I shined a
lot of shoes during those war years. Through high
school I had jobs at a drugstore, I delivered flowers
and newspapers, and after high school I was a
mailroom runner at a company that had two small
printing presses, and with the help of the two
brothers that ran them, I too learned to run them.
Athena: When we met, I was 19, and when we
got married, Nick got a job at Daitch Crystal Dairies.
He ran the small printing department and eventually
with the help of the owners he learned the
processes involved in silkscreening and started
the silkscreen department, which produced large
signs for the Daitch supermarket stores.
Nick: It was a wonderful period. Athena was
very supportive. We had no money, but we loved
each other, and we needed each other. The next
step in my career came when someone else
gave me a hand—the owner of a company that
manufactured mimeograph supplies asked me to
move to Washington, DC to set up a sales office. He
told me he thought I could do the job, and that gave
me confidence. That’s one of the reasons we do what
we do—because people helped us along the way.
Evangeline: That’s how I discovered STEM
Scholars as well. My biology teacher recommended
that I apply for the program
because she thought I
could do it.
Nick: Exactly. It also
helped that I made my own
decisions and as a result
believe that I made my own
luck—but I had to take some
chances. When a few of the
companies I started didn’t
work out I did not stop trying.
While looking for the next
opportunity I became a day
trader on the stock market,
but then saw an opportunity in printing. In 1970 I,
together with a friend, bought the Scranton
Lithographing Company, which had been established
in 1906. We printed TV Guide, and we were one
of only a few printing companies in the country to
integrate new Japanese technology that automated
the TV Guide printing processes. I created good
relationships with people, and there were several
other times in my career when mentors and people
I admired trusted me and helped me, and so when
I became successful, giving back to the community
and particularly to those that come from backgrounds
such as mine became very important to me. You
have to give back.
Evangeline: Is that why you decided to make
such a generous gift to The Franklin Institute?
Athena: We visited for the first time and met
Derrick Pitts in the Observatory. He was with a
group of young people learning about astronomy,
and it was such a thrill to see these kids, who
wouldn’t otherwise have this opportunity, getting to
learn from Derrick. We support a group of young
students at the College of Physicians, this group is
known as the Karabots Scholars, and we saw the
opportunity to create an environment at the Institute
where even more young people could learn.
Nick: In Derrick and The Franklin Institute’s
programs I saw an opportunity. You have to
extend your hand to kids and do what you can
to encourage them to seek a better life. You
can show them a little, but you need a guided
program that helps them get
into college or a trade. You
don’t have to give money,
but you can give time, give
a hand to young people who
might otherwise travel down
the wrong road.
Evangeline: I know! I’ve
learned so much that will
help me. On science tests I
sometimes think, oh, I know
that answer. I learned that
at the Institute. What other
projects are you most proud of?
Nick: We’re involved at the Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, and donated to their
new building in West Philly which is an area that
lacked such an institution. People will always find
it difficult to pursue their dreams if they are not
healthy. We love the program at the College of
Physicians, and the new building at the Institute
provides a great resource for growth for both
kids and adults. And we have our winery here at
Karamoor Estates, which we are expanding right
now, producing and distributing award-winning,
Pennsylvania-grown wine which I was told would
be difficult to achieve—negative comments I
have chosen to ignore—and hopefully a lesson
for those youngsters who might be dissuaded
from reaching for their dream because of the
comments of others.
Evangeline: Thank you both so much for
taking the time to talk to me today!
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NICHOLAS AND ATHENA KARABOTS: WHY WE GIVE
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Objects in the Wonderland of Science exhibit
included local artifacts, such as a cross-section
of a water main made of a cored tree trunk
unearthed from beneath Chestnut Street,
and a wide range of other fascinating artifacts
and inventions including patent model for a
chromatic printing press, a vacuum tube from
an early television, telescopes, clocks, and
much more. The Institute has been awarded a
planning grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities to explore how to organize
its collections in different ways with the goal of
displaying far more of the treasures in the vaults,
and giving the public better access to these
incredible artifacts of scientific creation.
Joseph Priestly’s Orrery, 1795 (Cat.#3020)
depicted above left. Throughout the 18th and
19th centuries, itinerant lecturers, college
professors, and even the dissenting clergyman/
natural philosopher/chemist Joseph Priestly
(1733–1894), celebrated Nicholas Copernicus’
(1473–1543) theoretical heliocentric cosmology
of the universe by using large-scale orreries.
From the 18th century to the present, orreries
have played a fundamental role in entertaining,
as well as educating, the general public about the
physical motion of the sun, moon, and planets.
Benjamin Franklin’s Holograph Last Will and Testament of 1757 (Cat.#49-15), depicted
above, executed entirely in Franklin’s hand,
as attested by him in his own memorandum,
in New York on April 28, 1757. Official
presentation of the will took place on April
20, 1949 at the celebration of the 125th
Anniversary of the founding of The Franklin
Institute.
Lamp, Limelight, ca.1825 (Cat.#63-26)
depicted below. A small ingot of quicklime
(calcium oxide) is heated by an oxygen/
hydrogen flame to above 4,000 degrees
Fahrenheit, at which temperature it produces
an intense white illumination. The gases are
combined at a nozzle aimed at the quicklime,
whose position can be adjusted remotely. Such
lights were commonly used in theaters and
outdoors in the mid-19th century and later and
gave rise to the expression “in the limelight” to
describe someone in the public eye.
A WONDERLAND OF SCIENCE
The Franklin Institute first opened its museum
building in 1934, calling it a “Wonderland of
Science.” To celebrate the Karabots Pavilion and
80 years on the Parkway, at the public opening
of the new building, guests were treated to
a display of 80 rarely seen historical artifacts
from the Institute’s curatorial collections, which
are comprised of more than 3,000 objects
and 40,000 documents. Staff and volunteers
selected objects from the collections that
interested them and learned about their history
so they could share it with visitors. Instead of
being behind glass, the objects were on tables
where they could be closely examined—very
carefully, of course.
Lamp, Limelight, ca.1825 (Cat.#63-26) The Limelight Lamp is one of more than 3,000 objects and 40,000 documents in the Institute’s curatorial collections.
DESTINATION
Mystery Clock, ca. 1855. (Cat.#4436) The hour hand of this clock appears to float like magic within the crystal face, unconnected to any visible pendulum, gears, or other mechanism.
Joseph Priestly’s Orrery, 1795 (Cat.#3020)
“I love working at an institution with such a
rich history. It makes me so proud getting to
share with others the artifacts we’re lucky
enough to house.” -Institute staff member
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CIRCUS!In addition to Your Brain, two other exhibits
entertained audiences throughout the summer,
free with general admission. Circus! Science
Under the Big Top filled the new climate-
controlled special exhibit gallery in the Nicholas
and Athena Karabots Pavilion with color and fun.
Visitors could walk a tightrope and try out their
acrobatic skills, and learn about the physics of
launching a cannonball, the history of the circus,
and much more. Circus! was sponsored by the
Institute’s Proud Corporate Partner, PECO.
OUR GALLERIESTwo photography exhibits brought beauty
and contemplation to the Pendulum Gallery
last year. 50 Greatest Photographs and
Ocean Soul, both produced by National
Geographic, gave visitors a view of amazing
and sometimes troubling moments on land
and underwater around the globe.
101 INVENTIONS101 Inventions That Changed the World took
over the Mandell Center with enormous screens
that displayed a complex choreography of
graphics. From contained fire to the computer
and the atomic bomb, the exhibit explored the
world’s most remarkable inventions in a dynamic
video show. 101 Inventions was sponsored by
TE Connectivity.
ONE DAY IN POMPEII2014 began with the final months of One
Day in Pompeii, transporting visitors back
to ancient times and the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius that destroyed the city but left
remarkable artifacts behind. One Day in
Pompeii was sponsored by the Institute’s
Proud Corporate Partner, PECO.
DEAD SEA SCROLLSInstitute-produced exhibit Dead Sea Scrolls:
Life and Faith in Ancient Times traveled to
the Museum of Science in Boston and to
the Leonardo in Salt Lake City.
THE BODYIn October, two exhibits about the body opened:
Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out and Sesame
Street Presents: The Body. Body Worlds
demonstrated through incredible preserved
specimens how intricate the blood vessels of
animals are, what the muscular system, body
parts, and various organs of different animals
look like, and how they compare to other
animals as well as to human bodies. Sesame
Street created a fun environment for younger
children to learn about healthy eating, exercise,
and how their bodies work.
EXHIBITIONS
30 of the inventions featured in 101 Inventions
A human cannonball travels between 60 and 70 miles per hour.
Koalas and primates (including humans) are the only species withunique fingerprints.
YOUR BRAINTurn the page to see details on our exciting
new Your Brain exhibit!
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THE NEURAL CLIMB
is more than just fun—it’s a representation of how our brains
communicate. Challenged with representing this essential organ,
exhibit designers thought about how they could best help visitors
understand what it might look like as a neuron—a tiny cell in the
brain—that sends electrical and chemical signals. Since Your Brain
opened in June, the Neural Climb has been full of visitors of all ages,
who also can explore more than 70 other interactive experiences in
the exhibit. The largest neuroscience-focused exhibit in the country,
Your Brain explores how our brains continue to change every day,
and throughout our lifetimes. From the physiology of the brain, to
how we make sense of the world around us, to ethical questions
about neuroscience research, visitors learn about how amazing
their own brains really are. Your Brain appears in the Frank Baldino,
Jr. Gallery of the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion and is
sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals.
“IT’S AWESOME THAT YOU CAN PRETEND TO CLIMB THROUGH THE BRAIN AND SEE HOW IT SENDS MESSAGES TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY.”-Jack, age 8
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“The exhibition is created as a series of six
smaller galleries where the design dramatically
changes as the narrative unfolds, allowing the
design to play a major role in communicating
the content,” explains Director of Exhibits and
Design Jeanne Maier. In Your Brain, each gallery
physically immerses visitors in learning about
the brain through dramatic environments created
with lighting, sound, color, and graphics. For
example, lighting in some galleries is darkened
to evoke the feeling of being inside the brain,
while others are brightly lit like the world around
you. Graphic design was inspired by scientific
visualizations of the brain, using bright pops of color
to draw attention to key information. The final
exhibit was then fabricated to withstand millions
of eager visitors over its lifespan.
The many ways Your Brain engages visitors
all contribute to its central story—your brain is
always changing, even right here, right now,
in this exhibit. As visitors examine any single
specimen or experience, this bold premise
invites them to also examine themselves.
HOW DID WE GET INSIDE YOUR BRAIN?
Your brain creates the entire world around you, yet the mechanisms by
which it works are invisible to the human eye. So how did the Institute’s
exhibit design team create an 8,500-square-foot exhibition about brain science
with 70 hands-on interactive experiences?
Charged with the task of creating a cohesive storyline about a continuously
expanding yet largely unsolved field of science, Chief Bioscientist Jayatri
Das looked to points of intersection between popular science and primary
research. “We decided to follow the story of your brain because we could
tackle a broad range of topics while making it relevant to you at every step,”
says Das. “What is the brain? How does it help us process the world?
Where will—or should—brain research take us in the future?”
Collaborating with a scientific advisory board, the in-house team began
developing interactive experiences to communicate core science content.
Recognizing the rapidly changing nature of the science, many devices
were built to demonstrate timeless phenomena whose explanations
can be updated as science progresses. The exhibit drew on specimens,
scientific data, physical models, and digital tools to create a collection
of multisensory experiences. Each device was evaluated with visitors,
testing whether it was intuitive to use, conveyed the correct content, and
delivered a fun interaction.
THE EXHIBIT DREW ON ARTIFACTS, SCIENTIFIC DATA, PHYSICAL MODELS, AND DIGITAL TOOLS TO CREATE A COLLECTION OF MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCES.
The Your Brain Exhibit Design Team
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A REIMAGINED SPORTS CHALLENGE
One of the most popular exhibits at the Institute,
Sports Challenge has welcomed millions of
visitors—and even more hands and feet kicking,
throwing, and jumping—over the last 15 years.
Its beloved interactive experiences were due
for an update, and a completely new exhibit
renamed SportsZone will open in October 2015.
In reimagining how to engage audiences in a
new way, the Institute’s Exhibit Design Team
tested a number of ideas as prototypes before
choosing a final set of experiences that will
educate, entertain, and stand up to the crowds!
One winner was the Jump Momentum, which
investigates the question: why can you jump
higher when you get a running start? The exhibit
designers built a model of the Jump Momentum
interactive out of lights, switches, plywood, and
basketballs and asked museum visitors to test
it. The final design guides visitors to learn how
the extra momentum from a running start helps
you jump a few inches higher. Other interactives
in the new exhibit include a 40-foot run where
visitors can test their speed against the projection
of a professional athlete racing down the length
of the track, and a new pitching cage that
demonstrates the mechanics of throwing a great
pitch. Designing a great exhibit from concept
to reality is a complex process that not many
museums are able to do in-house. Next time you
visit the Institute, you might be asked to test out
a new device under development—and become
part of science education in the making!
The new SportsZone exhibit is made
possible by the generous support of James
Maguire, Jr., the Maguire Family Foundation,
and Philadelphia Insurance Companies, and by
William and Laura Buck, Ernest and Roberta
Scheller, and the Dow Chemical Company.
Test your speed against your friends and professional athletes in the Athletes in Action interactive.
All prototypes start with a sketch and a storyboard before the prototypers build the actual sample interactive.
DESTINATION
DESIGNING A GREAT EXHIBIT FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY IS A COMPLEX PROCESS THAT NOT MANY MUSEUMS ARE ABLE TO DO IN-HOUSE.
Stand and Jump
Run and Jump
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH
ACTION
EDUCATION
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Dr. Jayatri Das, help the researchers to explain
these concepts in ways that are meaningful to the
public. The team then distributes activity kits that
package these explanations to 16 other museums
around the country.
The Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry,
Physics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at
Penn State, Dr. Tom
Mallouk, reports: “Our
ongoing collaboration
and partnership
with The Franklin
Institute has been
both a pleasure and
an inspiration for
both myself and for
numerous students, postdocs and other faculty
in the Center…including how to distribute the
products of our collaborative efforts to a broader
audience (including a network of other museums).
As noted by a visiting NSF Advisory Committee
member, ‘The work with The Franklin Institute
represents impressive national visibility.’”
HOW DOES IT WORK?:PARTNERSHIP ADVANCES COMMUNICATION ABOUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Not long ago, being able to call anyone in the
country (or even the world) from the sideline of
a sporting event was inconceivable, but now
we accept that these little boxes can and will
connect us quickly and reliably no matter where
we are. How does your smartphone work? A
partnership between The Franklin Institute and
the Penn State Center
for Nanoscale Science
aims to answer this
and other questions.
