Committed to
Preservation & Conservation
of
History & Heritage
104 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago
tawanifoundation.org
2009 Annual Report
“…every citizen who enjoys
the protection of a free government
owes…their personal services
to the defense of it.”
George Washington
About Tawani Foundation
T
he Colonel (IL) James N. Pritzker Charitable Distribution Fund
(dba Tawani Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) private grant making
organization established in 2002 to recognize those who best exemplify
the ideal of the Citizen Soldier, invest in the future leadership of our country, and
further the study of military history.
Now in its eighth year, we continue to strive to achieve Distinction through
Transformation. This vision requires a collective and continual evaluation of both
the impact of the founder's philanthropic commitments as well as the internal
effectiveness of the organization.
To learn more about the programs and agencies funded, please visit the Foundation
website at www.tawanifoundation.org.
Vision
Affect significant transformation of organizations and educational programs that
enrich knowledge and preserve history in order to realize an enduring positive
impact on individuals, communities and country.
Mission
Create collaborative partnerships in order to increase understanding of the role of
the Citizen Soldier through preservation of military history; conservation of historic
sites of significance to American history; improvement of public spaces and services
that enhance quality of life; and honoring the service of military personnel past,
present, and future through recognition of achievement.
Table of Contents
Letter from the Founder & President
Colonel (IL) J. N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) .................................. 1
Board of Directors & Staff......................................................................... 3
Giving at a Glance .................................................................................4-5
Landmark Grant Highlights .................................................................6-15
Chicago Botanic Garden ..................................................................... 7
Chicago History Museum ................................................................... 9
Field Museum ................................................................................... 11
Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation ..................................... 13
Tawani Foundation 2008 Expedition ................................................ 15
2009 Grants by Program Category .....................................................17-31
Preservation of Military History & Heritage...................................... 17
Director’s Initiatives .......................................................................... 23
Health & Wellness ............................................................................ 27
Conservation & Preservation of Historical Sites & Resources ............ 31
Awards for Military Excellence ...........................................................33-35
Literature Awards ..............................................................................37-41
Pritzker Military Library Literature Award......................................... 37
William E. Colby Award ................................................................... 41
Financials ...........................................................................................43-46
Message from the Executive Director
Lisa Marie Lanz ................................................................................. 49
Tal (center), Andrew (right) & William (left)
TAWANI
Letter from the Founder
and President
A
s the Founder & President of Tawani Foundation, it is my distinct honor to invite
you to explore the first edition of this publication. While the focus is a review of
the activities from 2009, the philanthropic investment and the resulting good work
of the not-for-profits supported, reflect over fifteen years of vision and mission in action.
As the present is built by those who went before us, the story and resources of Tawani Foundation
actually began with Naphtali ben Yakov Pritzker, my great Grandfather. Naphtali came to this
country in 1881 from a village near Kiev in the Ukraine; then a part of the Russian Empire.
Arriving with his family, he spoke no English and carried no possessions, much beyond the
clothes on his back.
He later became known in this country as Nicholas Jacob Pritzker and went on to become a
successful attorney and civic leader. Through his vision, hard work and commitment to family,
he laid the foundation of future prosperity for his descendants. Commitment to service, a
tradition I inherited from my parents and ancestors, is the true legacy of the Pritzker Family.
I express my gratitude to the Tawani Foundation Board of Directors who has professionally
assisted me in guiding this organization to where it is today and where it will go in the
future. The leadership of both the former Vice President, Jane Feerer, and prior Executive
Director, Ed Tracy, brought essential knowledge and counsel that enabled the creation of
the vision, mission and programs. Jane and Ed nurtured collaboration with organizational
partners and provided dedicated stewardship of the resources necessary to achieve the
philanthropic goals that we have.
I remain humbled to have been able to serve beside the men and women of our armed
services. Now I am honored to have the opportunity to further and enhance understanding
of the role of the Citizen Soldier through this Foundation committed to the preservation and
conservation of all that we hold dear: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Respectfully,
Colonel (IL) J. N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired)
President & CEO, Tawani Enterprises, Inc.
Founder & President, Tawani Foundation
Founder & Chair, Pritzker Military Library
November 2010
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T
he mission of Tawani Foundation is realized through focused grant making in the
following four program areas:
Preservation of Military
History & Heritage
Providing information networks and facilities to students, scholars and the general
public dedicated to increased understanding of the Citizen Soldier.
Conservation & Preservation of
Historical Sites & Resources
Preserving and enhancing sites unique to American and military history in order to
encourage experiential understanding and appreciation of the past.
Health & Wellness Projects
Providing access to national resources, public spaces and services that enhance and
improve quality of life.
