James Madison's Montpelier We The People Fall 2017 WTP_fall 2017_FINAL-rgb

FALL 2017 MELANIE BIERMANN & MARTY YOUNKER: SUPPORTING MONTPELIER’S MISSION IN THE FUTURE “I wish more people really knew that Madison was the Father of the Constitution.” —Dr. Melanie Biermann Ms. Anne D. Bowen—Frances Boyette Dickson Donor Advised Fund of the United Methodist Foundation Pen and Suzanne Bresee Mr. Bernard T. Bress Carole Brown The Rev. and Mrs. William Hill Brown III Mr. and Mrs. Pierce B. Browne Mrs. Lisa-Margaret Stevenson Bryan Mrs. Esther M. Bunzl—R.E.B. Foundation of The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Eric Chafin The Honorable and Mrs. Richard B. Cheney—Bessemer Trust Carol B. Cooper Casey and Kevin Corning Marshall B. Coyne Foundation Mr. Richard D. Cummins and Ms. Paula Hancock Mrs. Elizabeth D. Dinwiddie— Anna M. Day Foundation The Honorable David T. Dreier— Dreier Family Foundation Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Dye Lindsay and Terry Eakin, in honor of Giles Morris Rick and Ginny Eisenstaedt Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Ferrill Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fontaine— The Fontaine Family Charitable Fund of Vanguard Charitable Mr. and Mrs. John D. Fowler As Montpelier’s founding director of education, Dr. Biermann has been involved with Montpelier since the beginning. She lived on the property; met her husband, Marty, here; even had her wedding party at Montpelier. “There would be nights when we would sit on the porch and we could feel the spirits of James and Dolley Madison,” she recalls. “I don’t know how else to say it, we could feel the energy, the intellectual energy of the Madisons.” Dr. Biermann has seen Montpelier transform throughout the years. “We are so pleased to see such a mix of programs, exhibits, and seminars that are about all of the people who lived at Montpelier and reach a number of diverse audiences.” Her hope is for Montpelier to continue to lead the charge of cultural institutions using the Constitution as a lens to discuss American history, and she has recently become part of the Madison Pillars to help support that mission. “I think Montpelier has made extraordinary progress in the last 10 or 15 years in moving toward being a center for Madisonian and Constitutional studies. I think that is the core of its work.” Mr. and Mrs. Michael Galvin Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grant—Peter and Rhondda Grant Fund of the Denver Foundation The Honorable & Mrs. John H. Hager— John H. and Margaret C. Hager Fund of The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia Mrs. Martha Harris—Martha and Scott Harris Fund at ACT for Alexandria Ms. Ann Snyder Harrod Wayne and Felicia Hibbeler Mr. Jeffery Higgs Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hill Mr. James Hogan A. Cherie and L. Peyton Humphrey Illinois and Iowa Treasure Hunters Club Hans U. Jahn Mr. Russell James and Ms. Brenda Tanner Mrs. Pamela A. Jaske Douglas and Judith Jessup Lawrence and Patricia Johnson Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kessler, Jr. Mrs. Robert D. Kilpatrick Kjellstrom & Lee, Inc. Klingstone Paths, LLC Gregory L. Knott and Jean A. Morrison Mr. Howard G. Krane— The Krane Foundation Mr. Robert Leath Ms. Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff and Mr. Hunter Lewis—The New York Community Trust Hunter Lewis Fund Ms. Nancy Lewis Gordon and Fay Lohr Mike and Betty Long Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. McLean Robert and Stephanie Meeks Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Micks, Jr. Sue Ann and Raymond Morgan— The Raymond F. and Sue Ann Morgan Charitable Fund Ann and Carter Myers Dana and Charlene Parker Mr. and Mrs. David G. Parkinson Mr. Jordan Potter—The Dulcie Potter Fund of Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ridinger III Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Roder Mr. Loren M. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Rogers, Jr. Peter and Ann Schare Richard Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small Chuck and Jill Smalley Dr. and Mrs. Howard F. Snyder State Farm Insurance Mr. Carl Staton and Mrs. Jane D’Aguanno-Staton Peter Swift and Diana McCargo— Swift-McCargo Fund at Schwab Charitable Fund Professor Alan S. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Harry Teter, Jr.— John Jay Hopkins Foundation 21

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