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World of Champions

World of Champions

In grateful recognition of the individuals and organizations whose generosity has helped to further the mission of The Mariners’ Museum and Park.

$250,000 +

  • Mrs. Norma D. Beazley + 
  • Mrs. Caddy R. Meekins + 
  • National Marine Sanctuary Foundation 
  • Randolph D. Rouse Foundation, Inc.

$100,000 – $249,999

  • Anonymous 
  • Kenneth A. and Patricia A. Hall Charitable Foundation
  • Hampton Roads Workforce Council
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services 
  • Mr. John Lawson II 
  • Laura and Jerry Miller 
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
  • City of Newport News 
  • The Petters Family Foundation

$25,000 – $99,999

  • Anonymous 
  • Mr. Arthur D. Baker III 
  • Jane P. Batten 
  • The Blocker Foundation
  • Dr. John D. Broadwater 
  • Ferguson Cares
  • Flatout Events
  • Mrs. Gabrielle C. Denmead 
  • Rona Mound & Erwin B. Drucker Charitable Trust Fund 
  • Ms. Wendy C. Drucker 
  • Mr. H. Carlyle Gravely III * + 
  • Ms. Marcia A. Liebel & Mr. Ted W. Mittler *
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  • Newport News Shipbuilding 
  • The Noland Family 
  • The Roller-Bottimore Foundation
  • Tahoe Maritime Foundation 
  • CDR Richard L. Thompson, USN (Ret) and Mrs. Easter R. Thompson * 
  • TowneBank 
  • Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Virginia Department of Historic Resources
  • Virginia Institute of Marine Science 
  • York County School Division

$10,000 – $24,999

  • Ms. Lynn Atkinson
  • BayPort Credit Union
  • Bank of America
  • Ms. Jennifer R. Boykin
  • Mrs. Georgia S. Buxton
  • The Marvin V. “Bill” Craft, Jr. Fund for Education
  • Coastal Virginia STEM Hub
  • Judy and Chris Hall 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Gerald S. Hanley * 
  • Eugenie C. Havemeyer
  • John and Margie Holt *
  • Mrs. Nancy E. Horgan * 
  • David and April Host 
  • Mrs. Marsha K. Hudgins 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Stuart E. Katz *
  • Mr. James R. Knight * 
  • Newport News Public Schools
  • Mrs. Sandra N. Parks *
  • Rotary Club of Oyster Point
  • Bill & Tudie Saunders * 
  • George A. Sawyer 
  • The Spencer Family Charitable Foundation 
  • Dr. & Mrs. John R. Stephens * 
  • Annie Belle Reavis Tuccori Foundation
  • Keith & Greta VanderVennet
  • Virginia Environmental Endowment 
  • Virginia Natural Gas 
  • Mrs. Virginia Fitzhugh Wilson * 

$5,000 – $9,999

  • Ms. Sandra B. Armstrong & Mr. Thomas Richmond *
  • Anne and Ward Cates
  • Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund
  • Chesapeake Bay Trust 
  • Gerald & Sandra Cobb 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Etherington *
  • Carlo Ferreira 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Gentry, Jr. * 
  • Mr. Conrad M. Hall 
  • Hampton Roads Community Foundation
  • The John B. Hightower Endowment for Art Conservation
  • Howard & Cinda Hoege *
  • Dr. and Mrs. David K. Hood *
  • Huntington Ingalls Industries 
  • Langley Federal Credit Union 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Lanier * 
  • Taylor Lawson & Caroline Rector Lawson 
  • Mr. Stephen J. Leaman In Memory of Miss Gill Leaman 
  • Paul H. Lehner
  • Ms. Nancy L. Levin 
  • Ron and Chris Lewis *
  • Mr. & Mrs. Venner F. Milewski * 
  • Newport News Public Art Foundation 
  • The Port of Virginia 
  • Ms. Carole L. Rekrut & Mr. Scott L. Edelman *
  • The Rouse-Bottom Foundation Inc. 
  • Shearwater Foundation, Inc. 
  • Mr. and Mrs. E. Timothy Sniffen 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Edward G.S. Spencer 
  • The Vandeventer Foundation In Memory of Braden & Ann Vandeventer
  • VuBay Foundation 
  • War Heroes Initiatives Fund 
  • Preston & Catharine White Foundation 
  • W.M. Jordan Company  

$2,500 – $4,999

  • Susan M. Banning 
  • Ann & Jud Black
  • Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Brooks * 
  • Ms. Camille Crofton Cherry
  • Canon Virginia, Inc. 
  • Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  • Mr. & Mrs. John A. Collins * 
  • The Farrand Foundation 
  • Ms. Faye Petro Gargiulo 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Pax A. Goodson *
  • Ann Hunnicutt In Memory of Tom Hunnicutt 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Hutchens, Sr.
  • Drs. Steven & Mary Kate Kitay *
  • Mr. Gary Minter 
  • Ms. Mary C. Neale *
  • Dr. & Mrs. James D. Penny * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Peterson 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Phillips, Jr. *
  • Propeller Club of the United States – Port of Norfolk 
  • M. Price Distributing Co.
  • Mr. Howard P. Smith *
  • Mr. & Mrs. Norbert F. Smith *
  • Spacesaver Storage Solutions 
  • Dr. JoAnne P. Trimbur & Mr. Jeffery A. Trimbur * 
  • Virginia Beach Billfish Foundation 
  • Virginia Humanities 
  • Virginia Pilot Association