Awards Program
Through recognition of outstanding achievement, this program honors and
supports military personnel, past, present and future. The program includes
the Tawani Foundation Award of Military Excellence (JROTC and ROTC),
William E. Colby Award for a first time author, and the Pritzker Military Library
Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
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Tawani Foundation
Board of Directors and Staff
T
he Board of Directors of Tawani Foundation, led by Colonel Pritzker,
provide the vision and governance of the organization. With experienced
and varied professional backgrounds in areas such as business, history,
education, finance, and general counsel, they individually and collectively bring
essential stewardship expertise to the Foundation.
Officers
Colonel (IL) J.N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired)*
Founder, President, CEO & Secretary
Jane E. Feerer
Vice President & Treasurer
Directors
Lew Collens*
Charles E. Dobrusin*
COL David R. Pelizzon, USA (Retired)*
*2010 Board of Directors
Staff
Through March 2009
Edward C. Tracy, Executive Director & Vice President, Philanthropy
Nancy Houghton, Executive Assistant
Current Staff
Lisa Marie Lanz, Executive Director
Kareema M. Cruz, Executive Assistant
Todd C. Jackson, Project Manager
Cheri D. Rankin, Not-For-Profit Accounting Manager
Sean C. Jackson, Administrative Assistant
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The following charts detail the amounts and percentages of the total grants
awarded by program category:
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2009 Giving at a Glance
Total Dollars in Grants Awarded
$5,480,923
Total Number of Organizations Awarded Grants
159
Total Number of Grants Awarded
192
Average Grant
$28,546
Number of Veteran Oral Histories Preserved
802
ΠAbraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL
(through continuing work of a 2008 grant)
ΠFt. Campbell Historical Foundation, Kentucky
ΠPritzker Military Library: Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy, Chicago
ΠU.S. Naval Institute, Washington, D.C.
JROTC Cadet/Midshipman Awards Presented
150
ROTC Cadet/Midshipman Awards Presented
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Miles of multi-use trails preserved, surveyed & mapped
14,885
ΠKanza Rails-Trails Conservancy, Kansas
ΠRails-to-Trails Conservancy, Washington D.C.
ΠWamego Community Foundation, WAM-SAG-MAN Trail, Kansas
Challenge Grants Awarded & Achieved
6 Awarded & 6 Achieved
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Landmark Grant Highlights
S
triving for transformation is at the very core of the vision and mission of the
Foundation. The following grants represent a long-term commitment and
collaboration with these respected institutions, coupled with Colonel Pritzker’s
vision for enhancing knowledge and resources, in order to create enduring positive impact for
our communities and world.
Chicago Botanic Garden
$10,000 for the second installment of a $50,000 commitment for capital support of
the Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center.
Chicago History Museum
$200,000 installment of a $1,000,000 multi-year project grant to support the
building of the Naphtali ben Yakov American History Wing.
$50,000 for the fifth and final installment of a $250,000 Preservation Grant in
support of the Reinventing the Chicago Historical Society capital campaign. This
Preservation Grant more specifically included support of the public reopening of
the Diorama Hall, kindly renamed in honor of Tawani Foundation, in September
2006.
The Field Museum
$2 million installment of a $7.3 million multi-year commitment in support of the
Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies.
The following pages highlight these Landmark Initiatives that Tawani Foundation has been
proud to support. Also featured is the Tawani 2008 International Antarctic Expedition.
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Chicago Botanic Garden
Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice
Plant Conservation Center
Glencoe, Illinois
A
ccording to the World Conservation Union, 30 percent of the world’s plants
may be threatened with extinction by 2050, which speaks to the urgent need
for this Center and support of it.
In December 2007, Tawani Foundation made a five year commitment of $50,000 to the
Chicago Botanic Garden in support of the construction and operation of the Daniel F.
and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center.
The Science Center opened in September of 2009 and
since that time, through the work of talented and
professional staff and volunteers, has already been
established as a leader in design, innovation and research.
The Rice Plant Conservation Science Center is a physical
manifestation of the Garden’s mission to promote the
enjoyment, understanding, and conservation of plants
and the natural world. It is a center for research and
education programs and will generate findings to shape
national and global plant conservation policy and train the plant conservation leaders of
tomorrow.
“Visitors to the Center will experience science in action through windows that allow
them to see into the laboratories and observe scientists as they work. They can interact
with exhibits that not only reveal what is happening inside the labs, but also offer insights
into the major questions of plant conservation biology facing our world today,” stated
Greg M. Mueller, Vice President, Science and Academic Programs.
www.savetheplants.org
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William Pritzker, Colonel Pritzker, Andrew Pritzker, Sharon Gist Gilliam, Russell Lewis & Audrey Ratner.
Dedication and opening of the Naphtali ben Yakov American History Wing, Chicago History Museum.
July 4, 2010
Chicago History Museum
Naphtali ben Yakov Pritzker
American History Wing
Chicago
I
n January 2007, Tawani Foundation made a multi-year commitment to the
Chicago History Museum in the form of a $1,000,000 pledge. This five-year
Project Grant was used to design and build the new American History Wing. As you
enter the Wing, you are greeted and captivated by the story of the Pritzker family in the context of
immigration to this country, and ultimately, to Chicago.