Since 2000, this
partnership has been
producing activity kits to
help people understand
materials science—the
fundamental workings of our everyday tools
that most of us take for granted. Through this
National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project,
scientists at Penn State research nanoscale
materials, including their use in alternative energy,
nanotechnology, and other topics. Institute
presenters and scientists, led by Chief Bioscientist
THE PARTNERSHIP’S LATEST THEMEILLUMINATES THE SCIENCE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS. VISITORS GET TO SEE ANTENNAS, TRANSMITTERS, AND RECEIVERS AT WORK.
RESEARCH
An activity about touch screens illustrates how the coordinates of your input are mapped onto an invisible grid.
S. MATTHEWS V. HAMILTON, JR. AND THE HAMILTON FAMILY FOUNDATION
Matt Hamilton’s and his family’s legacy of
giving and service to The Franklin Institute
dates back to 1933, when Mr. Hamilton’s great-
grandfather Samuel M. Vauclain donated the
Baldwin 60000 locomotive. Vauclain was the
President and later Chairman of the Board of
Baldwin Locomotive Works. He was awarded the
John Scott Award for his invention of wrought
iron wheel centers, and the Elliott Cresson Medal
for his invention of the compound locomotive
by The Franklin Institute in 1891. When the
Baldwin 60000 was delivered, tracks were built
leading into the Institute’s new building, and then
dismantled outside. A wall sealed the locomotive
in, and it has rested there ever since—the
centerpiece of The Train Factory exhibit.
When Matt Hamilton was a child, he visited
the Institute with his parents, and enjoyed spending
time with his great-grandfather’s train. Later, he
joined the Board of Trustees, where he served
from 1993–2014. Mr. Hamilton explains, “I
always loved science and nature, so it was an
easy draw to get me involved. My wife Anne and
I were just starting our family, and I know that
the Institute is a great educational resource in
the area to get young minds exposed to science,
from flight, to electricity, to the heart, and now
the brain.” They brought their own children to
the Institute, and they continue to visit today.
“On the Board, I fully supported the decision in
the ‘90s to renovate all the exhibits,” Mr. Hamilton
remembers. “They were old and tired and needed
to be updated, and some new ones added—that
was a great thing to see and be part of.”
The Hamilton Family and the Foundation have
supported many projects at the Institute over the
years, including generous gifts from Mr. Hamilton’s
parents, Samuel M.V. and Dorrance Hamilton,
for the Benefactor Society and for each of the
Institute’s major campaigns, including funding
the Changing Earth exhibit. Most recently the
Foundation made a three-year commitment
in support of youth education programs at the
Institute. Mr. Hamilton explains, “The mission
of the Hamilton Family Foundation is to give
disadvantaged youth exposure to experiences
that they wouldn’t see otherwise, with hope
that this will spark something in their minds
and inspire them in ways that will help them
have bright futures.” As PACTS and STEM
Scholars students graduate from high school and
continue to college, this inspiration has clearly
contributed to their success.
As philanthropic leaders in the region, Matt and
Anne Hamilton, who are both very involved on a
number of nonprofit boards, have set a standard
for philanthropic activity and giving in the greater
Philadelphia region. Mr. Hamilton explains, “We
were taught that when you have, you give back,
and we’ve tried to instill that in our children. They
are beginning to become involved and know that
their turn will come to step up. This is what the
next generation needs to do.” Last winter, Mr. and
Mrs. Hamilton co-hosted an Institute event in Palm
Beach, along with Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman and
Toni and Bob Garrison. Mr. Hamilton remembers,
“Derrick Pitts came to help us look at the stars,
and one of my favorite constellations has always
been Orion. With Derrick’s help, I was able to see
that of the three stars hanging below Orion’s Belt,
the middle one is an enormous gas cloud where
new stars are being born. That was fascinating.
Derrick is a brilliant guy who talks on a layperson’s
level and makes things easy to understand. The
Institute is an anchor on the Parkway, but it’s also
a great cultural institution. It teaches everybody
about how things work in our world.”
From left: Matt Hamilton, Dorrance
Hamilton Benson, Anne Hamilton,
Daniel M. Benson
The Baldwin 60000 approaching the
Institute.
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ACTION Philadelphia-based partners include a
range of organizations large and small who
have formed a community of practice around
climate change education, and several received
mini-grants from The Franklin Institute to
provide programming for their constituents.
One such organization, Physicians for
Social Responsibility, conducted workshops
in Fishtown, Northeast Philadelphia, and
Roxborough to educate seniors on climate
change impacts. Seniors often have reduced
resources and increasing health challenges
that put them at greater risk for illnesses
and diseases that can result from a changing
climate—including more air pollution that can
trigger asthma or cause cancer, exposures to
extreme heat and associated heart attacks
and heat stroke, food shortages that result
in reduced nutrition, and other issues. The
workshops reviewed the climate change
impacts on health, and provided adaptation
strategies seniors could practice that will help
protect their health.
Another mini-grant recipient, Green Treks,
worked with the Delaware Valley Green
Building Council to create a stormwater
management activity demonstrating how
green infrastructure can help lessen the local
effects of climate change, namely increased
heavy downpours. Together with the Institute’s
environmental scientist, Dr. Raluca Ellis, they
ran a training workshop for 15 teachers and
facilitated the activity with 100 middle school
students. They also created an online portal for
teachers to access climate change educational
materials. All partners in CUSP are focusing
on real, local problems that have immediate
relevance to people’s lives and provide
opportunities to explore local solutions.
A major benefit of the CUSP program has
been providing organizations that normally
wouldn’t work together with the opportunity
to collaborate. The Clean Air Council, Drexel
University, and the National Nursing Centers
Consortium planned and hosted two workshops
last summer titled “Be Air Aware: A Healthier
Home in a Changing Environment” for
vulnerable families at neighborhood locations
in Philadelphia. They reported, “At the start
of each workshop, participants described
climate change as a significant issue with
considerable livelihood impact, but also as
an issue that was too complex, vast, and/
or expensive to effectively manage the
associated risk. However, by using CUSP-
themed approaches, participants noted at the
workshop’s conclusion that they had learned
a lot about what they could do in their own
homes and communities to adapt to the
changing world. Participants left workshops
feeling empowered by new information and
tools as well as interested in learning more
about climate change.” Another grant recipient
concluded: “The outcomes of this mini-grant
will stretch beyond the grant period.”
CONVENING CLIMATE CHANGE PARTNERS
The Climate and Urban Systems Partnership
(CUSP) is a major grant awarded in 2012 to The
Franklin Institute as lead facilitator and to five
other organizations by the National Science
Foundation to conduct a five-year education
research and development project on creating
an effective model for learning about climate
change impacts and solutions in cities. In the
past two years, the Institute has convened
partners from Philadelphia, New York,
Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. to create
projects that will help people prepare to live in
hotter, wetter urban areas.
Staff and students also created an Ozone Garden at the Institute to measure the level of ozone in the air. Students collect research data on the plants.
AT THE PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE KICKOFF MEETING, ORGANIZATIONS
CONVENED TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION IN URBAN AREAS.
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PHILADELPHIA SCIENCE FESTIVAL
The fourth annual Philadelphia Science Festival amazed and delighted
audiences across the city and around the region from April 25–May 3.
Once again, the Festival was generously presented by the Dow Chemical
Company. This year, the Festival ended with its biggest event, the
Science Carnival on the Parkway, which brought more than 150 exhibitors
offering non-stop, family-friendly experiments, games, and entertainment.
Approximately 40,000 people enjoyed liquid nitrogen ice cream, launched
rockets, investigated forensic crime scenes, and took part in hundreds of
other experiments and learning games.
Discovery Days, or mini-carnivals, happened around the city in Hunting
Park, Fox Chase Farm in northeast Philadelphia, Clark Park in west
Philadelphia, and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. From
sheep shearing to the science behind car hydraulics, these free events
offered hands-on activities and demonstrations that celebrated science in
local communities. At Smith Playground in East Fairmount Park, The Franklin
Institute’s popular event Mess Fest brought its ultra-messy, ooey-gooey,
slimy experiments and explosions to a crowd of children and adults of all
ages. Additionally, a series of professional development workshops for
educators introduced creative ways to engage students in STEM topics.
Lectures at cafes and bars, science storytelling, Stargazing at the
Ballpark with the Phillies—this year’s Philadelphia Science Festival had it all.
The Institute is grateful to the Dow Chemical Company for their continued
support of the Festival, and to the many core collaborators and supporters
who help make the Festival possible. These colleges and universities,
cultural institutions, companies, and other organizations have helped the
Institute organize an incredible event that is a model for many other cities
across the country.
ACTION
WITH MORE THAN 100 EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY, THE SCIENCE FESTIVAL PROVIDED CREATIVE WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT SCIENCE IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. CURIOUS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ENJOYED THE
MANY HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AT THE FREE CLARK PARK DISCOVERY DAY.
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At a showcase event where STEM Scholars demonstrated their scientific
ideas and inventions, senior Korah Lovelace spoke about what STEM Scholars
meant to her, saying, “Programs like STEM Scholars and the people who
make them possible create pivotal life changes and experiences for youth.
If it wasn’t for this program I would still be glaring at the science world from
a distance, instead of being an 18-year-old who has already conducted
research and built life-long connections.” Korah earned a full scholarship to
Drexel University, and is planning to work in the public health field. Her
peers are attending a range of schools including Penn State University,
Widener University, Delaware State University, and Skidmore College.
They are studying biology, engineering, and chemical engineering, among
other subjects.
STEM SCHOLARS GRADUATES FIRST CLASS
In May, the STEM Scholars program, which started in 2010, graduated
its first class of seniors. The program engages undeserved students in
afterschool activities to prepare them for STEM careers, including field
trips to local science-based institutions, presentations and interactions
with local scientists and engineers, and help with preparing for college
entrance exams, applications, and the financial aid process.
After four years of hard work in STEM Scholars, the students’
standardized test scores met or exceeded the national average. The 13
graduating seniors will all attend college; many are the first in their families
to do so. Collectively, these students applied to nearly 50 local and national
colleges and universities, and were accepted to dozens of their choices.
Each year STEM Scholars adds another cohort of freshmen to reach its full
capacity of 60 students, and the program is highly competitive.
EDUCATION
Four of the graduating seniors plan to pursue a pre-med track in college.
“My internship was at the University of Pennsylvania’s Rehabilitation
Robotics Lab. I worked with mobile service robots whose purpose
was to help survivors of strokes perform daily living activities. Seeing
theoccupational therapist I shadowed work with patients who overcame
strokes MOTIVATED ME TO WORK IN THAT FIELD. I know this
experience will give me a head start in my future education.”
- Sidia Mustapha, earned a full scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania
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PECO REACHES STUDENTS ACROSS THE REGION
“It’s an absolutely amazing program,” Jennifer Winterbottom, an eighth-grade
science teacher at Pottstown Middle School says of her experience with the
PECO Energizing Education Program (PEEP). A collaboration between PECO,
the National Energy Education Development Project, and The Franklin
Institute, in 2014, PEEP provided resources for 6,263 students across the
region to learn about energy conservation and the science behind energy
production. As part of the program, students must design a community
activity and teach others about what they have learned. For the past six years,
Ms. Winterbottom’s classes have put on an Energy Expo. Last year 1,300
of their classmates and community members attended the Expo to see
demonstrations the students designed about energy conservation. “Every
year it’s gotten bigger,” Jennifer says, “We make our eighth-graders the
educators, and they teach the fourth through seventh graders—they have to
know their stuff! Each year the kids ask if they get to do it again.” For
Ms. Winterbottom, involvement in PEEP began with “the best teacher
training I’ve ever been to” at The Franklin Institute. Six years later, she reports
that the program allows her school to reach all its students: “Our student
body spans ethnicities and socioeconomic boundaries, but PEEP allows us to
engage students in hands-on learning about topics that they experience in their
daily lives. It gives them both a local and a global perspective on energy use
and conservation. It’s something they look forward to, and it’s great to see how
invested they get in their projects, but also in noticing and discussing energy
use and issues in our own building—it’s pretty special.”
AUGMENTED REALITY PROJECT YIELDS VALUABLE LESSONS
For the past six years, the Institute’s Educational Research Team, under
the direction of Dr. Karen Elinich, the Institute’s director of science
content and learning technologies, has explored the role of augmented
reality in learning through the National Science Foundation-funded
ARIEL (Augmented Reality for Interpretive and Experiential
Learning) project. Many visitors spend time outside of the museum
engaged in learning or play through digital devices—they are 21st-
century learners. ARIEL investigated how exhibit interactives that
used scientific visualization techniques could reinvent the museum
experience.
Four new devices in the Institute’s exhibits use augmented reality
to help visitors better understand scientific concepts. In one, visitors
co-construct a virtual domino fall from the two stations that are far
apart: Sir Isaac’s Loft is on the third floor and Amazing Machine
is on the second floor. In each exhibit, you can add dominos to
a virtual display and build your own chain or work with other
visitors you can’t see or who may have visited the station before
you to create a larger joint chain of dominos. Working together, the
two stations enable visitors to experience the phenomena of chain
reaction far beyond the physical capacity of the space at hand.
The ARIEL project ended in 2014, but the lessons learned will
continue to inform the Institute’s exhibit development, and the entire
museum field as the Institute widely shares its research and has
made online tools available to peer institutions around the world.
Wind power is only one of the renewable energy sources students learn about through the PEEP program.
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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
EXPANDING REACH
COMMUNITY
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EXPANDING REACH
SCIENCE AFTER HOURS
A new wildly popular programming series for adults draws crowds
to the Institute to eat, drink, explore, and experiment. Science After
Hours takes place once each month and each event has a creative—
sometimes wacky—theme. On seven dates in 2014 the series offered
activities around a range of topics including invention (using the 80s
television show MacGyver as inspiration), and forensic science, which
visitors explored with a mystery night based on the board game CLUE®.
In August, 1,400 people attended the Science of the Circus After Hours
event, and enjoyed the science behind funnel cake, fire-breathers, and
tightrope walking, among dozens of other activities.
Each Science After Hours brings nonprofit, corporate, and academic
partners from across the region together at the Institute to provide live
demonstrations. Many of these partners became involved with the
Institute through the Philadelphia Science Festival. In 2015, Science After
Hours themes included a Speak Easy: A Celebration of All Things Outlawed
night in February; Survivor! night in March; and Trek, Wars, & Who:
Journeys through Space in May, in addition to the Philadelphia Science
Festival kickoff event held in April. Combining a glass of wine or beer at
the end of the day with fun educational activities attracted more than 6,000
adults to Science After Hours in 2014, and many more this year. Science
After Hours is generously sponsored by AT&T.
