Together, We Keep The
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This section recognizes individuals in whose honor contributions have been made to the Foundation celebrating their lasting impact on
Torch through their leadership and dedication. This list is relationship based recognition and represents variances in reporting standards over time.
This list does not represent a list of donors. |
BEARER
($1,000 - $5,000)
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Lynn Woltz Bernard has been a member of Torch for nearly 15 years and belongs to the Richmond Torch club, Virginia. She is a founding member of the now retired Fredericksburg Torch club, Virginia and has served as IATC Region 3 Director since 2017. A Torch legacy member, Lynn played a key role in implementing Past President Norine Haas’ vision for Region 3 clubs to jointly host the IATC Summer 2023 Convention in Baltimore.
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Thomas Carroll co-founded the Lincoln Torch club, Nebraska, in 1959 and served as its second president. He later became the club’s first delegate to the International Association of Torch Clubs, serving on the IATC Board and as Secretary-Treasurer from 1976 to 1980. Carroll also authored The Story of Torch: The First Fifty Years of the International Association of Torch Clubs.
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Richard Davis a member of the Columbus Torch club, Ohio, since 2011, he has served nationally as Vice President, Treasurer and Director-at-Large for Conventions. He spent 39 years at Ohio State University Hospital in leadership roles and later served as associate project manager for the $1.1B James Cancer Hospital replacement. He will begin his term as IATC President in 2026.
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Norine Haas was a longtime leader and devoted member of the Frederick and Westminster Torch clubs, both in Maryland. A graduate of Temple University Hospital’s nursing program, she retired after a distinguished career as CEO of the Frederick County Mental Health Association. Her service extended to civic, arts, and faith communities, and she shared more than 60 years of marriage with her husband, Ted, a fellow Torch leader and devotee.
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Leo A. Kellogg, past president of the Albany Torch club, New York, joined Torch in 1989 and served as club president in 1993–94. Honored with the Silver Torch Award in 1999 and the IATC Gold Torch Award in 2001, he is an honorary lifetime member of the Albany club, a lifetime member of the Torch Foundation, and co-founder of the Saratoga Torch club, New York. A former IATC regional director, Kellogg most recently led the Torch history project for the organization’s centennial.
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Francis Moul, PhD, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was a longtime leader in the Lincoln Torch Club, Nebraska, and served as Vice President of the International Association of Torch Clubs. A former newspaper publisher, college professor, businessman, and author, he played a key role in establishing new Torch clubs in Virginia and Nebraska and in shaping the Torch Foundation’s honors, recognition, and memorial programs.
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P. Scott Stanfield is a longtime member of the Lincoln Torch club, Nebraska, having joined in 1986, and served as editor of The Torch from 2013 to 2021. Educated at Grinnell College and Northwestern University, he is the author of Yeats and Politics in the 1930s and has taught in the English Department at Nebraska Wesleyan University since 1989.
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Anne Sterling is a 30-year member of the Richmond Torch club, Virginia, and served as President of the International Association of Torch Clubs from 2006 to 2008, during which time the Association received the transformative Oldenburg bequest to the Torch Foundation. She later served two terms as President of the Torch Foundation.
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SPONSOR
($500 - $999)
George Conklin
Ann Weller Dahl
Ralph Falconer, Jr.
Roger Kramer
Richard R. Lynch
Ann Weller Dahl
Ralph Falconer, Jr.
Roger Kramer
Richard R. Lynch
PATRON
($100 - $499)
Boards of IATC & Torch Foundation
Karen Amen
Daniel Bolovan
Charles E. Carlson
Charles Edward Carlson III
John B. Cornish
Dorothy Driskell
Shirley Eberly
Theodore Haas
Susan Breen-Held
Dale M. Herder
George Heron
J. Michael Harrison
Theodore G. Jenkins
Dr. Edgar Peer
Linda Porter
Harold Rubin
Patricia Shutterly
Edward Weber
James Wise
Robert Kay Woltz
Karen Amen
Daniel Bolovan
Charles E. Carlson
Charles Edward Carlson III
John B. Cornish
Dorothy Driskell
Shirley Eberly
Theodore Haas
Susan Breen-Held
Dale M. Herder
George Heron
J. Michael Harrison
Theodore G. Jenkins
Dr. Edgar Peer
Linda Porter
Harold Rubin
Patricia Shutterly
Edward Weber
James Wise
Robert Kay Woltz
FRIEND
(up to $99)
Cecelia Barbieri
Arthur Bloom
Buffalo Torch club
Nancy Carter
George Crepeau
Coralie J. Davis
Charles Isley
Geneseo Torch club
Rod Gerwe
Peter Goodman
Gwendolyn Jones
Paul Joslin
Virginia LaPointe
Edward Latimer
Elmira Torch club
Erie Torch club
Thomas Klein
William D. “Don” Lieder
David Lynch
Charles G. Moment
Robert Osborne
Robert Pennock
Rochester Torch club
Dennis Rapp
John Reilly
Meredith Rousseau
Daniel Rowand
Richard Rupp
St. Catharines Torch club
Steven Sosson
Keir Sterling
Emilie Stulc
Gerald Stulc
Marilyn Walker
Flynn Warren
Charles Williams
Victoria Woolfolk
Arthur Bloom
Buffalo Torch club
Nancy Carter
George Crepeau
Coralie J. Davis
Charles Isley
Geneseo Torch club
Rod Gerwe
Peter Goodman
Gwendolyn Jones
Paul Joslin
Virginia LaPointe
Edward Latimer
Elmira Torch club
Erie Torch club
Thomas Klein
William D. “Don” Lieder
David Lynch
Charles G. Moment
Robert Osborne
Robert Pennock
Rochester Torch club
Dennis Rapp
John Reilly
Meredith Rousseau
Daniel Rowand
Richard Rupp
St. Catharines Torch club
Steven Sosson
Keir Sterling
Emilie Stulc
Gerald Stulc
Marilyn Walker
Flynn Warren
Charles Williams
Victoria Woolfolk
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