The 5,270 square foot wing, which opened on July 4, 2010, is
located on the first floor of the Museum, adjacent to the visitor
center. The Wing features the story of America from the founders
and leaders of this country as well as their fellow citizens who
immigrated to the United States to build a new life. The Naphtali
ben Yakov Pritzker American History Wing is named for the
Pritzker family patriarch, a Jewish immigrant, who arrived in the
United States in 1881 at age 10 (to become known as Nicholas
Jacob Pritzker). After teaching himself English by reading the
Chicago Tribune, he ultimately began his own law practice in 1902.
“This new wing is and will
continue to be, a reflection
of ALL of our histories.
It will tell the often difficult
story of the struggle
for freedom and also
celebrate achievements as
a community and a nation:
and together, this makes us
Facing Freedom, the American history exhibition that is the key
component of the Naphtali ben Yakov Pritzker Wing, tells the story a family of Americans.”
of Americans who have confronted the Constitution’s promise of
freedom, the conflicts over freedom that have ensued, and how these
July 4, 2010
historical moments have changed the nation. The exhibition features
eight stories—the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; slaves in
antebellum Charleston, South Carolina; the women's suffrage movement; the internment of
Japanese Americans in World War II, the 1863 Battle of Railroad Redoubt during the Civil War; the
occupation of Wounded Knee by Native Americans in 1973; the 1963 boycott of Chicago Public
Schools over desegregation policies; and the United Farm Workers boycott of grapes in the 1960s.
Colonel J..N. Pritzker
Tawani Foundation is very proud of our partnership with the Chicago History Museum and
cherishes this opportunity to assist with the mission of preserving history.
www.chicagohistory.org
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Ribbon Cutting & Dedication of the Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics & Polar Studies.
Center & to the Right: Robert A. & Mayari Pritzker,
Colonel Pritzker, Audrey Ratner, John McCarter, Birgit Sattler, Art Mortvedt, Richard B. Hoover,
Mikhail Levitan, Alicia J. Anzaldo, Dale Anderson, Ian Hawes & Chris McKay.
Left of Center: Andrew Pritzker, Lance Grande, Paul Siperia, Sindy Main, Asim Bej,
Pavel Parkhaev, Mark Roderer and Michael Storrie-Lombardi.
April 18, 2009
“This new center will create invaluable knowledge about the
history of our planet and universe, and will greatly contribute to
our understanding of the rate and impact of climate change.
The Field Museum, with its focus on knowledge-based
conservation, is a great asset to our city and your gift will help
sustain its vital role in our community.”
Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago
April 18, 2009
Field Museum
Robert A. Pritzker Center for
Meteoritics & Polar Studies
Chicago
N
amed in honor of Colonel Pritzker’s father and life trustee of the Field Museum,
the Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies was dedicated and
opened on April 18, 2009.
“Bob Pritzker has been a wonderful friend to the Field Museum for many years. He has
been a member of our Board of Trustees and an active voice on our Committee on Science,”
stated John McCarter, President and CEO, at the dedication ceremony. “We honor Bob’s
commitment to the Museum and take great pleasure in inaugurating the Robert A. Pritzker
Center.”
Through the $7.3 million multi-year commitment to establish an endowment, the Center
combines the Field’s existing collection of meteorites with the James M. DuPont and
Planetary Studies Foundation collections, allowing the Field Museum to house the world’s
largest meteorite collection at a private institution.
The Center has a strong focus on research in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, in particular
pre-solar grains research, “Astrophysics in the Lab” and the study of the delivery history of
extraterrestrial material to Earth through fossil meteorites, micrometeorites and terrestrial
impact craters.
In addition to research, the Center is also engaged in graduate and undergraduate student
education with university partners, and public outreach activities. In collaboration with
the Field Museum’s Department of Education, the Center is involved with professional
development for educators, docents, high school student education and family outreach.
http://sites.google.com/a/fieldmuseum.org/meteorites/
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Gruber Mountains, a sub-range of the Wohlthat Mountains, adjacent to Lake Untersee.
Queen Maude Land, Antarctica. Photo taken by Dale Anderson from a Basler BT- 67
Turbine DC-3 as the pilot circled to find an appropriate & safe landing location.
Von Braun Center for
Science & Innovation
Huntsville, Alabama
Tawani Foundation 2008
International Antarctic Expedition
Vienna, Austria;
Cape Town, South Africa;
Antarctica
T
awani Foundation was proud to partner with Von Braun, NASA, the Arctic and
Antarctic Research Institute of the Russian Federation and the Planetary Studies
Foundation to fully fund an international expedition to Antarctica in search of
extreme organisms.