1,400 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SCIENCE OF THE CIRCUS AFTER HOURS EVENT, AND
ENJOYED THE SCIENCE BEHIND FUNNEL CAKE
AND FIRE-BREATHERS.
When you eat a marshmallow that has been submerged in ultra-cold liquid nitrogen, it transforms the water vapor you exhale into a billowing cloud. It’s not only a fun way to eat frozen food, but reveals how matter can change phase. We call it “Dragon’s Breath.”
ROSALIND WILLIAMS: FROM THE MUSEUM FLOOR TO THE BOARD
Longtime supporter Rosalind Williams began
volunteering with the Institute more than 40
years ago. “My favorite part of the Institute
was always the observatory,” she reports,
“and I got to know and work with Derrick Pitts
from the time he was in
high school!” She first
became involved with
the Institute in late 1975,
when Philadelphia was
preparing to celebrate
its Bicentennial. As Mrs.
Williams explains: “My
husband, who was with
Girard Bank at the time,
had already been helping
out with some Institute
budgeting, so that seemed
a fun place for me to
volunteer, with my science
and math background.” At
Wellesley College, Mrs.
Williams was one of only
eight women in the 1950s
to major in math, and worked as a statistician
for Kansas State College—using IBM punch
cards instead of the computers we recognize
today. Over the years, Mrs. Williams stayed
involved as a volunteer, and joined the Board of
Trustees in 1984.
Mrs. Williams remembers, “I was the first and
only museum floor volunteer to serve on the
Board, so I did bring a different perspective. And I
advocated for additions to the Board from New
Jersey, since many of the Institute’s visitors
come from there.” Mrs.
Williams was on the search
committee that hired former
President and CEO Dennis
Wint, and chaired the
Institute’s first planned
giving group, now the
Benjamin Franklin Legacy
Society, of which she and
her husband Robert are
members because they
have included the Institute
in their estate plans.
Rosalind Williams
served as a Trustee for an
remarkable stretch of 20
years, from 1984 to 2004,
and her service both on the
floor and in the boardroom
was an essential force in helping to guide the
Institute during that period. Although she and
her husband, Bob, now live in South Carolina,
Mrs. Williams reports, “We both love the
Institute, and continue our support as we are
able. We always wish the Institute continued
growth and success.”
“We both love the Institute, and continue our support as we are able. We always wish the Institute continued growth and success.”
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SENSORY-FRIENDLY SUNDAYS
On a busy day, the Institute is crowded, loud, and
bright, and can sometimes be overwhelming for
visitors with sensory differences. The Institute has
implemented a number of improvements in
recent years to welcome as many people as possible,
including wheelchair access throughout the building,
providing information in other languages, and
designing new exhibits to take different abilities into
account. The Sensory-Friendly Sunday program
provides a comfortable environment for kids and
adults with a variety of sensory differences
and their caregivers, including visitors on the autism
spectrum. Staff modify exhibits by turning down
the sound and lights, open the museum early
for people who register for this event so they
can avoid crowds, and provide sound-reducing
headphones and sunglasses to borrow. Visitors
who need to take a break can sit in a quiet “cool
down” space, and they can also take advantage
of the “Try Again” pass: if you needed to leave
within the first 30 minutes after your arrival, you
get a pass to come back and try again another day.
Staff and volunteers have worked with trainers
from several organizations, including Art Reach and
Salus University, to learn how to work with visitors
with different abilities and how to continue to
improve the Institute’s accessibility for all visitors.
Sensory Sundays continue as Institute staff test
various accommodations to find the best ways to
provide a welcoming environment for everyone.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR BRAIN
In the new Your Brain exhibit, you’ll learn about brain anatomy, about
how your brain creates your world, and about how experiences change
your brain and help you learn and grow. But you won’t find very much
information about brain diseases and disorders—for two reasons. First,
neuroscientists are making new discoveries about diseases every day, and
it would be very difficult to keep the information in the exhibit up to date.
Second, thoughtful, well-informed conversation provides a more respectful
and empathetic environment for learning about diseases.
Launched in October, Let’s Talk about Your Brain: Conversations
about Neuroscience and Society is a series of six public conversations
that aims to integrate the science, values, and societal impact of how
issues such as violence and aging affect Philadelphia. Each month
brings scientists and other brain experts together to explore how what
we know and are learning about the brain affects our everyday lives.
At one event titled “Born Bad? Violence, Punishment, and the Brain,”
two neuroscientists and a pediatrician discussed not just the research
showing a biological basis for violent behavior, but also how to develop
meaningful social interventions for at-risk youth.
Other lecture topics included “How We Decide: Impulse Buys and
Emotional Ties,” and the series continue in 2015 with sessions on the
aging brain, how the brain grows from childhood to adolescence, and
addiction. The Let’s Talk presentations are more than just lectures—
they are true public conversations. Each presentation is moderated by
Institute Chief Bioscientist, Dr. Jayatri Das, and incorporates audience
feedback, making room for depth and nuance to explore these complex
topics. Let’s Talk about Your Brain was made possible in part by the
Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.
EXPANDING REACH
“My daughter operates on a sensory motor/
social level. The social environment is key for
us. This is the first time I have ever brought her
to a museum (she is 21). We had a great day.”
- Sensory-Friendly Sunday visitor
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Many people can help children and young
adults learn about STEM topics, including out-
of-school-time facilitators, librarians, museum
educators, teachers, administrators, and parents.
and others. By improving the ability of these
informal and formal educators to engage children
and families, the Institute’s professional learning
efforts aim to build individual and institutional
capacity to create enriched and sustained STEM
learning opportunities for a wide range of
people regionally and nationally.
The Franklin Institute’s educational programs
include both professional learning workshops for
adult facilitators offered on a monthly basis,
and opportunities offered through sustained
partnerships with afterschool programs, schools,
and districts that provide skills and experiences
that support science teaching and learning and
build over time. In 2014, the Institute focused
professional learning experiences around the
new Your Brain exhibit. Staff developed a new
workshop that helps facilitators develop
practices to help children learn, drawing upon
research that illuminates how our brains work,
and how teachers can help students to learn
better. Many facilitators found this new workshop
helpful, giving feedback such as, “This workshop
has caused me to think more strongly about the
relevancy of the things I teach and how I can
keep my students engaged.” Staff presented
the workshop throughout the Bensalem School
District, and to many other groups of facilitators
and teachers.
Additional professional learning opportunities
include resources and training sessions that help
out-of-school facilitators develop and support
project-based learning approaches that embed
STEM into afterschool, and cultivating both local
and national partnerships with library branches in
Philadelphia and the five-county region that
connect skills shared in both STEM and literacy.
This year also marked the beginning of The
Franklin Institute providing programs and
instructional support for 21st Century Community
Learning Center-funded Cohort at seven
afterschool sites across the Philadelphia
region. Services include capacity building and
instructor coaching with follow-up observations,
evaluation, and instructional support, as well as
hands-on student activities. By helping a wide
range of adults to thoughtfully engage others in
STEM learning experiences, the Institute helps to
build educational capacity throughout the region.
COMMUNITY
Association of Science and Technology Centers awarded an ASTC Lights on Afterschool Award to benefit the Institute’s work in communities across Philadelphia.
“This workshop has caused me to think more
strongly about the relevance of the things I teach
and how I can keep my students engaged.”
- ParticipatingTeacher
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NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMMING
The Institute’s long history of partnership with a
wide variety of community partners continued in
2014 with a particular emphasis on collaborating
to better support the STEM learning needs of
Philadelphia neighborhoods. The Institute provides
access to science and technology learning
opportunities for a wide range of students, families,
and adults and also provides ongoing programming
that reaches people more deeply over time. This
coordinated programming reaches beyond
delivering one-time sessions—the Institute aims
to build partners’ capacity to integrate science
education into their existing activities.
In two communities, Hunting Park and North
Philadelphia West, the Institute’s concentrated
engagement has helped community groups to
bring a focus on science into their neighborhoods.
For example, in the Hunting Park area, the Institute
partnered with Esperanza, a community-based
organization that works to strengthen Hispanic
communities. Esperanza hosted a Discovery Day
mini-carnival event at the Philadelphia
Science Festival, where several community
businesses showcased the science behind their
everyday work. Indios Auto demonstrated the
science behind the friction of car tires against
the road. A baker created a special Festival cake
and discussed the science of baking. Thanks to
a number of events in the community throughout
the year, Esperanza presented the Institute with
a community engagement award. In North
Philadelphia West, library branches, day care
centers, and afterschool programs collaborated
on the creation of a Summer Block Party, and the
Honickman Learning Center joined the Institute
in planning a Neighborhood Star Party. The
Institute was awarded a Lights on Afterschool
Award from the Association of Science and
Technology Centers for leadership of this event.
A variety of grant-funded efforts expands and
diversifies our resources and approaches, including:
• training and equipment that enable community
organizations to hold stargazing parties hosted
through City Skies, a NASA-funded Institute-
run urban astronomy project;
• partnerships with afterschool centers that
provide professional learning opportunities
that lead to the incorporation of project-based
science learning activities in afterschool
programs through the National Science
Foundation-funded STEM 3D initiative; and
• a wide range of science and literacy activities
offered throughout the city to local children
and families through the Philadelphia Free
Library’s 53 branches as part of the LEAP
into Science program, funded by the National
Science Foundation and the Institute of
Museum and Library Services.
By cultivating numerous opportunities to
engage with and develop community capacity
to facilitate hands-on science and technology
learning experiences, these community programs
empower both residents and organizations to
continue learning long after the events are over.
While these efforts highlight in-depth
relationships and impacts, Target Community
Nights and the Philadelphia Science Festival
illustrate the breadth of the Institute’s impacts
to citywide involvement in STEM. The Noyce
Foundation honored the Institute with the Bright
Lights Community Engagement Award for its
strong leadership in convening partnerships
and reaching underserved audiences through
the Philadelphia Science Festival—for more
information, see page 31. Staff and partners
encouraged residents from across communities
to attend free monthly Target Community Nights,
evident in bus-loads of children and their families
not only attending, but in some cases leading
hands-on activities spread throughout the museum.
In addition, the museum served as a gathering
place for capstone events for several Institute-led
projects, including CLUES, the Community of
Learning for Urban Environments and Science, a
collaboration between the New Jersey Academy
for Aquatic Sciences, The Franklin Institute, the
Philadelphia Zoo, the Academy of Natural Sciences,
and ten community-based organizations; and
GSK Science in the Summer, an educational
program that takes place in libraries across the
five-county region, and which served 4,571
elementary-aged students, and welcomed
1,600 children and their families returning to the
Institute for a special museum exploration event.
Building these networks and making connections
is central to the Institute’s commitment to reach
a wide range of people in diverse communities
with creative opportunities to learn.
COMMUNITY
COORDINATED PROGRAMMING REACHES BEYOND DELIVERING ONE-TIME SESSIONS—THE INSTITUTE AIMS TO BUILD PARTNERS’ CAPACITY.
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LEGACY2014 FRANKLIN INSTITUTE AWARDS
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND THE ARTS
WILL IAM AND LAURA BUCK SUPPORT SPORTSZONE
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2014 FRANKLIN INSTITUTE AWARDS
On April 24, for the 190th year, The Franklin
Institute honored the brightest minds in science,
technology, and industry at The Franklin Institute
Awards Ceremony and Dinner. For the 12th year,
the festivities were presented by Bank of America,
and the sold-out crowd of more than 700 guests
celebrated the presentation of medals in a stirring
ceremony hosted once again by Bob Schieffer,
moderator of CBS’s Face the Nation. During
Awards Week, each of the laureates presented
lectures at area colleges, and demonstrated
aspects of their research for local students and
for high school students in the Institute’s youth
education programs. The Institute is grateful to
Mrs. Frank Baldino, Jr., for her support of Awards
Week events.
From gathering data hidden in old lava flows
to inventing medical devices, from the storage
capacity of the hard drive in your computer to the
intricacies of transporting goods by ship, from
antibiotic effectiveness to airline safety, the nine
individuals celebrated this year have made amazing
discoveries that advanced their fields of study.
The 2014 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement
in Science was presented to Edmund M. Clarke,
Ph.D., for the development of the model checking
method that makes sure complex computer
systems are free of errors. The 2014 Bower
Award for Business Leadership was presented
to former Medtronic CEO and philanthropist
William W. George for his visionary leadership
and extraordinary philanthropic contributions.
Other laureates included Dr. Lisa Tauxe (earth
and environmental science), Dr. Christopher T.
Walsh (chemistry), Dr. Daniel Kleppner (physics),
Dr. Shunichi Iwasaki and Dr. Mark H. Kryder
(electrical engineering), Dr. Joachim Frank (life
science), and Dr. Ali Hasan Nayfeh (mechanical
engineering).
The Awards Ceremony and Dinner is
made possible thanks to the hard work of
many volunteers. Awards Co-Chairs Jacqueline
Kraeutler and Suzanne Boda and Vice Chair
Lisa Yakulis helped to make the event a great
success. The Friends Committee and the Awards
Corporate Committee helped to publicize the
event, which raised $500,000 to help forward
the Institute’s mission to inspire a passion for
learning about science and technology. All year,
behind the scenes, the Committee on Science
and the Arts meets to select the laureates—their
diligence gives this event its important
focus. The Franklin Institute Awards is a tradition
that continues the legacy of genius inventor
Benjamin Franklin, and reminds us all to celebrate
the remarkable scientific work that improves our
lives every day. For more photos of The Franklin
Institute Awards Ceremony and Dinner, visit
fi.edu/support/news.
LEGACY
OUTSTANDING SUPPORT
For 190 years, The Franklin Institute Awards
have celebrated the most remarkable
achievements in science, technology, and
business. And for the last 12 years, Bank of
America has provided leading support for
the Awards Ceremony and Dinner. Institute
Trustee and Managing Director for U.S. Trust
Rob McMenamin explains, “These men and
women have made extraordinarily significant
and meaningful contributions to their fields, and
their discoveries and inventions make an impact
on our lives every day. It’s important for Bank of
America to support programs and events that
strengthen our community, and the Franklin
Institute Awards does that by bringing people
from across the city and around the world
together to recognize the laureates each year.
We are proud to be part of this legacy.”
In the spirit of inquiry and discover embodied by Benjamin Franklin, the mission of The Franklin Institute is to inspire a passion for learning about science and technology.
“It was a great honor for me to be recognized with the
Bower Award for Business Leadership, and to join
such an important group of distinguished business
leaders. It is the greatest honor in my career.”
- Bill George, 2014 Bower Award for Business Leadership
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How are The Franklin Institute Awards laureates chosen? Chair of the
Board of Trustees Dr. Don Morel and Chair of the Committee on Science
and the Arts Dr. Pamela Green spoke about the Awards program and the
laureate selection process.
