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CORPORATIONS

PLATINUM MAJOR GIFT

$50,000

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Microsoft Corporation

GOLD PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE

$10,000 - $14,999

Abbott Laboratories

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Dow Chemical Company

H.S. Grace & Company, Inc.

SILVER PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE

$5,000 - $9,999

ALCOA Foundation

Comcast Corp.

Corning Incorporated

Credit Suisse, Inc.

Cummins Inc.

CVS Corporation

Dell Inc.

Duke Energy Corporation

E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company

El Paso Corporation

Eli Lilly & Company

GM Foundation

Halliburton Company

Hewlett-Packard Company

IBM Corporation

Johnson & Johnson

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Medtronic, Inc.

Motorola, Inc.

Pfizer, Inc.

Procter & Gamble Co,

Safeway Inc.

Sony Corporation of America

Tenneco Inc.

The Hershey Company

Tyco International Management Co.

United Technologies Corporation

Verizon Communications

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

GOLD LEADERSHIP

$2,500 - $4,999

Cargill Incorporated

Eaton Corporation

Florida Power & Light Company

Intel Corporation

McCormick & Company, Inc.

Precision Castparts Corp.

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Raytheon Company

SmartPros

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Time Warner

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

SILVER LEADERSHIP

$1,000 - $2,499

A&E Television Networks

Aetna, Inc.

American Financial Group, Inc.

American United Life Insurance Company/One America

Barnes Group, Inc.

Colony Capital, LLC

Computer Services, Inc.

Cubic Corporation

Edward D. Jones

Emblem Health, Inc.

Givaudan

Honeywell, Inc.

Hubbell Incorporated

LaBranche & Co., Inc.

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

PPG Industries, Inc.

Select Medical Corp.

Sensient Technologies Corporation

Southern Company

The J.M. Smucker Company

The Washington Post Company

USG Corporation

SUPPORTERS

$500 - $999

Agrium Inc.

Arch Chemicals, Inc.

Black & McDonald Limited

Bose Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.

Cullen/Frost Bankers

Cytec Industries Inc.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.

ETS

FM Global

GATX Corporation

Gilbane Building Company

Gould Electronics Inc.

Griffith Laboratories Inc.

Hastings Entertainment, Inc.

Hunt Midwest Enterprises, Inc.

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated

Independent Purchasing Cooperative, Inc.

Laitram, LLC

Marsulex Inc.

Media General, Inc.

Murphy Oil Corporation

Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.

Paychex, Incorporated

Research Triangle Institute

Salem Leasing Corporation

Schaefer & Associates Ltd.

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.

Stites & Harbison

Suffolk University

The Segal Company

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.

Vulcan Materials Company

Warner Bros. (A Division of Time Warner)

WCM Industries Inc.

Western & Southern Financial Group

Whitney Holding Corp

SUBSCRIBERS

$250 - $499

AAA Arizona Incorporated

AccentCare, Inc.

AFLAC, Incorporated

Altman Foundation

American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.

American Dental Partners

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.

Barber Foods

Bemis Manufacturing Co

Buckeye Technologies Inc.

C.C. Myers Inc.

Capstead Mortgage Corporation

Casella Waste Systems

Clearwater Seafoods Income Fund

CompX International, Inc.

Continental Real Estate Cos.

CPL Industries, Inc.

Decision Resources, Incorporated

Development Dimensions International Inc.

DRS Technologies Inc.

Dynamex Inc.

Edw. C. Levy Co.

Ellwood Group, Inc.

EnPro Industries, Inc.

Forzani Group Ltd.

Harvey Industries, Inc.

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

Human Genome

Kemin Industries

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, PC

Malt-O-Meal Company

Manpower, Inc.

Mcllhenny Company-TABASCO

Men's Wearhouse

Milwaukee Bucks, Inc.

Mississippi Power Company

Moen, Incorporated

National Basketball Association

National Economic Research Associates

National Gypsum Company

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Ohio National Financial Services

Overlook Systems Technologies

Ozark Motor Lines, Inc.

Panduit Corp.

Pappas Restaurants

Pinole Point Properties, Inc.

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

Progress Software Corp.

Proper Group International

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Rehrig Pacific Company

Rovi Corporation

Sealed Air Corporation

Southwest Gas Corporation

Stantec Incorporated

Stryker Orthopaedics

Sumner Group Inc.

T. D. Williamson, Inc.

Tippie Services, Inc.

Tyler Technologies Inc.

Unified FoodService Purchasing Co-op, LLC.

Union Gas Limited

Vanguard Group

Wellmark, Inc.

West Bancorporation, Inc.

Westfield Group

RESEARCH SPONSORS

BDO Consulting

BMR

Board Institute

Duff & Phelps

Gartner, Inc.