A Message From: Marty Kress, Executive Director, VCSI & Art Mortvedt, Expedition Team Member
More than ever, researchers are trying to gain insights into the universe and the fragile planet
on which we live. Key to unwrapping these mysteries are research endeavors in the Arctic
and Antarctic, where much of our planet’s history has been safeguarded in ice repositories.
The Tawani 2008 International Antarctic Expedition enabled an international team of
researchers and educators to conduct a 45 day expedition to the Schirmacher Oasis and Lake
Untersee Regions of Antarctica. Primary goals of the expedition were to better understand the
unique lake ecosystems in these regions, to discover heretofore unknown life forms (benthic
microbial mats), to open the door of discovery for medical researchers based on unique
Antarctic microorganisms, and to collaborate on an innovative research project on an oasis
within a frozen desert.
The study of life and ecosystems in extreme environments not only enables us to better understand our home planet and to improve our quality of life, but it also helps us better prepare for
the exploration of distant planetary bodies such as the Moon and Mars. The Tawani Expedition
met or exceeded all of its scientific research goals. It also produced a first rate “Educator’s Guide
to Lesson Plans for Use in the Classroom” that will inspire the next generation of explorers,
researchers, and pioneers.
As T.S. Elliot so aptly noted: “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our
exploring will be to arrive where we started…and know the place for the first time.” Thanks to
the Tawani Foundation, the mysteries of Antarctica were further unraveled; and we now know a
little more about our amazing planet Earth.
October 2010
www.vcsi.org
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An additional objective of the mission was an internet-based educational program meant to
foster and promote interest in science, research, education and exploration. An educator's
guide and lesson plans were developed for teachers and students in the U.S. and around
the world to participate in daily team reports, view photographs and video, and to track
various science projects conducted during the course of the expedition. Visitors to the
website received an official 2008 Tawani Antarctic Expedition Mission patch as part of the
educational outreach program.
Students from Innsbruck, Austria and Galena, Illinois
spearheaded the design of the expedition patches.
Tawani Foundation
2008 International
Antarctic Expedition
Team Roster
Colonel Pritzker was pleased to participate in the planning meetings and the 2008 full-up
expedition which included teams from the United States, Russia, New Zealand and Austria.
The expeditions focus was on the Schirmacher Oasis region of Antarctica and Lake Untersee,
a perennially ice-covered hyper-alkaline lake with the highest production of methane of any
natural aquatic system on Earth.
Expedition Lead
Art Mortvedt, Peace of Selby Wilderness, Registered Guide/Pilot, USA
Science Team Leads
Valery Galchendo, Director, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, RAS, Russia
Dale Andersen, Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute, USA
Richard Hoover, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA
Team Members
Vladimir Akimov - Skryabin Institute of Biochem and Physio of Microorganisms RAS,
Pushchino, Russia
Alicia Anzaldo - Department of Biology, City Colleges of Chicago, USA
Asim K. Bej - Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Ian Hawes - Aquatic Research Solutions Ltd., Cambridge, New Zealand
Mikhail A. Levitan - Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry,
RAS, Russia
Sindy Main - Freeport Junior High School, Freeport, IL, USA
Christopher P. McKay - Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Pavel Y. Parkhaev - Paleontological Institute, RAS, Russia
COL (IL) J.N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) - Tawani Enterprises, Inc., USA
Birgit Sattler - Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi, M.D., Kinohi Institute, Inc., USA
www.expedition.tawanifoundation.org
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“Sometimes, far too many years separate an historical
event from the act of preserving a soldier’s experience
through an oral history interview. We can do better, by
talking to our newly minted veterans shortly after they
return from combat. Even then, that is not enough. It
takes a skilled team of transcribers and editors, plus
considerable time to create a usable interview transcript.
Only then can we maximize the public’s ability to learn from
and appreciate the veteran’s experience.”
Mark DePue
Director of Oral History
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
September 2010
Preservation of Military
History & Heritage Grant List
Issue:
According to the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, of the
approximately 16 million military personnel that served in World War II, there
are now only just over 2 million veterans still living. An average of 850 WWII
veterans pass away every day. Based on this average, it is possible, that within seven
years, there will be few, to no living WWII veterans.
Effort: Supporting projects that provide information networks and facilities to students,
scholars and the general public dedicated to a better understanding of the Citizen
Soldier.
Impact:
87 Grants provided totaling $1,480,250
Focus on oral history programs that record, transcribe, post and make accessible to
current and future generations, hundreds of interviews with thousands of veterans.
Additional focus areas include helping organizations build their online digitized
archives for educational resources as well as underwriting symposia regarding
national strategy and history. This investment in technology has enabled
organizations to transform the way students and citizens interact and learn about
our nation's past.
Multi-year commitments were made to several organizations for the design and
building of new facilities where state-of-the-art exhibits will present history in a
new and relevant way, in step with the technological requirements of today.
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101st Airborne Division Association
$1,000 for annual fund.
Army Historical Foundation
$20,000 for annual fund.