How did you become involved with the Awards program?
Dr. Green: I was nominated for membership by a colleague in the Life
Science cluster—clusters are the grouping of scientists by discipline—of the
Committee on Science and the Arts (CS&A). Now, as chair of the committee,
I lead meetings each month. I’ve really enjoyed the association from the
very first moment.
Dr. Morel: I got involved because my predecessor at West Pharmaceuticals
realized the value of the Institute and its role, and started to get our company
involved in many aspects, not only by providing funding to help some of the
Institute’s initiatives, but supporting the Awards Ceremony in particular. When
I got involved as a Trustee, I oversaw the Awards program, and it was an
absolutely phenomenal and humbling experience. Every year seems to get
better and better because of the work of the CS&A in bringing to light these
absolutely terrific people. Awards is simply one of Philadelphia’s great events.
How does the Awards program fit into the larger national discussion about
scientific achievement?
Dr. Green: The Awards program reaches diverse members of the community
from children to adults through the multiple outreach activities that occur
during Awards Week. Public discussion is also stimulated by coverage of
the Awards Program by the press and The Franklin Institute website, and
recently, there was a wonderful film made about the Awards program that
won an Emmy!
Dr. Morel: The mission of The Franklin Institute Awards is really threefold:
recognition, public awareness, and education for both adults and children.
It celebrates the accomplishments of these great scientists whose discoveries
and inventions have improved millions of lives. During Awards Week we
have a discussion that involves a much broader audience on contentious
topics such as climate change, energy, fracking, genetic manipulation in
the life sciences, and we get much needed accurate information from
the people on the cutting edge of those fields.
On another level, Pam is exactly right: Awards is
about showing what a career in the sciences can
do to the young kids in the PACTS program, to the
high school students at the Science Leadership
Academy, and the STEM Scholars—how
meaningful it can be to have a STEM career.
There’s no substitute for igniting passion in
these kids and keeping them interested given
how important scientific literacy is, not only to
our economy, but to society as a whole.
How does Awards fit in with the larger culture
of scientific recognition?
Dr. Morel: It’s important to the scientists, obviously.
They work, in many cases, in very finite niches
in their particular fields, and the recognition for
them, based on the history of the Awards, is so
important. They don’t come seeking recognition;
they work at the bench and they work in these
fields, and across the board, irrespective of cluster
or nation of origin they are truly grateful that someone
has taken the time to learn a little bit about their
work and to thank them for what they’ve done.
There are larger monetary prizes, but money can’t
buy the Institute’s history and its track record.
The Board of Trustees is deeply appreciative
of the CS&A members’ work. This is a voluntary
position on top of their academic and research
obligations, and the quality of the recipients and
the program would not be where it is today without
the many thousands of hours they have volunteered.
Dr. Green: The scientists are truly happy to be
recognized, and they’re excited to meet each
other, and to meet people from the Institute and
the general public. There are so many people
willing to devote the time it takes to bring these
cases to the point of awarding a medal and making
the recommendations to the Board of Trustees.
The Curies, Einstein, Orville Wright, and others are
often mentioned as past laureates. Is there a laureate
you particularly admire or someone who should
be a household name but isn’t as well known yet?
Dr. Green: All the laureates are phenomenal, and
it’s so hard to choose just one, but I would say
Mary-Dell Chilton. In 2013, Dr. Chilton was awarded
the International Food Prize along with Drs. Robert
Fraley and Marc van Montagu. She was awarded
the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science in
2002, and she worked independently to lay the
foundation for introducing novel traits into plants
for crop improvement using Agrobacterium.
THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR IGNITING PASSION IN THESE KIDS AND KEEPING THEM INTERESTED GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IS, NOT ONLY TO OUR ECONOMY, BUT TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
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Beyond contributing to agricultural biotechnology,
Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation is
an essential tool for basic research, and it helps
to provide knowledge of plant genes and networks,
which also contributes to crop improvement
strategies. Although great progress has already
been made towards making crops more resistant
to adverse environmental conditions, diseases,
and pests, and to increase yield, much more
work is needed to feed the world’s population
in the years to come, building on the pioneering
work of Drs. Chilton, van Montagu, Fraley and others.
Dr. Morel: That is a very timely topic given
the public debate about genetically modified
organisms and especially plant crops entering
the food chain, where probably the public is
not aware of the benefits as they should be,
and that’s where the Institute has a role to play
in terms of public communication about how
science can advance the human condition.
I think you have to admire all the laureates,
but two moments stand out for me. First,
meeting Fred Kavli, an amazing entrepreneur and
philanthropist: I knew very little about him until
we began to vet him for the business award,
but his career and his life experience—living
under Nazi occupation in Norway, coming to the
United States, building a business, and realizing
his obligations to give back and to fund the next
generation of scientists—is such a phenomenal
story. The other moment was meeting a computer
scientist and electrical engineer by the name of
Lotfi Zadeh. We have a very small dinner for the
laureates on the evening before the Awards
Ceremony and Dinner. In his speech on the
Wednesday night dinner, he spoke very emotionally
about what America meant for him in terms of the
opportunity to do his work free from persecution.
It’s those stories that reflect the human element
behind this incredible technology, which is an
important part of the Awards experience.
The medals awarded to each laureate are made of 14 karat gold.
AWARDS IS SIMPLY ONE OF PHILADELPHIA’S GREAT EVENTS.
BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND FUN”: SUPPORT FROM WILLIAM AND LAURA BUCK HELPS TO FUND SPORTSZONE
In October 2015, a completely reimagined Sports
Challenge exhibit, renamed SportsZone, will open
to the public, made possible by the support of
a group of generous donors. William and Laura
Buck, part-owners of the Philadelphia Phillies,
made a $1 million gift to
the project in 2014. The
Bucks’ interest in sports
dates from childhood. Bill
Buck describes attending
double-header baseball
games as a boy, playing
baseball in school and
camp in the summer, and
taking Laura to the ballpark
when they first started
dating. Throughout the
years, they enjoyed many
sports, including tennis,
golf, skiing, and squash, but baseball remains their
passion. “Athletes can be great role models for
young people,” Laura explains. “Phillies players
visit children in the hospital, and kids identify
with certain players.” Bill points out, “The same
discipline and drive that you need to succeed
in sports helps children succeed in school and
in other areas of their lives. So when kids get
involved in sports, it’s a positive force for them.”
The Bucks have long supported a range of
charitable causes, from the arts and music to
museums and schools. Along with the entire
Phillies organization, they support research into
ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease,
to fund the search for a cure for this debilitating
condition. Their support of the new sport exhibit
was in response to “something that we saw was
really needed,” Laura explains. “We visited the
Institute and we’re fortunate to be able to donate
to it.” Sports Challenge is one of the Institute’s most
popular core exhibits, and was last renovated
in 2000. In that time, more than 10 million
people passed through the exhibit, and the
interactives, while still fun, needed to be updated.
The Institute’s in-house Exhibit Design Team
completely reimagined what the exhibit could be,
and tested many different
designs before settling on
a group of experiences that
help visitors learn about
how their bodies work,
from muscle movement to
nutrition and fitness.
A particularly stunning
experience in the new
exhibit is called Athletes in
Action—visitors can race
against each other and
against videos of famous
athletes on a 40-foot track.
Among those athletes will also be a very special
featured runner: “My favorite part of the exhibit
will be watching young children get to race
against the Phillie Phanatic,” Laura says. “He’s
such a popular mascot, and no matter how many
times you’ve seen him, he’s always fun to watch,”
Bill adds. Bill is looking forward to the pitching
interactive that analyzes the motion of your
body to help you learn how your muscles work
together to throw the perfect pitch. “This exhibit
will be both educational and fun,” he says. “We
brought our children to The Franklin Institute when
they were young, and our grandchildren visit now.
We like to make investments where they will
benefit a lot of people, and this new exhibit will do
that through the science of sport.”
The new SportsZone exhibit will open to
the public on October 24. The existing Sports
Challenge closed for construction on April 13.
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SUPPORTFINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONTRIBUTED SUPPORT
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Product D Product C Product B Product A
2009
2008Product D
Product C
Product B
Product A
20092008 UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL 2013
REVENUE, SUPPORT, AND INVESTMENT INCOMEPROGRAM REVENUE
Admissions fees $ 7,393,319 $ - $ - $ 7,393,319 $ 6,765,954
Memberships 2,022,919 - - 2,022,919 1,791,588
Ancillary activities 4,449,809 - - 4,449,809 4,327,662
Grants 3,020,673 864,900 - 3,885,573 2,830,334
Educational programs and services 1,837,043 713,345 - 2,550,388 1,970,620
Other project revenue 1,663,589 120,010 - 1,783,599 1,356,964
Total program revenue $20,387,352 1,698,255 - 22,085,607 19,043,122
SUPPORT
Contributions and pledges $3,645,930 2,358,441 - 6,004,371 6,756,326
Bequests and other contributions - (1,238) 2,280,646 2,279,408 14,483
Government appropriations and grants 50,000 - - 50,000 50,000
Contributions – capital campaigns - 9,626,189 - 9,626,189 8,672,172
Total support $3,695,930 11,983,392 2,280,646 17,959,968 15,492,981
Endowment income designated for current operations $1,514,148 - - 1,514,148 1,468,711
Net assets released from restrictions –satisfaction of purpose restrictions $4,910,932 (4,910,932) - - -
Total revenue, support, operating investment income, and net assets released from restrictions $30,508,362 8,770,715 2,280,646 41,559,723 36,004,814
TEMPORARILY PERMANENTLY
TEMPORARILY PERMANENTLY
2014 VERSUS 2013 UNRESTRICTED REVENUE, SUPPORT, AND INVESTMENT INCOMEFINANCIALS
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL 2013EXPENSESPROGRAM EXPENSES
Exhibit services $ 2,944,233 $ - $ - $ 2,944,233 $ 1,404,497
Educational programs, services, and grants 6,444,455 - - 6,444,455 5,546,223
Visitor and member services 1,378,783 - - 1,378,783 1,543,039
Ancillary activities 1,829,919 - - 1,829,919 1,777,038
Franklin Institute Awards 815,109 - - 815,109 772,603
Other project expenses 407,766 - - 407,766 370,298
Total program services expense $13,820,265 - - 13,820,265 11,413,698
Museum operations $12,086,498 - - 12,086,498 9,917,135
General development 2,790,913 - - 2,790,913 2,671,130
Interest 591,330 - - 591,330 622,213
Total supporting services expense $15,468,741 - - 15,468,741 13,210,478
Total expense $29,289,006 - - 29,289,006 24,624,176
Operating income before depreciation 1,219,356 8,770,715 2,280,646 12,270,717 11,380,638
Depreciation and amortization 5,005,106 - - 5,005,106 4,710,616
Operating income (loss) (3,785,750) 8,770,715 2,280,646 7,265,611 6,670,022
NON-OPERATING INCOME, EXPENSES AND RELEASES
Net assets released from restrictions – satisfaction of purpose restrictions $8,220,113 (8,220,113) - - -
Endowment return net of amounts designated for current operations 13,814 37,656 - 51,470 3,142,222
Net actuarial gain (loss) on defined benefit retirement plan (1,507,938) - - (1,507,938) 1,811,352
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swap (147,127) - - (147,127) 1,062,228
Change in value of investments held by third parties - - (158,079) (158,079) 1,341,745
Total non-operating income, expenses and releases 6,578,862 (8,182,457) (158,079) (1,761,674) 7,357,547
Increase (decrease) in net assets 2,793,112 588,258 2,122,567 5,503,937 14,027,569
NET ASSETSBeginning of year 81,608,878 31,739,289 16,146,232 129,494,399 115,466,830
End of year $ 84,401,990 $ 32,327,547 $ 18,268,799 $ 134,998,336 $ 129,494,399
24% Admissions fees
7% Membership
15% Ancillary activities
10% GrantsEducational programs and services 6%
Other project revenue 5%
Contributions and pledges 12%
Govt. appropriations and grants 0.1%Endowment income 5%
Net assets released from restrictions 16% Exhibit services 10%
22% Educational programs, services, and grants
5% Visitor and member services
6% Ancillary activities
3% The Franklin Institute Awards
1% Other project expenses
Museum operations 41%
General development 10%
Interest 2%
2014 UNRESTRICTED EXPENSES BEFORE DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
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INSPIRE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP 2007–2012
Donald E. Callaghan Chair, Inspire Science
Marsha R. Perelman Chair Emerita, Board of Trustees
Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D. Chair, Board of Trustees
Toni Garrison Chair, Development and Government Relations Committee
William H. Shea, Jr. Former Chair, Inspire Science
Denis O’Brien Campaign Vice-Chair, Inspire Science
Herb Kelleher Campaign Vice-Chair, Inspire Science
Larry Dubinski President and CEO, The Franklin Institute
Dennis Wint Former President and CEO, The Franklin Institute
INSPIRE SCIENCE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Lead SupportersNicholas and Athena Karabots The Karabots Foundation
CornerstoneAnonymous
Cephalon, Inc.
Estate of John Swope Collins in memory of John Swope
Samuel S. Fels Fund
Otto Haas Charitable Trust
Dorrance H. Hamilton and the Hamilton Family Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Gerry Lenfest
Ira Lubert and Pamela Estadt
Samuel P. Mandell Foundation
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
PECO
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
The Pew Charitable Trusts
City of Philadelphia
The Shea Family Foundation
Andrea and James Stewart
The Sunoco Foundation
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Mrs. Edna S. Tuttleman*
William Penn Foundation
Principal and LeadershipAnonymous
6abc
The Arcadia Foundation
William J. and Sharon L. Avery
Victor M. Bearg
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Berkman
The Boeing Company
Mr. and Mrs. Jon A. Boscia
Mr.* and Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck
Donald E. and Hana Callaghan
Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Camardo
Sally W. Castle
Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket, Jr. and The Ethel D. Colket Foundation
Debra and Michael Coslov
Day & Zimmermann
Delaware River Port Authority
Betsy and Kevin Donohoe
The Dow Chemical Company
Forman Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fries
Chris Gali, in honor of Philomena Gali
Ed and Patsy Garno
Toni and Bob Garrison
Jane and Joseph Goldblum
Martyn D. Greenacre and Grete Greenacre
Rich and Peggy Greenawalt
Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust “B”
Harry and Kay Halloran
I.B.E.W. Local Union #98
Joan and Herb Kelleher Charitable Foundation
The Mill Spring Foundation
Mr. Stephen Modzelewski and Ms. Deborah Y. Sze
Lauren and Don Morel
Mr. Richard T. Nalle, Jr.*
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
In memory of Stanley and Bertha Rogasner
Ms. Caroline B. Rogers
Mr. Joseph W. Rogers, Jr.