$1,000 – $2,499

  • Anonymous 
  • Ms. Carolyn S. Abbitt *
  • Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Allen III * 
  • Nancy J. Anderson 
  • Mrs. Regina Asaro 
  • Atlantic Union Bank 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Barry III 
  • Dennie & Shawen Bartol *
  • Hank and Suzanne Beckstoffer *
  • Admiral Harold Bernsen & Mrs. Bernsen *
  • Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Bollinger
  • Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bonis * 
  • Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital
  • Drs. Bruce & Cassianne Booth * 
  • William Bradley
  • Mr. Michael Brookman * 
  • Mrs. Susan C. Brooks & Mr. Daniel W. Pritchard *
  • Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Carlson * 
  • Dr. & Mrs. Brad Carmines *
  • Mr. William R. Carpenter III * 
  • Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Chandler, Jr. 
  • James & Kristin Cochran
  • Ms. Bobbie Lewis Contino * 
  • Mrs. Judy A. Copes *
  • Delta Dental of Virginia
  • Dr. & Mrs. Joe H. Dew *
  • Dr. & Mrs. John P. Doley * 
  • Henry J. Dunn III 
  • Mr. and Mrs Olaf L. Elton *
  • ESI Building Group, Inc.
  • Mr. Lee H. Fairchild & Mrs. Ann C.S. Fairchild *
  • Mrs. Martha M. Field *
  • Jane B. Frazer 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Nelson H. Forbes 
  • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Fortescue III * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Fosdick * 
  • Mr. John H. Frischkorn 
  • Dr. & Mrs. Wallace K. Garner * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. John H. Garrett III * 
  • Dr. Emmeline Gasink & Mr. Michael Gasink * 
  • Mr. Randy Godwin 
  • Rob and Susan Goetz * 
  • Martha & Royden Goodson 
  • Dr. & Mrs. Ward G. Gypson, Jr. *
  • Hampton Roads Garden Club 
  • Hampton Roads Ship Model Society 
  • Hampton Roads Sanitation District 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Philip L. Hatchett * 
  • Mr. & Ted G. Hemmert *
  • Captain Richard S. Hillyer, Ret. *
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hodge *
  • Mr. & Mrs. Howard H. Hoege, Jr. 
  • The Charles and Jessie Hopkins Charitable Fund 
  • Mrs. Evelyn P. Hutchens * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kendall C. Jones * 
  • Mary Kelsey * 
  • Cathryn & James Kibler
  • Pixie & Bob Killebrew * 
  • Troy and Ingrid Knowlton * 
  • Frederick and Phyllis Kohlman *
  • Capt. Carolyn J. Kurtz & Capt. Dave Fath 
  • Lt Col Jack L. Jordan, USAF, Retired & CAPT Jan P. Jordan, USN, Retired * 
  • Mary Kay Lawson * 
  • Dr. H. Alexander Wilson III & Dr. Anne Leddy * 
  • Dr. & Mrs. St. George T. Lee *
  • Dr. & Mrs. Mayer G. Levy 
  • Mr. and Mrs. C. Max Lindner III * 
  • Dr. John Q. A. Mattern II * 
  • Mr. Thomas W. Meehan, Sr. * 
  • Dr. Jennifer Michaeli * 
  • Commander and Mrs. W. Keith Midgette * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. John B. Morgan II *
  • Ms. Susan S. Mullally * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. James E. Neff * 
  • Dr. Douglas L. Nelson & Dr. Susan E. Mackel * 
  • Dr. Patricia A. Nahormek * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Nixon * 
  • Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation 
  • Mr. & Mrs. William G. Ouzts * 
  • Mr. Stephen & Mrs. Pamela Patterson * 
  • PBMares
  • Mrs. Rita G. Potter * 
  • Mr. John V. Quarstein * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Don Ragland * 
  • Dr. Jesse F. Sanderson 
  • Heinz and Mareke Schiller * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. D. W. Schmidt
  • Mr. H.J. Shaw * 
  • Mr. Charles Sibre * 
  • Mrs. Nan Leigh Smith * 
  • Mrs. Robert G. Smola * 
  • Smithsonian National Museum of American History 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Rick S. Spaulding *
  • Mr. and Mrs. John W. Staton * 
  • Dr. & Mrs. Parker Stokes *
  • Mrs. Julianna G. Stone 
  • Mrs. Cynthia Temple
  • Mrs. Mary Henley Thompson *
  • Mr. Clayton P. Turner
  • Mr. Michael W. Turner * 
  • Ms. Marguerite K. Vail * 
  • In memory of Richard and Leslie Van Deren 
  • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Vaughn *  
  • Dr. & Mrs. Dan W. Waddill * 
  • Ms. Teresa Cooper Ward * 
  • Dr. & Mrs. James A. Wassum *
  • Mr. David West & Ms. Izabela Cieszynski 
  • Judge Christopher R. Papile & Ms. Veronica Weymouth * 
  • Mr. McKim Williams, Jr. 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Winn *
  • Mr. & Mrs. William C. Wooldridge * 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Wornom 
  • J.P. Yancey Foundation 
  • York County Arts Commission 

* Member of The Bronze Door Society

+ Deceased

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact:

Advancement Office
Sabrina Jones
Senior Director of Advancement
[email protected]
(757) 591-7708

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