33rd Infantry Division Association
$500 for annual fund.
Association of the US Army Institute of Land Warfare
$1,000 for annual fund.
82nd Airborne Division Association
$1,000 for annual fund.
Air Force Memorial Foundation
$1,000 for annual fund.
American Air Museum in Britain
$500 for annual fund.
American Jewish Historical Society
$500 for annual fund.
American Jewish Historical Society
$25,000 for second installment of a $50,000
pledge to support the Jewish Welfare Board
Bureau of War Records project.
www.ajhs.org
American Legion, Dept. of Illinois
$1,000 for the annual fund.
American Veterans Center
$15,000 for 12th Annual American Veterans
Conference.
Armed Forces Council of Chicago
$500 for annual fund.
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation
$500 for annual fund.
Army Heritage Center
Foundation
$25,000 for third
installment of a
$100,000 pledge to
support construction of
the Visitor and Education Center.
www.armyheritage.org
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Bugles Across America
$5,000 for annual fund.
Cantigny First Division Foundation
$5,000 for annual fund.
Chemical Corps Regimental Association
$1,000 for annual fund.
Chicago History Museum
$25,000 for Dollar Days entrance fee
sponsorship.
Chicago Council of the Navy League
$5,000 for Chicago’s Christmas Tree Ship Program.
Coalition of Families of Korean &
Civil War POW/MIAs
$2,500 for annual fund.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
$1,000 for annual fund.
Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation
$25,000 for 7th Annual Circle of
Honor Dinner, New York.
Czech Legion Project
$10,000 for second installment of a
three-year pledge supporting the production of
the Accidental Army documentary.
DuSable Museum of
African American History
$25,000 for Penny Days entrance fee
sponsorship program.
Eisenhower Foundation
$1,000 for annual fund.
Fort Campbell Historical Foundation
$50,000 for Oral Histories initiative.
http://library.apsu.edu/library/
veteransproject/FAQ.html
Fort Campbell Historical Foundation
$5,000 for annual fund.
Fort William Henry Harrison Museum
$1,000 for annual fund.
Foundation for the National Archives
$10,000 for the fourth installment of a
pledge to support the website project:
National Archives Experience.
www.archives.gov/nae/
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Friends of Lake County Discovery Museum
$5,000 for annual fund.
Friends of Norwich University Library
$2,000 for annual fund.
Friends of Norwich University Museum
$2,000 for annual fund.
Friends of the Air Force Museum
$5,000 for annual fund.
Friends of the Carter Library
$1,000 for annual fund.
Gerber/Hart Library
$2,000 for annual fund.
George Bush Presidential Library Foundation
$1,000 for annual fund.
George C. Marshall Foundation
$5,000 for annual fund.
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
$500 for annual fund.
Great Lakes Naval Museum Foundation
$25,000 for second installment of a four
year commitment for the new museum.
Great Lakes Naval Museum Foundation
$500 for annual fund.
Harry S. Truman Library Institute
$1,000 for annual fund.
Hawaii Army Museum Society
$7,500 for the annual fund.
Honor Flight Chicago
$10,000 for 2009
World War II Veteran Flights to
Washington D.C.
“The Tawani Foundation
recognized very early on that
the mission of Honor Flight
Chicago was one of merit.
By means of the Foundation
grant, Tawani helped us
begin our extraordinary
inaugural year, a year in which
we started operations, flew
successfully five times and
brought over 500 people,
305 of them veterans, to
Washington for a day of
honor, remembrance and
celebration.”
Jeanmarie Kapp
President
Honor Flight Chicago
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Hoover Presidential Library Association
$1,000 for annual fund.
McCormick Foundation
$5,000 for annual fund.
Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical
Society
$25,000 for general operating.
Museum of Flight
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Illinois Association of Museums
$1,500 for the annual fund.
Index Project
$2,000 for the research and publication of
Civil War Letters.
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces
and Society
$10,000 for the annual fund.
Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc.
$50,000 for final installment of pledge for
educational website development.
www.intrepidmuseum.org/adventure
Jamestown Foundation
$500 for annual fund.
Jewish War Veterans
$1,000 for annual fund.
National Guard Association of Illinois
$1,500 for annual fund.
National Guard Educational Foundation
$5,000 for annual fund.
National Infantry Foundation
$2,500 for annual fund.
National Strategy Forum
$30,000 for annual fund and fulfillment of a
$20,000 challenge grant.
Naval Historical Foundation
$50,000 for the second installment
of a pledge for the Navy Cold War
exhibit.
www.navyhistory.org/coldwar_gallery
John F. Kennedy Foundation
$1,000 for annual fund.
Naval War College Foundation
$250 for annual fund.
Kentucky Historical Society Foundation
$10,000 for Kentucky Treasures website
project.
www.history.ky.gov/military
National WWII Museum
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Marine Corps Scholarship
Foundation
$60,000 for third installment
of a pledge on behalf of
Colonel (IL) J. N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired).