Roberta and Ernest Scheller, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Sorgenti
US Airways Community Foundation
The United States Mint
Mr. Richard W. Vague
West
Robert G. and Rosalind White Williams
Estate of G. Raymond Ziegler, Jr.
MajorAnonymous
The Abramson Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Amoroso
Catherine V. Beath
Estate of George E. Beggs, Jr.
Mr. Richard P. Brown, Jr.
Gretchen and Stephen Burke
Arthur L. and Margaret B. Caplan
The CHG Charitable Trust
D. Walter Cohen and Claire Reichlin
Patricia* and Gerard Cuddy
Richard and Judith Dilsheimer
Dana L. Dortone and Stephen F. Esser
Elizabeth H. Gemmill
Julie, Mitch, Joshua, and Alex Gerstein
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Glaberson
Eric Hafler
Robert P.* and Barbara D. Hauptfuhrer
Jane and Paul Heintz
Dr. S. Jay and Gail Turley Hirsh
Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Helen M. and Henry K. Justi
Josephine Klein
Barbara and John Kowalczyk
Chris and Lori Kuebler
Sandra and David Marshall
Tom and Linda McCarthy
The McLean Contributionship
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McMenamin
Bill and Donna Oliver
Louise and Alan Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Romano
Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Rosato
Bruce and Elizabeth Rubin
Karl F. and Patsy Rugart*
Andrew and Bryna Scott
William J. and Mary Lee Stallkamp
Joan N. Stern
Neal Stolar, Kyler Shinkle-Stolar, and Eden Stolar
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Sweet, Jr.
Jay H. Tolson
Kathleen Y. Troncelliti
UGI Corp - AmeriGas
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Unruh
Tina Wells
David and Evelyn White
Gordon Heritage Wilder
Paul and Marcia Woodruff
Mr. Joseph Zoll and Dr. Kathy Zoll
*Deceased
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THE BENEFACTOR SOCIETY BOARD
Molly Lawrence and Nancy V. Ronning
Co-Chairs William J. Avery
Sandra K. Baldino
Ann E. Calvert
Thomas A. Caramanico
Howard Cyr
Larry Dubinski, Ex-Officio
Toni Garrison, Ex-Officio
Elizabeth H. Gemmill
Grete Greenacre
Anne F. Hamilton
Douglas M. Lurio
Joseph P. McAtee
Linda Morales
Michael Morales
Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D., Ex-Officio
Hilarie L. Morgan
A. Hobart Porter
Joseph W. Rogers, Jr.
Kevin N. Roller
Randy S. Ronning
R. Greg Surovcik
Jack Vosbikian
Ronald L. Wall
Lisa Yakulis
V. Scott Zelov *List as of 12/31/14
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
The Franklin Institute is grateful to the following individuals who have generously provided unrestricted support in 2014.
THE BENEFACTOR SOCIETY
Inventors Circle ($50,000 or more)Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran
Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Morel, Jr.
Franklin Fellows ($25,000–$49,999)Donald E. and Hana Callaghan
The Goldblum Family
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Maguire, Jr.
Drs. Bonnie and Paul Offit
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Jim and Andrea Stewart
Michael and Bridget Subak
Kite and Key Circle ($15,000–$24,999)Mr. Joel A. Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Camardo
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Felice
Michael C. Forman and Jennifer S. Rice
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fries
Chris Gali
Toni and Bob Garrison
William W. George
Martyn and Grete Greenacre
Rich and Peggy Greenawalt
Mr. and Mrs. Nooruddin S. Karsan
Ira Lubert and Pamela Estadt
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour G. Mandell
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Marshall
Mr. Marvin Samson
Richard W. Vague
Drs. Karen and Gary Zimmer
Ambassador Circle ($10,000–$14,999)Mr. and Mrs. William J. Avery
Michael Barry and Patricia Bartlett
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Berkman
Suzanne F. Boda
Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr.
Edward H.L. Chun
Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Classen
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin F. Donohoe
Dana L. Dortone and Stephen F. Esser
Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Egleston
Mr. Richard J. Green
Anne and Matt Hamilton
Mrs. Samuel M.V. Hamilton, Sr.
Ed and Ellen Hanway
Paul C. Heintz, Esq.
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Stephen and Michelle Kelly
Susan Y. Kim
The James and Agnes Kim Foundation, Inc.
Josephine Klein
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Middleton
Jeanette Lerman Neubauer and Joe Neubauer
Mr. and Mrs. Denis P. O’Brien
Ms. Caroline B. Rogers
Mr. Joseph W. Rogers, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Rorer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Sanchez
Andrew and Bryna Scott
Mr. and Mrs. David White
Ted and Stevie Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Yoh III
Celestial Circle ($5,000–$9,999)Janet and Jim Averill
Sandra K. Baldino
Barbara Brodsky
Carmel and John Dorsey
Larry Dubinski and Vicki J. Markovitz
Mrs. Donald L. Felley
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Garno, Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth H. Gemmill
Dr. Thomas P. and Anna Gerrity
Stuart and Suzanne Grant
Marcy Gringlas and Joel Greenberg
Molly and Ken Lawrence
Ms. Elaine Levitt
Charisse R. Lillie, Esq.
Douglas and Margaret Lurio
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce Mainwaring
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. McAtee
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McMenamin
The MOSI Foundation
Jay and Gretchen Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sidewater
Steven Sidewater and Judy Munroe The Sidewater Family Foundation Inc.
Karlyn Skipworth
Joan N. Stern, Esq.
Ms. Christina Sterner and Mr. Steve Poses
Dr. I. Steven Udvarhelyi
SUPPORT
INSPIRE SCIENCE CAMPAIGN DONORS
Anonymous
George J. Ahern
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Allen
Estate of Charles E. Balleisen
Scott A. Battersby
Becker & Frondorf
Peter A. Benoliel and Willo Carey
Lawrence H. and Julie C. Berger
Suzanne F. Boda
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bonner, Jr.
Renee B. Booth
Estate of Warren F. Busse
Carol and Bruce Caswell
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Chappelear
Drs. Melvin J. and Gloria T. Chisum
Estate of Raymond Czarnica
Mr. Joseph I. Daily, Jr.*
Estate of William K. Dickey
Dr. Jack Dickstein
Mr. Larry Dubinski and Ms. Vicki J. Markovitz
Dr.* and Mrs. Donald L. Felley
Jack E. Feinberg*
Mr. and Mrs. A. Carter Fergusson
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Friel, Jr.
Michael J. and Jeanette M. Gale
Marci and Gary Generose
Estate of Carol K. Gerstley
Dr. and Mrs. Allan M. Greenspan
Mrs. Dorothea K. Harris*
High Swartz LLP
Joseph J. Hochreiter and Eileen G. Wachtman
Estate of Helen M. Humphreville
Karen Nagel Kamp
Malcolm Kates, M.D.*
Walter and Marian* Kinzinger
Kenneth D. Kleinman and Debra J. Fein
Dr. William Kreiger
The Krone Foundation
William Kronenberg III
Reinhard and Sue D. Kruse
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Landon
Mary and Richard Lau
Thomas Leist, MD, PhD
Alex Leto
Drs. Mary and Don Levick
Charisse R. Lillie, Esq.
Wallace S. Martindale, 3rd
Peter, Susan and Cameron McClung
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Meizlish
Amir and Nawal Metry
James J. Moskowitz
Ilene and Randy Needles
Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent
Mr. and Mrs. Denis P. O’Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Connor
Drs. Bonnie and Paul Offit
Dr. Camille Paglia and Mr. Vernon L. Francis
Dr. and Mrs. Homayoon Pasdar
Provincial Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Rainville
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Ress
Elizabeth and Hershel Richman
Jay and Gretchen Riley
The Rittenhouse Foundation
Lucy B. Rorke-Adams, M.D.
Leonard M. Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Judith Quigley Ruse
Michael L. Sanyour
Buck and Mary Scott
Norman Silbertrust
Mr. and Dr. R. Greg Surovcik
Eric W. Tappert
Terri and Bob Teti
Upper Darby High School Science Department
In memory of James Miades
The Estate of Marjorie Upson
Thomas and Patricia Vernon
Marisa Wigglesworth and Edmund B. Bayruns
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Winston
Dennis Wint and Ann Meredith
Mr. Rhett D. Workman
Paul and Marcia Woodruff
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Zeleny
*Deceased
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Baldwin Circle ($3,000–$4,999)Anonymous (II)
Mr.* and Mrs. Harris C. Aller, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Amoroso
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Baiada
Dr. and Mrs. Allen M. Barnett
Ms. Catherine V. Beath
Dr. and Mrs. Wade H. Berrettini
James and Doris Brogan
Jay H. and Ann E. Calvert
Thomas A. Caramanico
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Chappelear
Dr. D. Walter Cohen and Claire Reichlin
Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket, Jr.
David and Marilyn Cragin
Rhoda and Michael Danziger
Victoria B. Fisher
Ms. Helen H. Ford
Jayne and Walter Garrison
Marci and Gary Generose
Mitchell and Julie Gerstein
Harry and Kay Halloran
Mrs. Robert P. Hauptfuhrer
Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Havens
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Hill III
Dr. S. Jay and Gail Turley Hirsh
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Hymerling
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Keith
Susan and Leonard Klehr
Jacqueline and Eric Kraeutler
Thomas Leist, MD, PhD
Drs. John and Regina Lepore
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew March
Tom and Linda McCarthy
Mr. and Mrs. John B. McGowan, Jr.
Susan and Frank Mechura
Dr. William Mestichelli and Karen P. Mestichelli
Steve and Debbie Modzelewski
Mrs. John P. Mulroney
Dr. Paul R. Nemeth and Dr. Jean Flood
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Nesbitt III
Dr. Camille Paglia and Mr. Vernon Francis
Mr. and Mrs. Clair M. Raubenstine
Donna and Frank Ravndal
Mr. Richard M. Reiner and Ms. Emily Thalheimer-Reiner
Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Rosato
Judith Quigley Ruse
Joshua Sapan and Ann Foley
Calvin E. Schmid, Ph.D.
H. David and Barbara Mozino Seegul
Peter S. Mozino Foundation
John and Doris Sickler
Dr. Robert E. Silverman and Dr. Randi Leavitt
Dr. and Mrs.* Bayard T. Storey
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Wall
Suzanne Welsh William Penn Foundation
Paul and Marcia Woodruff
Zisman Family Foundation
Pendulum Partners ($1,500–$2,999)Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Adelman
Dr. Patrick C. Alguire
Apex Foundation
Robert Averbach
Bob and Margie Bacheler
Carol Baker and Mark Stein
Sherrin H. Baky
Arthur and K.C. Baldadian
Martha and Alexis Barron, Esq.
Myron and Sheila Bassman
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Battersby
Victor M. Bearg
Mrs. William S. Benninghoff
Mr. Peter A. Benoliel and Ms. Willo Carey
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Benovic
Lawrence H. and Julie Berger
Robert and Evelyn Betz
Janice and Tom Biron
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Renee B. Booth, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Buckley
Francis J. Carey*
H. Augustus and Jennifer Carey
Ms. Carol S. Caswell
Barbara R. Cobb
SUPPORT
Mr. and Mrs. Troy M. Collins
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Crowley
Alice and Craig Cullen
Karen and John Cunningham
Howard and Leslie Cyr
Ms. Pamela Doggett
Kevin Duffy and Georgette McAuley
Louise Duffy and Gus Dias-Lalcaca
Ms. Barbara Eberlein
The Edelstein Family
Bari-Joy and Douglas Epstein
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Fiebach
Steve Fifield and Christian Calaguas
Drs. Bruce Forman and Joy Weinstein
Keith F. and Rachel M. Fournier
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Freundlich
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gale
Geoffrey and Tamara Garlow
Doris and Arnold Glaberson
Dr. Scott Goldman and Dr. Maryalice Cheney
Pamela Green, Ph.D.
Jane and Allan Greenspan
Ms. Mary G. Gregg and Mr. John M. Ryan
Eric Hafler
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hill
Joseph J. Hochreiter and Eileen G. Wachtman
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Holt, Jr.
Lynne and Harold Honickman
Marjorie and Jeffrey Honickman
Frances E. Jensen, M.D.
Frances and Michael Jones
Henry K. and Helen M. Justi
John Kessock, Jr.
Walter Kinzinger
Judith Auritt Klein
Kenneth Kleinman and Debra Fein
Walter Korn
Eileen and Mitchell Kowal
The Kuebler Family
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Landon
Landon Family Foundation
Drs. Mary and Donald Levick
John M. Makara and Katherine E. Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bayard McCabe IV
Rachel and James McLaughlin
John and Judy Mills
Pete and Bianca Minan
Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Mirabello
Susan Mucciarone and David Moore
Richard A. Mulford
Karen R. Nagel
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Nugent
Dr. Albert T. Olenzak
Bill and Donna Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. Adolf A. Paier
Karen A. Parker
Dr. and Mrs. Homayoon Pasdar
Mr. and Mrs. R. Anderson Pew
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hobart Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Powell
Laura Raab
Dr. Russell C. Raphaely
Hershel and Elizabeth Richman
Mr. Michael Rissi
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin N. Roller
Randy and Nancy Ronning
Robert N. Roop, P.E. and Katherine Kay
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Rorer
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rosenblum
Joyce Seewald Sando
Bruce and Sheila Schwartz
Helene Selig
Dr. William Sigmund and Mr. Vito Izzo
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brainard Slack
Milton S. Stearns, Jr.*
Donna D. Stein
Marilyn L. Steinbright
Mr. and Dr. R. Greg Surovcik
Dr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Trout
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Unruh
Ms. Carol Elizabeth Ware
Ms. Tina Wells
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Welsh
Robert and Rosalind Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Winston, P.E.
Richard E. and Diane Dalto Woosnam
Lisa and Paul Yakulis
Erin and Dan Zimmerman
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Zoll
*Deceased
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MEMBERSHIP CIRCLES
Discoverers Circle ($1,000–$1,499)Anonymous
Mr. John K. Binswanger
Julian and Lois Brodsky
Maripeg Bruder
Susan W. and Cummins Catherwood, Jr.
Mr. Marc Duvivier and Dr. Evelyn Duvivier
Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Hoyer
Lesley Ann Hughes
Mr. Robert Kaplan
Siobhan Keefe
Bunka Kelly
The Lung Family
Jane C. MacElree
Mr. Michael Mattia
David J. and Maureen B. Miller
Miller Parker and Marjorie Ogilvie
Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Philips
Richard D. Rabena
Marlene and Joseph Ramsay
Dr. and Mrs. Milton L. Rock
Mr. Allan Seaman
Paul and Susan Shaman
Marisa Wigglesworth and Edmund Bayruns
Patrons Circle ($600–$999)Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas V. Bellew
Drs. Robert and Marie Benz
Linda and Donald Berger
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Brenner
Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Carson
Dr. David F. Cattell
Mr. and Mrs. Ian M. Comisky
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Craven, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. DiFrancesco, Jr.