Grant Thornton

Merrill Corporation

NetSuite, Inc.

NYSE Euronext

Robert Half International

4th FEI HALL OF FAME TABLE SPONSORS

Premier

Microsoft Corporation

Platinum

General Electric Company

NetSuite, Inc.

Gold

BlackRock, Inc.

Zurich Financial Services

Bronze

Cresa Partners

Deloitte

Discover Financial Services

E*Trade Financial

Ernst & Young

FEI New Jersey Chapter

FEI New York City Chapter

H.S. Grace & Company

J.H. Cohn LLP

KPMG

Merrill Corporation

Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Robert Half Management Resources

Skidmore College

FEI CHAPTERS

PLATINUM LEADERS

$10,000

Boston

Chicago

Twin Cities

DIAMOND LEADER

$7,500

Dallas

GOLD LEADERS

$5,000

Houston

Los Angeles

Orange County

Pittsburgh

Silicon Valley

Washington State

SILVER LEADERS

$2,500

Arizona

Atlanta

Central Florida

Colorado

Detroit

Indianapolis

Kansas City

Memphis

Nashville

New Jersey

Northeast Ohio

Portland

San Antonio

Western Michigan

LEADERS

$1,000+

Central Pennsylvania

Cincinnati

District of Columbia

Fort Wayne

Louisville

New York City

Rochester

San Francisco

St. Louis

SUPPORTERS

$500 - $999

Austin

Chattanooga

Edmonton

Fort Worth

Iowa

Milwaukee

Northeastern Wisconsin

Rockford

Toledo

Tulsa

Virginia

SUBSCRIBERS

$250 - $499

Blue Grass

Buffalo

Central Ohio

Charlotte

Connecticut/Westchester

Dayton

Delaware

Hawaii

Knoxville

Madison

Northwestern Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Wichita

DONORS

Baltimore

Birmingham

Louisiana

Oklahoma City

Southern Florida

INDIVIDUALS

BENEFACTOR

$500+

Abel James J

Cunningham Colleen A

Green Mary Jo

Herr Henry D

Hollein Marie N

Hunt Marsha L

Moore Robert W

Ross Martin C

Roub Bryan R

Simons Michael A

Sinnett William M

PATRON

$250+

Allardyce Fred A

Anderson Katherine K

Bedell Leonard A

Beresford Dennis R

Budd Charlene S

Freeman Thomas D

Gazzola Kim K

Gluck Robert S

Graziano Cheryl

Jackson Steven

Lewis J. James

Misamore Bruce K

Morris Robert F

Parfet William U

Park Robert S

Prendergast S. Lawrence

Raagas Lorna I

Robertson Warren J

Roy P. Norman

Ruffle John F

Ruttencutter Brian B

Scherba Robert R

Shultz Robert

Trubeck William L

Walker M. Mark

Walker Robert R

Wall James E.

Wriston Kathryn D

Yochum Leo W

SUPPORTER

$100+

Adams Mortimer S

Allen Patrick E

Bagby Lamar C

Baldaccini Leonardo

Ball Tracey M

Barton William E

Baumann Brian K

Bornstein Howard R

Boyadjis George

Braden David B

Brigham F. Gorham

Chase Paul W

Clark Deborah L

Cole David O

Colson Robert H

Considine Kevin

Coughlin Carol L

Curley Stephen C

Curtiss Jeffrey E

DiCandilo Michael D

Dicke Lawrence M

Dickel Ronald D

DiLorenzo Joseph G

DiPietro James V

Dolan Ronald J

Dow M. Alexis

Edwards Jayson

Engel David M

Fatum Arthur L

Feeney John R

Fritz Richard A

Geppert Timothy S

Graff Timothy J

Hagedorn Michael D

Hanish Arnold C

Harlow Clark

Hawes Taylor

Henderson Jim W

Henry Brian C

Huber Stephen L

Iwanski John P

Kay Kenneth J

Keevan William T

Ketteler Thomas R

Kwiatkowski Paul F

Leonhardt Jearld L

LePard Brian

Loughery Frank J

Maguire James G

Maynard Ryan

McDaniel Connie D

McKeever Patrick G

McNamara Michael P

Merkel Theodore F

Morris David M

Mossavar-Rahmani Farhang

Moyer Mark D

Muldowney Michael P

Nunes David

Parmelee William D

Pearson Leota

Penny Pamela J

Piano Lawrence J

Rajaji Raghavan

Rapier Donella M

Rasmussen Karen L

Rhodes Philip L

Romenius William P

Rosebery Richard J

Rutigliano Robert M

Sakamoto Alvin N

Sellick Scott M

Shephard Walter A

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