Marines Memorial Association
$250 for annual fund.
Marine Military Academy
$2,500 for annual fund.
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National Guard Association of the United States
$1,000 for annual fund.
Navy League
$250 for annual fund.
Nixon Foundation
$1,000 for annual fund.
Norwich University
$500,000 for third installment of a Norwich
Forever Campaign pledge on behalf of
Colonel (IL) J.N.Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired)
Norwich University
$50,000 program grant to include support for
the William E. Colby Writers' Symposium,
Mountain Cold Weather Program and Norwich
Student Life Grant Fund.
“The Tawani Foundation and the U.S. Naval Institute have
a common cause in spotlighting the enduring role that Citizen
Soldiers have played in defending the Republic. Because of the
Foundation’s continuing strong financial support, the Institute
has been able to chronicle the stories of Americans who rallied
to the flag when called and defended our way of life – in oral and
video histories, in our award-winning "Americans at War" series,
and through our online content. With the Tawani Foundation
partnership, the U.S. Naval Institute can continue to be a
faithful, creative, and productive steward of this important part
of American heritage, making it accessible to current and future
generations for all time.”
Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Wilkerson, USMC (Retired)
CEO, U.S. Naval Institute
OSS Society
$10,000 for William J. Donovan Award Dinner,
Washington, D.C.
Patton Museum Foundation
$10,000 for the annual fund.
$150,000 for the annual fund.
www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org
Richard I Bong WWII Heritage Center
$500 for the annual fund.
Ronald Regan Presidential Foundation
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Texas Military Forces Museum
$1,000 for the annual fund.
U. S. Naval Institute
$40,000 challenge grant fulfillment for
the Oral History Program.
ww.usni.org
United States National
Holocaust Memorial Museum
$1,000 for the annual fund.
United States Navy Memorial Foundation
$500 for the annual fund.
USS Constitution Museum
$2,500 for the annual fund.
USS Missouri Memorial Association
$10,000 for the Dental Clinic restoration.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc.
$100,000 for the second installment of a
five year pledge for the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Education Center, Washington, D.C.
www.vvmf.org/center
Women in Military Service for America
Memorial Foundation
$3,000 for the annual fund.
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“One cannot be an American
by going about saying
that one is an American.
It is necessary to feel America,
live America, love America
and then work at it.”
Georgia O’Keeffe
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Director’s Initiative Grant List
100 Club of Chicago
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Francis W. Parker School
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Museum of Science and Industry
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Adler Planetarium
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Green-Wood Historic Fund
$5,000 for the veteran
dictionary project and grave
markers.
NRA Foundation
$3,000 for the annual fund.
Boy Scouts of America –
Chicago Area
$250 for the annual fund.
Campbell University
$2,000 for the annual fund.
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Chicago Police Memorial
Foundation
$500 for the annual fund.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Clinton Foundation
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Hebrew Union College
$5,000 for the second
installment of a $25,000
pledge honoring
Rabbi Herman Schaalman.
International Foundation for
Gender Education
$10,000 for the annual fund.
Kinsey Institute/IU Foundation
$5,000 for the annual fund.
NRA Whittington Center
$3,000 for the annual fund.
Objectivist Center
$500 for the annual fund.
Planetary Studies Foundation
$2,000 for the annual fund.
Provena Mercy Medical Center
$5,000 for 42nd Mercy Ball
Provena Mercy Medical Center
$5,000 for annual fund.
Latin School of Chicago
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Eagle Forum
$500 for the annual fund.
Liberace Foundation for
Performing & Creative Arts
$250 for the annual fund.
Emanuel Brotherhood
$250 for the annual fund.
Loyola University
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Emanuel Congregation
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Field Museum
$50,000 for final installment
in support of Tool Traditions
Exhibit.
Military Officers Association of
America
$250 for the annual fund.
George Washington University,
Public Affairs Project
$25,000 for Phase One and
$150,000 challenge grant for
www.planetforward.org
Minnesota Medical Foundation
Field Museum - Women's Board $300,000 for the third
installment of a pledge and
$1,000 for the annual fund.
$50,000 on behalf of
Colonel Pritzker.
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Director’s Initiative Grant List (continued)
Ravinia
$25,000 for the Mystic Chords of Memory
program honoring Abraham Lincoln.
www.ravinia.org
Reserve Officers Association
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
$25,000 for 2009 Festival.
SOAR
$500 for the annual fund.
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
$1,000 for the annual fund.
USA Shooting Team
Foundation
$1,500 for the annual fund.
WFMT 98.7 Public Radio
$10,000 for the annual fund.
WFMT 98.7 Public Radio
$10,000 for a Director’s Initiative Grant.
World Professional Association/ Transgender
Health
$39,000 for the 2009 XXI Biennial
Symposium in Oslo, Norway.