Rosanna D’Orazio and Kent Wagner
Felgoise Family
Kenneth Foelster
Joan and William Goldstein
Marlene and Joel Goldwein
Jon and Cynthia Harris
Melanie W. Hopkins
Salvatore Iuliano and Jill Rambo
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold D. Jackson
Dr.* and Mrs. Marc S. Lapayowker
Steve LeCours
Ned S. Levi and Frances S. Levi
Peter and Karen Levinson
William A. Loeb
Mary Anne Lowery
Irene and Bruce Marks
Mimi and Jim McKenzie
Jeffrey and Linda Needleman
Deborah N. Nemiroff
Pauline K. Park and Jack M. Panitch
James A. Perrin and Elaine Horneff
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Puzo
Marcia and Walter Rosen
Corinne Roxby
Robert and Karen Sharrar
Mr. Raymond Steigerwalt
Friends Circle ($400–$599)Anonymous
8th Street Community Church
The Ashland Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Atkinson, Jr.
Louis and Jennifer Auslander
Autism NJ
Amba Ayambem
Julie P. Becker
Cameron Benziger
Francis Borowsky
Cynthia Boughton and Tony Diegidio
Mr. and Mrs. George Branca
Jacob and Kristina Brodie
Rita Buzby
Doris Carpenter
Leonarda Carrow and Erik Dickersbach
Patricia Cayanan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Chew
Lakshmi R. Chiabella
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Clabbers
Marvin and Joan Clark
Mr. and Mrs. G. Clothier
David and Peggy Conver
Mr. Eric J. Coyle
Judge James DeLeon
Mark and Tobey Dichter
Russell R. and Lora Jo Dickhart
Anne Dillon
John and Charlene Dooley
Joe Dougherty
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace Dyer, Jr.
Howard J. Eisen, MD and Judith E. Wolf, MD
Lee J. Faden
Dr. and Mrs. Irvin J. Farber
Christine and Jeffrey Fellin
Guy and Janet Fernandez
A. Thomas Ferrero, Jr.
Vanessa and David Fiori
Theresa L. Frangiosa
Drs. Barbara and Len Frank
Benham and June Fuhrman
Pam and Rod Gagné
Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Wendy Gavin
Dr. Joseph S. Gordon
Clifford Greer
Guest Services Department of The Franklin Institute
Mr. Jay B. Haines
The Hamburg Family
Cliff and Virginia Harze
Melissa Hayman
Dr. Stacy Haynes
Francios Hearst
Mr. Gerard Herbert and Ms. JoAnn Haney
Rhoda Herrold
W. A. and Lynda K. Hitschler
Mark Holland and Megan Coleman
Garrick Hudson
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Hudson
Lesley Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Sigmund B. Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kahn, Jr.
Wayne Kandravi, Jr.
SUPPORT
The Karten Family
Martha and Charlie Kerns
Dr. Richard and Carole Kovach
Verna Kraft
Dr. William Kreiger
Mr. Arno E. Krumbiegel
Reinhard and Sue D. Kruse
Richard* and Mary Lau
Ms. Tara LeCoumpte
Gloria Leonard
Dr. Arnold and Barbara Lincow
Nora Little
The Maisano Family
Ellen C. Maitin
The Malixi Family
Ms. Debra Mallon
Drs. Gordon Manin and Margot Waitz
Joel A. Marquart
Wallace and Henrietta Martindale
Marilyn and Jerry Mayro
Dr. Anna T. Meadows and Dr. Alfred G. Knudson
Scott McKeever
Paul and Barbara McKenna
Dr. Ronald McKinney
Robert and Jaime Mellon
Ms. Judith Miller
Claude L. Mount
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Neilson
Khanh Nguyen
Dr. Lisa Nocera and Mr. Dana Neubauer
R. Barrett and Barbara A. Noone
Diane Orapallo
Pandolfo Family
Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Penn
Kathleen and Edward Pereles
Francis Peters
Ms. Joanne Phillips
Joseph and Maria Queenan
Renee and James Reilly
James A. Reitnour
Ms. JoAnn Reno and Mr. Gary Green
Anne and Michael Rhoads
Ms. Kate Riccardi
The Rittenhouse Foundation
Jane and Robert Rivera
Audrey and Robert Robinson
Leonard M. Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Robert and Annette Ruark
Professor John F. Sanford
Joana H. Santamore
S. Saunders
Mr.* and Mrs. Albert Schlessinger
Prof. and Mrs. Warren D. Seider
Dolph Simons
Emily Slate
Mrs. James C. Slechta
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Smith
Steven and Bonnie Snyder
Ann and Marc Sonnenfeld
Paul and Cynthia Sucro
Katherine Sutcliffe-Becker and Dr. Tyson E. Becker
Robert Sutton and J. DeFaria
Lauren Swartz and Steven Falkowski
Mr. Bucky Swider
Elizabeth and Richard Szucs
Terri and Bob Teti
Kirk Thieroff
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Trauffer
Mr. and Mrs. Carl N. Tripician, Esq.
Kathleen Troncelliti*
Christopher Turnbull
Anne, Calum, Duncan and Robert Urquhart
Marivic Valentino
Thomas and Patricia Vernon
Drs. Maria Vogiatzi and Dinos Plestis
Maurice and Julie Weeks
Judy and Ken Weinstein
Mrs. Frank Weise
George H. Weiss, M.D.
Johanna and Kevin Werbach
Jeffrey L. and Beth P. Williams
Deborah R. Willig
Alan and Mary Beth Wilmit
Colonel* and Mrs. Alan B. Worthington
The Yow Family
Mr. Jon Zelinsky
Dr. and Mrs. David S. Zelouf
Young Friends ($350–$399)Gregory Adams
Andria and Jonathan Ayer
Bevan Family
Dr. Lauren Carr
Michael Dugent
Kelly Irwin
Claudia and Michael Killion
Brendan Lawrence
Eric and Christy McMahon
Mr. Patrick J. Mulhern, Jr.
Hillary Olson
The Pugliese-Gentile Family
Wendy and Jeffrey Ruthazer
Jacquelyn Sowinski
The Stuebing and Iacona Families
Ms. Jessica Tan
Nukeyshia Vega
Maani Waldor and Mark Fallon
Nicole Warnecke
*Deceased
THREE REGIONAL EMMY AWARDS FOR TWO SHORT VIDEOS BRING THE INSTITUTE’S TOTAL TO SEVEN IN TWO YEARS (WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A DISPLAY CASE!)
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“LOOKING OUTWARD”: INSTITUTE VOLUNTEER SUZANNE LEAP
...Suzanne Leap recounts. A volunteer at the Institute since 2007, Suzanne
first came to the Bloom Observatory to view a transit of Venus (when
Venus passes between the Sun and another planet) in 2004, and then
helped visitors witness the last transit of our lifetimes in 2012. “I had
always been a science person,” she explains. “I loved it in school—it’s
one of the reasons I went into nursing—and when I heard that a transit
of Venus wouldn’t happen again for 121 years but you could go to the
Institute to see it, I thought, well that’s a no-brainer. I think I especially
enjoy astronomy because nursing looks inward, and through the telescope
I started looking outward.” After her experience viewing Venus at sunrise
in the Observatory, Suzanne trained with Institute staff to learn how to
safely open and close the Observatory roof, how to operate the 80-year-old
Zeiss telescope, and how to talk to visitors about what they could see in
the sky. Suzanne is now an Advanced Observatory Operator, and regularly
volunteers at the monthly Night Skies program, and has helped with many
of the City Skies urban astronomy events that take place in communities
around the city.
After eight years as a volunteer, Suzanne reports, “It’s still exciting to
help people—sometimes they look through the telescope and say, ‘wow!’
Sometimes the adults are as excited as the children. I’ve been able to
show people Comet Lovejoy, which passed overhead in 2014, the Orion
Nebula, eclipses, as well as the international space station, which you can
see with your naked eye; it completes an orbit of Earth every 90 minutes.
We are now able to set up telescopes for people in wheelchairs who
can’t access the big Zeiss telescope, and it’s fun to see repeat visitors,
especially kids who grow up coming to Night Skies again and again.” In
2014, more than 1,400 volunteers contributed over 80,000 hours of service
to the Institute, making events like Night Skies, City Skies, and a wide
range of other programming possible. Institute volunteers include college
students, longtime science professionals, and everyone in between. Many
would likely echo Suzanne’s feelings about why she continues to give back
by volunteering: “I enjoy educating visitors about science. It’s a lot more
fun to share it.”
SUPPORT“I REMEMBER
LOOKING THROUGH
THE TELESCOPE,
SEEING MY FIRST
DOUBLE STAR, AND
THAT WAS IT,”
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THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEGACY SOCIETY
Membership in the Benjamin Franklin Legacy Society is an important way to help ensure The Franklin Institute remains a world leader in informal science education. Society members understand the crucial role a strong endowment plays in providing excellence, inspiration, and innovation for future generations. The Franklin Institute wishes to recognize the following individuals who are carrying out Benjamin Franklin’s lasting legacy by thoughtfully providing for the Institute in their estate plans.
Anonymous
John Aidukonis*
Mrs. Gustave G. Amsterdam*
Dr. and Mrs. Gary J. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Andes*
Sherrin H. Baky
Mr. Charles E. Balleisen*
Myron and Sheila Bassman
Richard C. Bechtel*
Mr.* and Mrs. George E. Beggs, Jr.
Eugene A. Benners*
Anne S. Benninghoff
Peter A. Benoliel
Warren F. Busse*
Francis J. Carey*
Sylvia Charp*
Guilliam H. Clamer*
Darthela Clark*
Mr.* and Mrs. Sylvan M. Cohen
D. Walter Cohen
Walter Coley*
John Swope Collins*
David and Marilyn Cragin
Raymond Czarnica*
John K. Desmond, Jr.*
William K. Dickey*
Deborah L. Donaldson
Larry Dubinski
Dr.* and Mrs. James J. Eberl
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Egleston
Ethan C. Flint
Drs. Barbara and Len Frank
Benjamin Franklin*
Mr. James J. Gallagher*
Marci and Gary Generose
Carol K. Gerstley*
Gertrude E. Gouley*
Suzanne and Stuart Grant
Barbara D. and Robert P.* Hauptfuhrer
Paul C. Heintz, Esq.
Joseph Hepburn*
Charles H. Hoover*
Helen M. Humphreville*
Judith A. Klein
George E. Lamphere*
Henry Leffman*
Mary Anne Lowery
Edwin J. McSherry*
Mr. Richard T. Nalle, Jr.*
Jeffrey Needleman
Linda Needleman
Marion S. Neuber*
Austin M. O’Toole*
Ted and Patti Paroly
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Francis C. Perrin, Jr.*
Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Philips
Theodore Rand*
Mr. Francis H. Rasmus
Elizabeth and Hershel Richman
Frances R. Rinier*
Mrs. Bertha Rogasner*
Viola H. Rolph*
Leonard M. Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Karl F. Rugart, Jr.*
Catharine D. Sharpe*
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Somers, 3rd*
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Sorgenti
Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Stearns, Jr.*
Jim and Andrea Stewart
Edna Thomas*
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Tuttleman*
Miss Marjorie J. Upson*
Marisa Wigglesworth
Emily W. Williams*
Robert G. and Rosalind White Williams
Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D.
Edith Stead Wittman*
Paul and Marcia Woodruff
G. Raymond Ziegler, Jr.*
Dr. Fredrick Zumsteg
*Deceased
SUPPORT
HONORARY GIFTS
We are grateful to those who have given to The Franklin Institute in honor of someone special.
In honor of Bert Adler’s 90th birthday
Ruth and Robert Cohen
Alan and Debra Mudrick
In honor of Ms. Deborah Bellew
Fox Family Charitable Trust
In honor of my three beautiful, smart, and amazing children, Aiden, Francesca and Matteo
Lakshmi R. Chiabella
In honor of the 2014 Discovery Camp staff
Maani Waldor and Mark Fallon
In honor of Larry Dubinski, Esq.
Dr. Janice Taylor Gordon
Ms. Della Micah
Mr. Richard M. Reiner and Ms. Emily Thalheimer-Reiner
The Squires Family
In honor of the TFI Hawk Family
Marjorie M. Goodman
In honor of Rosie and Lee Hymerling
Michael and Dolores McMullen
In honor of Jacqueline M. Kraeutler
Mollie and Tom Suddath
In honor of Sandy Marshall and Bari-Joy Epstein
Marjorie and Jeffrey Honickman
In honor of George Post
Marlisa Post
In honor of Marvin Samson
Ms. Judith U. Arnoff and Andrew Samson
In honor of Lila Skolnik
Julia and Aaron Skolnik
In honor of Connie Stephens
Sally Westmoreland
In honor of Joan Stern’s birthday
Dean Adler and Susanna Lachs
Arline Jolles Lottman, JD, MA
Marc and Barbara Stein
Ann and Robert Tuteur
In honor of Harvey Sternberg’s birthday
Joan N. Stern
In honor of Joe Wildfire
Ms. Eleanor Armijo
In honor of Dennis M. Wint
Mrs. William S. Benninghoff
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MEMORIAL GIFTS
We are grateful to those who have given to The Franklin Institute in memory of a family member or friend.
In memory of James Thompson Bell
James Sweeney
In memory of Julie Borowsky
Francis Borowsky
In memory of Joe Fergus
Mr. Charles Roller
Jacqueline Silva
In memory of Milton Friedman
Lee Fleisher
Dennis M. Wint
In memory of Robert P. Hauptfuhrer
Mrs. Robert P. Hauptfuhrer
In memory of Marian Winquist Kinzinger
Walter Kinzinger
In memory of Warren Levy
Mr. Daniel Kopf
In memory of Marlyn Margulis
Laurel Riek
In memory of Joseph Ong
Sheila Ong
In memory of Chung and Stanley Park
Pauline K. Park and Jack M. Panitch
In memory of Rex and Dolores Parker
Franklin and Jean Burnett
Karen A. Parker
Dennis M. Wint
In memory of Gerry Woodard
Mr. Charles Roller
Jacqueline Silva
SUPPORT
STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS
The Franklin Institute is grateful to the following staff members and volunteers who have generously provided support in 2014.
Anonymous
Daniel Alpher
Breanna Andrews
Dr. Jerold Aronson
Sheppard Arrington
Frederick Austin
Andria and Jonathan Ayer
Ms. Meghan Bachman
Derek Bakal
Mr. Bradford W. Bartley and Ms. Susan Packer
Bonita Bell
Ms. Erica Bergamyer
Dr. Sheldon Bernick
Susan L. Best and Francis S. Talarowski
Ms. Charlotte Boulay
Melanie Bricker
Ms. Jeanne S. Buerkel
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Bulova
Shoshanna Caster
Rachel Castro-Diephouse
Donna Claiborne
Eunice Coleman
Jamie and Jason Collier
Mr. and Mrs. Troy M. Collins
Emily Dean
Pattie DiTomaso
Dana L. Dortone and Stephen F. Esser
Rev. Dallas Dorward
Ms. Casey Anne Drummond
Larry Dubinski and Vicki J. Markovitz
Ruth and Barry Dubinsky
Mary Duffy
Dr. Karen J. Elinich
Raluca Ellis
Bari-Joy Epstein
Donna Fahres
Edward Feierstein, Esq.
Steve Fifield and Christian Calaguas
Melissa and Richard Fleming, Jr.
Keith F. and Rachel M. Fournier
Samantha Frazier
Debra and Jerry Gallagher
Ian Gallagher
Megan Gallagher
Marci and Gary Generose
Alvin and Naomi Gerstein
Ms. Blossom Gica
Nyishia Gilliard
Larry Gladney, Ph.D.
Dr. Janice Taylor Gordon
Suzzette Graves
Pamela Green, Ph.D.
Clifford Greer
Raphael Hall
Dick and Carolyn Hammond
Jimmie Harmon
Cornelius Hawes
Bob and Shelly Hirsh
Debra Hofreiter
Arthur and Barbara Horbach
Natalie Jackson
Jules James
Shalise Jones
Sheldon and Ruth Katz
Siobhan Keefe
Sharon L. Kiefer
Adrienne Kimball
Jennifer Kirby
Richard and Marcia Klafter
Zenab Kouyate
Mr. Morton Levine
Teahna Lockhart
Brian Lopez
Mary Anne Lowery
Dr. Joe Maglaty
Jeanne M. Maier
Mickey and Alyssa Maley
Brittany Mancini
Julie Appolloni March
Danielle Marino
Joel A. Marquart
Marilyn and Jerry Mayro
Jessica McDermott
Bernard and Rochelle Missan
Arneatha Morris
Buddy Muhler
Jeffrey and Linda Needleman
Nicole Nevill
Pattie O’Keefe and Justin Kurnik
Hillary Olson
Ms. Teresa A. Pavlin
Mr. Dominic Payne
Elishia Peterson
Dr. Philip Pfeffer
Richard D. Rabena
Whitney Richardson
Charles Roller
Leonard M. Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Anthony Ruggiero
Ashley Sahms
Dario D. Salvucci, Ph.D.
Stefanie Santo
Beth R. Scheraga
Mr. Jack Shankland
Dr. Donald H. Silberberg
Jacqueline Silva
Edward M. Sion, Ph.D.
Julia and Aaron Skolnik
Rebecca “Becky” Smith
Tim Stapleton
Dr. Robert Stern
Bryan Stevenson
Reid O. Styles
Katelyn Sullivan
Paul and Vicki Taylor
Mary Kathleen Trishman
Gerri R. Trooskin
Dr. Michael Vartanian
Simon M. Velez
Gina Vellucci
Jacqueline L. Wahlquist
Samantha Walter
Virginia D. Ward
Peter Welsh
Dennis M. Wint
Erin and Dan Zimmerman
THE INSTITUTE’S CO-PRODUCED PLANETARIUM SHOW, TO SPACE AND BACK, CONTINUED TO RACK UP AWARDS IN 2014, ADDING THREE FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT SINCE ITS PREMIERE LAST YEAR. IT IS PLAYING IN 40 THEATERS ACROSS 8 OF 9 CONTINENTS (NO SALES IN ANTARCTICA YET).
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THE EXECUTIVE CORPORATE BOARD
Daniel A. Abramowicz, Ph.D. Chairman Crown Holdings, Inc.
James J. Balaschak Deloitte Services LP
Dave Biegger Campbell Soup Company
Anne Bolvari SABIC Innovative Plastics
Richard J. Bortnick, Esq. Christie, Pabarue and Young
Timothy D. Buckley Cigna Corporation
Jill Bronson Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLC
Domenic E. Celenza The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Adam Dickstein Crown Holdings, Inc.
Martin J. Doyle Saul Ewing LLP
Barbara Del Duke FMC Corporation
Kevin Duffy Tozour Energy Systems
Harold Fullmer Baker & Hostetler LLP
Katherine Goudreau Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company
Jennifer Mantini PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
William J. Marsden, Jr. Fish & Richardson P.C.
Judith Mondre Mondre Energy
Jane Palmieri The Dow Chemical Company
B. Daniel Seltzer, CPCU USI MidAtlantic, Inc.
Joel C. Shapiro Blank Rome LLP
Michael P. Smith FMC Corporation
Joan N. Stern, Esq. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
P.J. Vaughan Credit Suisse
List as of February 6, 2015
SUPPORT
CORPORATIONS AND EVENT SPONSORSThe Franklin Institute would like to thank the following corporations for their generous unrestricted, special project, and sponsorship support in 2014.
Proud Corporate PartnerPECO
$100,000 or moreAmerican Airlines
Bank of America
Dell Inc.
The Dow Chemical Company
Exelon Foundation
FMC Corporation
GSK
The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
PNC
Sunoco, Inc.
TE Connectivity
Teva Pharmaceuticals
$50,000–$74,999AT&T
Drexel University
Frog Commissary
Target
$25,000–$49,999Bloomberg
The Boeing Company
Crown Holdings, Inc.
Firstrust Bank
Four Seasons Hotel
GE Water & Process Technologies
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The Governor’s Woods Foundation
Lincoln Financial Group
Mitel and PremierComm, LLC
Morgan Stanley
Novo Nordisk
SAP America, Inc.
Temple University
Thomas Jefferson University
University of Pennsylvania
University of the Sciences
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
$15,000–$24,999
Anonymous
AMETEK Foundation, Inc.
ASTM International
Campbell Soup Company
Cigna
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Franklin Square Capital Partners
Janssen Biotech, Inc.
Karamoor Estate
Macy’s
Merck & Co., Inc.
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
Quaker Chemical Corporation
Saul Ewing LLP
Trion
$10,000–$14,999
Agora Cyber Charter School
Axalta Coating Systems
Blank Rome LLP
Brown Brothers Harriman
Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company
Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Independence Blue Cross
McCarter & English, LLP
Pfizer
PwC
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Wells Fargo
$5,000–$9,9993M Foundation
Adminovate
Affairs to be Remembered, Inc.
Air Serv Corporation
ANRO Communications
Archer & Greiner, PC
Arkema Inc.
Arthur H. Thomas Company
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Research Institute
Comcast NBC10 Telemundo62
Credit Suisse
Deloitte LLP
Harmelin Media
Hirtle, Callaghan & Co.
INOLEX, Inc.
La Salle University
Leadership Solutions, Inc.
McGladrey
McKinsey & Company
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
myCIO Wealth Partners LLC
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rowan University
Southco, Inc.
Standard Parking
University City Science Center
USI MidAtlantic, Inc.
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIESThe Franklin Institute is grateful to the following corporations who have generously provided unrestricted matching gift support in 2014.
Anonymous
Aetna
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Exelon Foundation
FMC Corporation
GSK
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
ING
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
Johnson Controls
JPMorgan Chase
Lincoln Financial Group
Merck & Co., Inc.
PNC Bank
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
QVC Network, Inc.
Susquehanna International Group, LLP
The Vanguard Group
The Tesla Foundation and the Republic of Srpska presented the Institute with a magnificent bust of inventor Nicola Tesla.
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FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
The Franklin Institute is grateful to the following foundations and government agencies that have generously provided unrestricted and special project support in 2014.
$100,000 or moreCommonwealth of Pennsylvania
Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Pew Charitable Trusts
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Noyce Foundation
U.S. Agency for International Development
$25,000–$99,999The Allerton Foundation
CLAWS Foundation
Hess Foundation, Inc.
F. M. Kirby Foundation
$10,000–$24,999Connelly Foundation
The Hamilton Family Foundation
The William M. King Charitable Foundation
Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Security Agency
City of Philadelphia Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Subaru of America Foundation, Inc.
U.S.Department of State
$5,000–$9,999Anonymous
Eden Charitable Foundation
Gilroy and Lillian Roberts Charitable Foundation
Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation
$1,000–$4,999Louis N. Cassett Foundation
The Mill Spring Foundation
The Pfundt Foundation
The Seligsohn Foundation
Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust
SPECIAL GIVING
The Franklin Institute is also grateful to the following individuals and family foundations who have generously provided special project support in 2014.
$1 million or more
William and Laura Buck
The Maguire Foundation
James J. Maguire, Jr.
$500,000 or more
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scheller, Jr.
$250,000 or more
Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Morel, Jr.
Marvin Samson Foundation
$100,000 or more
Dr. Thomas P. and Anna Gerrity
$50,000 or more
Mrs. Frank Baldino, Jr.
$25,000 or more
The Goldblum Family
Dr. Karl F. Rugart, Jr.*
$10,000 or more
Patriarch Family Foundation
Michael and Bridget Subak
Up to $10,000
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Adelman
Dr. and Mrs. Allen M. Barnett
Donald E. and Hana Callaghan
Mr. James J. Fitzgerald IV
Ms. Mary K. Gall
Mitchell and Julie Gerstein
David Haas
Lisa D. Kabnick and John H. McFadden
Mr. Andrew B. Samson
Mr. Bradford C. Shusman
Ms. Christina Sterner and Mr. Steve Poses
Robert and Rosalind Williams
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Each year, the Institute benefits from philanthropic investments in special projects that advance our mission, benefit underserved communities, and bring our programs to more audiences. Individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies helped to make these projects possible in 2014.
Brodsky ACCESS InitiativeThe Barbara Brodsky ACCESS Initiative was established in 2013 through the extraordinary generosity of Mrs. Barbara Brodsky. This special endowment fund benefits underserved children, including those with special physical, emotional, or developmental needs, and enables them to either visit the Institute, or to learn about science by experiencing a Traveling Science Show.
Barbara Brodsky
Kitchen ScienceKitchen Science helps visitors explore the how and why of cooking, nutrition, and food safety through a graphic installation and hands-on workshops throughout the year featuring experiments you can do at home in your own kitchen.
Ms. Christina Sterner and Mr. Steve Poses
The Don Falconio Memorial Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
Conversations about Neuroscience and SocietyThe Let’s Talk about Your Brain conversation series brings researchers and practitioners together to discuss topics of public interest and engages the community in learning and debate.
Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation
Curatorial SupportDana L. Dortone and Stephen F. Esser
SUPPORT
Partnerships for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science (PACTS)The Institute’s signature minority youth leadership program, PACTS encourages students to pursue careers in science and technology. The following supporters contributed $500 or more to the PACTS program.
Anonymous
Simon M. Blake
Brown Brothers Harriman
Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation
The Dow Chemical Company
Elliott-Lewis Corporation
GSK
The Hamilton Family Foundation
Hess Foundation, Inc.
The William M. King Charitable Foundation
Charisse R. Lillie
Lincoln Financial Group
Novo Nordisk
Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation
Subaru of America Foundation, Inc.
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Robert Victor
PECO Energizing Education Program (PEEP)Developed in partnership with PECO, the Institute brings interactive, project-based school curricula exploring energy efficiency, conservation, and environmental preservation to schools across Greater Philadelphia.
PECO
PNC Grow Up Great with Science ProgramDeveloped in partnership with PNC, the Institute provides hands-on preschool science enrichment for Greater Philadelphia Head Start students, families, and teachers.
The PNC Foundation
The Gilbert A. West, Jr. Scholarship The Gilbert A. West, Jr. Scholarship was established by PACTS alumni and friends as a memorial to honor the passing of one of the early members of the PACTS program, Gilbert West. The scholarship seeks to aid current PACTS students in furthering their education beyond high school.
Anonymous
Jennifer Arevalo
Lillian Berry
Dante Boylan
Angel Brito
Kimberly Brittingham
Raphaela Browne
Paula Bruce
John* and Karen Cannady
Kevin and Christie Cannady
Jacques Carter
Aleta Chester
Rashaan Coles
Briheem Douglas
Erica and Chris Dwyer
Stephine Enoch
Jason and Melissa Ford
Shauna K. Ford
Dr. Albert J. Hicks III and Mrs. Brandyn Hicks
Monae Hicks
Lauren Ianelli
Darnetta Jones
Karen Kane
Mr. Dimitry Kaplin
Kishayra Lambert
Betty Lowery
Mary Anne Lowery
Denise Madre
Doris Magazine
Kinea Arrindell
Cedric McLaurin
Renee Poteat-Miles
Sean W. Nelson
Tacuma Poteat
Alonda Poteat-Elder
Shalika Reed
The Reid Family
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Smith
Lautrelle Smith
Shalika Sprowal
Bernica Sykes
Candace A. Syres
Barbara and Ralph West
Brian L. West
Cynthia West
Lisa West
Shona West
Minister Terrence West
Allison West-Morales
Keisha Q. Wilkins
Samson STEM Learning InitiativeThis program integrates in-school and out-of-school enrichment experiences to give underserved students in grades K–8 in the School District of Philadelphia exciting, year-round science learning opportunities.
Agnes Varis Charitable Trust
Ms. Judith U. Arnoff
Mr. Andrew B. Samson
Marvin Samson Foundation
Sports Challenge ReimaginationThe Sports Challenge opened in 2000, and it remains one of The Franklin Institute’s most popular core exhibits. The reimagined exhibit will inspire visitors to discover how sports connect the science of the human body, laws of motion, and technical innovation. With full-body kinesthetic experiences and hands-on opportunities for investigating scientific phenomena, this exhibit explores concepts of health, materials science, mechanics, and motion as you learn how technical precision can improve sports performance.
William and Laura Buck
The Dow Chemical Company
James J. Maguire, Jr.
The Maguire Foundation
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scheller, Jr.
*Deceased
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
Science Leadership Academy (SLA)The Institute partners with its magnet high school, the SLA, to provide curricula, experiential opportunities, and the Wednesdays@The Franklin mini-courses for students to learn what it takes to operate a science museum.
Dell Inc.
Hess Foundation, Inc.
Macy’s
Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Morel, Jr.
STEM Scholars ProgramBuilding on PACTS, this rigorous academic-year program aims to increase matriculation into STEM disciplines in college and careers in science for underserved Philadelphia students.