WTTW - Channel 11
$5,000 for the annual fund.
WUIS WIPA - University of Illinois
$250 for the annual fund.
“Mixing music with history is a
natural connection because art
is a part of our past, present and
hopeful future. To that note, I
wanted to give some of today's
artists a chance to present their
expressions of Lincoln's life and
words through new music and dance
compositions. I've been thrilled with
the response from our audiences
who've seen previews of the work
so far who claim to feel a deep
spiritual connection to these new
works. I've been amazed especially
by the response from the artists
themselves, people like Bill T.
Jones and Ramsey Lewis, who say
their work for Ravinia has become
career-changing. We're using
history to make history. Ravinia
could not do this important work
without support from funders like
the Tawani Foundation.”
Welz Kauffman
President and CEO
Ravinia
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Gifts in Memory of John Callaway
WTTW - Channel 11
$10,000 in memory of John Callaway.
WYCC-TV Chicago 20
$10,000 in memory of John Callaway.
To learn more about the life and work of John Callaway
with the Pritzker Military Library, visit:
www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/front-and-center/
John Callaway
1936-2009
“He was one of the smartest and most caring people I knew…
and the best conversationalist….John Callaway will leave a
tremendous void in the creation of intelligent, learned debate in
our business. He was funny, direct, extremely well read and one of
the most decent men I have ever known.”
Ed Tracy
President & CEO
Pritzker Military Library
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“Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect,
no ravages of time, testify to the present
or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten,
as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.”
General John A. Logan
Health & Wellness Grant List
Issues:
1.
Supporting those Who Have Served & Do Serve our Country
As Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Jack Jacobs very poignantly expressed in
2009 at the Pritzker Military Library Liberty Gala, during WWII almost
everyone knew someone serving in the military and had been impacted by the war.
Today, less than one half of one percent serves in uniform, which is approximately
one in 200 American citizens.
Today, with the realization of there often being limited connectivity between
citizens and our military, as well as having an all-volunteer military, Tawani
Foundation is committed to providing support for those serving and their families by
partnering with organizations dedicated to improving morale, quality of life and
assisting with easing transitions back home. All of these are essential to the health
of individuals, families, communities and our country.
2.
Empower & Encourage Citizens to Engage in Active Lifestyles
for Health, Conservation & Quality of Life
According to the Rails-to-Trails Active Transportation for America report, onequarter of all trips people take in the U.S. are within a mile, or about a 20-minute
walk, and half of all trips taken are within three miles, or a 20-minute bike ride. Yet
for the vast majority of these short trips - 78% -, people are using their cars.
“The Triple Bottom Line offers an alternative for building community
resiliency, in these trying times, by asking decision makers and
development leaders to be a part of positive impact solutions on 1) the
economy, 2) human wellbeing, and 3) on the environment.
For many towns, multi-use trails and greenways will be the Triple Bottom
Line project of choice. Across the Midwest, trails are spurring economic
activity and development, expanding sustainable access to schools and
jobs, lowering health insurance costs and improving well-being. They're
providing these benefits regardless of fuel prices, employment status, or
stock market bubbles. Designed with the Triple Bottom Line in mind,
trails can provide unprecedented quality-of-life support.”
Steve Buchtel, Southland Coordinator Active Transportation Alliance
October 2010
Effort:
Providing access to public spaces and services that enhance & improve morale and
quality of life.
A key part of this initiative creates partnerships with organizations committed to
the enhancement and preservation of national and natural resources for improved
health and wellness.
Impact:
28 Grants Totaling $477,221
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721 Club
$721 for the annual fund.
Active Transportation
Alliance
$3,000 for the annual fund.
Active Transportation
Alliance
$20,000 for the Chicagoland
Bicycle Map project.
Active Transportation
Alliance
$7,500 for a challenge
grant in support of the
Chicagoland Bicycle Map.
Adventure Cycling
Association
$1,000 for the annual fund.
American National Red Cross
$10,000 for the annual fund.
Kanza Rails -Trails
Conservancy, Inc.
$10,000 for the Flint Hills
Nature Trail Project.
Lambs Farm
$500 for the annual fund.
League of Illinois Bicyclists
$5,000 for the Bicycle
Planning Project.
League of Illinois Bicyclists
$5,000 for the Bicycle
Planning Project challenge
grant.
League of Illinois Bicyclists
$3,000 for the annual fund.
Operation Support Our
Troops Illinois
$10,000 for the “Rockin’ for
the Troops” event at Cantigny
Park.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
$100,000 for the GIS
Mapping Initiative.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
$100,000 for the GIS
Mapping Initiative &
www.traillink.org challenge
grant.
State of Illinois Department
of Veterans Affairs
$7,500 for the annual fund.
Union League Club Boys and
Girls Club
$1,500 for the annual fund.
American Red Cross of
Greater Chicago
$5,000 for the annual fund.