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Allen M. Barnett
Beneficial Bank
The Goldblum Family
The Hamilton Family Foundation
Patriarch Family Foundation
Michael and Bridget Subak
Ed Satell and the Satell Family Foundation
UJALA Foundation
Zeldin Family Foundation
Strategic Plan ImplementationThe Strategic Plan Implementation Fund will enable the Institute to not only expand its exhibit and program offerings on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, but also develop science education engagement opportunities in the community and online where learners live, work, and play.
ASTC
Dr. Thomas P. and Anna Gerrity
Mitchell and Julie Gerstein
Dr. Karl F. Rugart, Jr.*
Robert and Rosalind Williams
Traveling Science ShowsTraveling Science Shows engage students from Connecticut to Virginia in science and technology through live, interactive demonstrations that explain ordinary sci-entific concepts in an extraordinary way.
3M Foundation
Connelly Foundation
Philadelphia Science Festival2014 marked the fourth year of the Philadelphia Science Festival, a multi-day, community-wide celebration of science that takes place annually in April, featuring lectures, debates, hands-on activities, special exhibitions, and a variety of other informal science education experiences for Philadelphians of all ages.
Presenting Sponsor
The Dow Chemical Company
Gold Sponsors
Drexel University
FMC Corporation
Silver Sponsors
AT&T
GE Water & Process Technologies
GSK
PECO
Temple University
Thomas Jefferson University
University of Pennsylvania
University of the Sciences
Bronze Sponsors
Novo Nordisk
PNC Foundation
Copper Sponsors
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Research Institute
INOLEX, Inc.
La Salle University
The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Quaker Chemical Corporation
Rowan University
University City Science Center
Science Carnival Sponsors
ABM, Inc.
ATK Launch Systems
The Boeing Company
Campus Entertainment
Destination Imagination, Inc.
Geosyntec Consultants
Green Mountain Energy Company
Philadelphia University
Saint Joseph’s University
Carnival Management Sponsor
Stockton & Partners
Astronomy Night Media Partner
WVPI/6ABC
Official Putty Sponsor
Crazy Aaron’s Puttyworld
Science Carnival Media Sponsors
95.7 Ben FM
CBS3
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Carnival and Discovery Day Partner
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
2014 FRANKLIN INSTITUTE AWARDS DINNER
Proceeds from The Franklin Institute’s Awards Ceremony and Dinner provide critical operating support for the Institute’s important education programs. The Franklin Institute is grateful to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of this annual event.
Presented by
Bank of America
Awards Week and Associate Sponsor
Mrs. Frank Baldino, Jr.
Associate Sponsors
The Dow Chemical Company
Four Seasons Hotel
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The Governor’s Woods Foundation
TE Connectivity
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
*Deceased
SUPPORT
Awards Patrons
American Airlines
Blank Rome LLP
Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering
CBS3
Crown Holdings, Inc.
Firstrust Bank
FMC Corporation
Franklin Square Capital Partners
Independence Blue Cross
Janssen Biotech, Inc.
PNC
SAP America, Inc.
Temple University
Awards Benefactor
Adminovate
AMETEK Foundation, Inc.
ANRO Communications
Arkema Inc.
Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company
Donald E. and Hana Callaghan
Campbell Soup Company
Cigna
Comcast NBC10 Telemundo 69
Deloitte LLP
Drexel University
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Hirtle, Callaghan & Co.
Lisa D. Kabnick and John H. McFadden
Leadership Solutions, Inc.
Macy’s
McGladrey
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
myCIO Wealth Partners LLC
The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
PwC
Quaker Chemical Corporation
Reed Smith LLP
Saul Ewing LLP
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Southco, Inc.
Laureate Circle
Bill and Sharon Avery
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Baiada
Dr. and Mrs. Allen M. Barnett
Ann and Jerry Calvert
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Chappelear
Citizens Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin F. Donohoe
Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Egleston
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Freundlich
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fries
Toni and Bob Garrison
Ms. Elizabeth H. Gemmill
Martyn and Grete Greenacre
Harry and Kay Halloran
Anne and Matt Hamilton
INOLEX, Inc.
Ms. Anne D. Koffey
Jacqueline and Eric Kraeutler
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Lawrence
Ms. Elaine Levitt
Ira Lubert and Pamela Estadt
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Maguire, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour G. Mandell
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Marshall
McCarter & English, LLP
Mr. and Mrs. John B. McGowan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Miller
Eliana Papadakis
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
H. Joseph and Janice Reiser
Cheryl and Kevin Roller
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Sanchez
Roberta and Ernest Scheller, Jr.
Michael Sklaroff
Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Tierney, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Woodruff, P.E.
Lisa and Paul Yakulis
Drs. Karen and Gary Zimmer
Franklin Circle
Lynn Abell
American Geophysical Union
Martha B. and Alexis Barron
Kevin Duffy and Georgette McAuley
Ms. Barbara Eberlein
Marion and Reeder Fox
Patsy and Ed Garno
Anne Gordon and Phillip Berman
Rich and Peggy Greenawalt
Mary Gregg and John Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan D. Hauptfuhrer
Jane and Paul Heintz
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Holt, Jr.
Angela V.B. Hudson
Dr. Madeleine Jacobs, American Chemical Society
Sally and Anthony Jannetta
Frances E. Jensen, M.D.
Karen Nagel Kamp
Andrea and Warren Kantor
Victoria Kaplan and Peter Dachowski
Mr. and Mrs. David R. King
Mr. Kenneth E. Kirby
Mr. Kenneth D. Kleinman and Ms. Debra J. Fein
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Dr. and Mrs. William D. Mestichelli
Mr. and Mrs. Handsel B. Minyard
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Nesbitt III
Drs. Bonnie and Paul Offit
Franklin Circle
Drs. Albert T. Olenzak and Kathryn Kearns
Mr. and Mrs. R. Anderson Pew
Russell C. Raphaely, M.D. and Darlene A. Borda
Dr. and Mrs. Milton L. Rock
Mr. and Mrs. Randy S. Ronning
Buck and Mary Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brainard Slack
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson III
VISIT PHILADELPHIA™
Simulcast
Alice and Charles Dagit
Diversified Search, LLC
Mimi and Michael Greenly
McKinsey & Company
University City Science Center
University of Pennsylvania – School of Engineering and Applied Science
Young Advocates
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Rohit Mehrotra
Justin O’Malley
University of the Sciences
Tina Wells
Contributors
Hallee and David Adelman
Air Serv Corporation
Almo Corporation
Aqua America, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Brinster
Sandra M. Faber, Ph.D.
Leonard and Susan Klehr
Mr. and Mrs. Britton H. Murdoch
Philadelphia Eagles
Ms. Michele Porterfield
Esther and Michael Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. H. David Seegul
Mollie and Tom Suddath
Dr. and Mrs. Brian J. Sullivan
Awards Preview Party Host
Jacqueline and Eric Kraeutler
In Kind Contributors
HKH Innovations
Moore Events, Inc.
MP Axle, Inc.
Table Art
Awards Week Symposium Sponsors
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Center for Advanced Communications, College of Engineering, Villanova University
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, College of Engineering, Villanova University
Chroma Technology
College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Department of Physics and Astronomy and College of Art and Sciences, University of Delaware
Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
Electron Microscopy Sciences
Eppendorf
FEI
Fisher Scientific
Gatan
Hitech Instruments, Inc.
IEEE Philadelphia Section
Integrated DNA Technologies
Leica Microsystems
Newport Corporation
Nikon Instruments Inc.
Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
Thermo Scientific
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion Opening Gala
The Franklin Institute is grateful for the support of the following sponsors of the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion opening gala, along with many others who supported the event through ticket purchases and donations.
Innovators Lounge Sponsor
FMC Corporation
Libations Sponsor
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Wine Sponsor
Karamoor Estate
STEM Youth Guide Sponsor
Trion
Young Friends Sponsor
Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Morel, Jr.
Valet Sponsor
Standard Parking
Décor Sponsor
Affairs to Be Remembered, Inc.
Exclusive Caterer of The Franklin Institute
Frog Commissary
GIFTS IN KIND
American Airlines
Affairs to be Remembered, Inc.
Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty
The Creative Group
Event Navigators
Frog Commissary Catering
HKH Innovations
Myron and Judith Kaller
Ray Kaplan
Karamoor Estate
The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Michael Pyles
Standard Parking
Tenth and Blake Beer and Cider Company
Yards Brewery
SUPPORT
2014 CORPORATE SPONSORS
PECO Proud Corporate Partner Electricity Circus! Science Under the Big Top One Day in Pompeii
allen & gerritsen Science After Hours
American Airlines Official Airline Franklin Air Show
AT&T Mobility Science After Hours
Bank of America The Franklin Institute Awards Ceremony and Dinner
The Dow Chemical Company Philadelphia Science Festival
FMC Corporation Teacher Professional Development
GSK Science in the Summer
Independence Blue Cross Official Health and Wellness Sponsor
Mitel and PremierComm, LLC Flight of the Butterflies
The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Homeschool Workshops
The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Discovery Camp Official Beverage
PNC Foundation Grow Up Great with Science
Sunoco, Inc. Traveling Science Shows
The Sunoco Foundation Changing Earth
TE Connectivity 101 Inventions
Teva Pharmaceuticals Your Brain
Target Target Community Night
Whole Foods Market – Callowhill Kitchen Science
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Franklin Institute expresses its sincere gratitude to its outstanding Board of Trustees, whose dedicated annual service allows the Institute to maintain its international standing and to strive for even greater achievement.
Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D. Chair, Board of Trustees Retired, Chairman and CEO West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
Sandra Baldino CEO Generocity
Michael F. Barry Chairman and CEO Quaker Chemical Corporation
Joel Bernstein CFO SAP North America
Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Suzanne Boda Senior Vice President, East Coast US Airways
Renee B. Booth, Ph.D. President Leadership Solutions, Inc.
Donald E. Callaghan Retired Principal Hirtle, Callaghan & Company
Michael F. Camardo Retired Executive Vice President Lockheed Martin
Troy Carter Founder, Chairman, and CEO Coalition Media Group
Peter K. Classen Retired Executive Vice President, Regional Presidents PNC Financial Services Group
Stephen J. Felice President and CEO Filtration Group
Michael C. Forman Managing General Partner Franklin Square Capital Partners LP
John T. Fries Community Volunteer
Christopher Gali Chief Architect Adminovate Inc.
Toni Garrison Community Volunteer
Elizabeth H. Gemmill Community Volunteer
Richard J. Green Vice Chairman and CEO Firstrust Bank
Grete Greenacre Community Volunteer
Richard A. Greenawalt Principal RMK Associates
Paul C. Heintz, Esq. Partner Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP
Frances E. Jensen, M.D., FACP Professor of Neurology Chair, Neurology Department University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Stephen E. Kelly Senior Partner McKinsey & Company
Charisse R. Lillie, Esq. Vice President, Community Investment and Executive Vice President, Comcast Foundation Comcast Corporation
Ira M. Lubert Principal Lubert-Adler Management, Inc.
Thomas J. Lynch Chairman and CEO TE Connectivity
James J. Maguire, Jr. Chairman and CEO Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Miriam G. Mandell Vice President MGM Consulting Corporation
Sandra G. Marshall Community Volunteer
Chris McIsaacManaging Director, Planning and DevelopmentThe Vanguard Group
Robert S. McMenamin Managing Director and Market Executive for US Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Denis P. O’Brien Senior Executive Vice President Exelon Corporation CEO Exelon Utilities
Paul Offit, M.D. Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases Director, Vaccine Education Center Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Professor of Pediatrics Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology University of Pennsylvania
Jane PalmieriBusiness President, Dow Building and ConstructionThe Dow Chemical Company
Marvin Samson CEO Samson Medical Technologies, LLC
Michael A. Sanchez Chairman and CEO Savana, Inc.
William Sigmund, MD, MHS, FACC Senior Vice President for North America Medical Affairs GSK
Joan N. Stern, Esq. Member Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
SUPPORT
James G. Stewart Retired Executive Vice President and CFO CIGNA Corporation
I. Steven Udvarhelyi, M.D. Executive Vice President of Health Services Chief Strategy Officer Independence Blue Cross
Richard W. Vague Private Investor
Tina Wells CEO Buzz Marketing Group
David R. White Retired Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Campbell Soup Company
Paul H. Woodruff, PE CEO and Head Coach Sustainable Resources Group
Harold L. Yoh III Chairman and CEO Day & Zimmermann
Karen P. Zimmer, MD, MPH Medical Director ECRI Institute PSO
*Board and leadership listing as of May 1, 2015.
The Franklin Institute is grateful for the dedicated service of the following trustees who stepped down from the Board in 2014: David J. Berkman, Robert M. Chappelear, Kevin F. Donohoe, S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr., and Nooruddin S. Karsan.
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke President, Philadelphia City Council
Larry Dubinski President and CEO The Franklin Institute
Gerard F. Jones, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Science and the ArtsSenior Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, College of EngineeringProfessor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringVillanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed.D. Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia
Molly Lawrence Co-Chair, Benefactor Society Board Community Volunteer
The Honorable Michael Nutter (Represented by Margaret Hughes) Mayor, City of Philadelphia
The Honorable Dennis M. O’Brien Member-at-Large, Philadelphia City Council
Nancy Ronning Co-Chair, Benefactor Society Board Community Volunteer
The Honorable Tom Wolf Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
EMERITI MEMBERS
William J. Avery Chairman Emeritus
James J. Eberl, Ph.D.*
Marsha R. Perelman Chair Emerita
James A. Unruh Chairman Emeritus
OFFICERS
Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D. Chair, Board of Trustees
Larry Dubinski President and CEO
Siobhan Keefe Secretary and Treasurer
Troy Collins Assistant Secretary
SENIOR STAFF
Larry Dubinski President and CEO
Frederic Bertley, Ph.D. Senior Vice President of Science and Education
Troy Collins Senior Vice President of Earned Revenue, Marketing, and Operations
Siobhan Keefe Vice President of Finance
Mark R. Mills Vice President of External Affairs
Susan Poulton Chief Digital Officer
Rich Rabena Vice President of Operations and Capital Projects
Reid Styles Vice President of Human Resources
Dennis M. Wint served as President and CEO and as an Ex-Officio Trustee of The Franklin Institute for 20 years, and stepped down on June 30, 2014.
*Deceased
Written by Charlotte Boulay; edited by Marci Generose; lists coordinated by Mary Trishman; designed by Lauren Smedley with assistance from Stephanie Pryor, The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute is grateful for the generous contributions of its supporters. Staff made every effort to ensure that the lists of donors in this document are complete and accurate. Please contact the Development office at 215.448.1130 with any questions or concerns.
To obtain a copy of The Franklin Institute’s official registration information, please call the Pennsylvania Department of State, toll free within Pennsylvania, at 1.800.732.0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.
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