“Tawani's generous support has helped Rails-to-
Armed Forces Retirement Home
$500 for the annual fund.
12,500 miles of detailed trail maps and information
Camperships for Nebagamon
$5,000 for the annual fund.
trail use across the country through RTC's
Doctors without Borders, USA
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Trails Conservancy (RTC) provide more than
to the public for free, promoting and encouraging
trail-finder web site TrailLink.com.
Additionally, RTC has been able to establish a
Friends of the Parks
$1,000 for the annual fund.
powerful GIS infrastructure for in-depth analysis
Greater Chicago Food Depository
$10,000 for the annual fund.
partnerships. Thanks to Tawani, RTC is making
in support of our trail-building programs and
it possible for biking and walking routes to be easily
accessible to all Americans as an alternative means
of healthy, active transportation.”
Keith Laughlin
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Rail-to-Trails President
“I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for
this humbling opportunity of a lifetime. Being a
part of something that gives military members the
chance to meet true American heroes is the best
dose of reality. Hearing history, not just reading
it, gives truth, validity and overall impact to what
these men did for our country.
I have been in the military for 20 years and have
never felt more patriotism, pride and respect then
I did getting to meet the recipients and be a part
of this event.
It is moments like this that opens a person's eyes
to see what is really in them and stand by their
decisions, reminds them to always put others
before themselves and most importantly, to
Wamego Community
Foundation
$10,000 for the second
installment of a multi-year
pledge for the survey and design
of the WAM-SAG-MAN
Trail project, Kansas
www.wam-sag-man.org
Wounded Warrior Project
$5,000 for the annual fund.
“On behalf of the
thousands of severely
injured service members,
we want to thank
Tawani Foundation for
the continued support
and dedication to our
stare down the face of adversity and overcome
nation¹s heroes.
whatever obstacles life throws their way."
Your commitment is
Master Sgt. Debra Schmitz, Il A N 6
helping ensure that the
Medal of Honor Convention Volunteer
November 2009
tremendous personal
sacrifices these service
men and women make
USO of Illinois
$100,000 for the September
2009 Chicago Medal of
Honor Convention.
USO of Illinois
$35,000 for the annual fund.
USO of Illinois
$10,000 to sponsor the
Coast Guard Silent Drill
Team at the USO Service
Salute.
USO, Arlington, VA
$10,000 for the annual fund.
for our country are not
forgotten.”
John Melia
Founder
Wounded Warrior Project
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“It is crucial to preserve
historic military sites in order to understand
not only military history,
but also American culture.
By visiting actual places and buildings
where history was made,
and seeing actual artifacts related
to historic environments and events,
that is the closest we can have
to an experiential time machine --
one where we can learn what actually made us
the nation and people we are today.”
John Zukowsky
Interim Director
Pritzker Military Library
October, 2010
Conservation & Preservation of
Historical Sites & Resources Grant List
Issue
Effort
Impact:
As noted in the Preamble of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,
“the historical and cultural foundations of the Nation should be preserved as a
living part of our community life and development in order to give a sense of
orientation to the American people.”
Providing access to public spaces and services that enhance & improve
quality of life; in order to encourage experiential understanding and
appreciation of the past.
10 Grants Totaling $233,000
Conservation & Preservation Grant List
Chicago History Museum
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Mackinac Associates
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota
$1,000 for the annual fund.
Field Museum
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Lincoln Park Zoo
$5,000 for the annual fund.
Lincoln Park Zoo
$60,000 for first installment on a multi-year
pledge for the Nature Boardwalk project.
www.lpzoo.org
$150,000 for annual fund.
Shedd Aquarium
Two gifts of $2,500 for the annual fund.
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"To be a successful soldier, you must know history."
General George S. Patton, Jr.
Tawani Foundation Awards for
Military Excellence
JROTC & ROTC
awani Foundation Award of Military Excellence was established as the first program
of the Foundation with the purpose of recognizing those who exemplify the ideals
of the Citizen Soldier. Through financial support to educational institutions and
organizations to establish awards that recognize students who excel in civic, military, physical
fitness and academic endeavors, we are investing in the positive development of our future
leaders.
T
The goal of the program is to strengthen the quality of personal growth and achievement in
young adult lives in order to affect positive change for individuals, communities, and our
country.
The four (4) core objectives of the program are:
1. Reward high performing students for their achievements in the present and for
exhibiting potential for the future.
2. Provide Instructors and Professors of Military Science with resources on the local level to
recognize cadets and midshipmen who they and their student peers identify as the most
deserving, while inspiring their entire corps of students to greater excellence through the
selection process.
3. Strengthen the Foundation’s partnership with the JROTC/ROTC command level as well
as local leadership in ongoing evaluation, and identifying future needs.
4. Maintain an ongoing “alumni” database of award recipients to study the end-result of
the influence of not only the award, but also the JROTC/ROTC program, on each
student's chosen career path.
It is important to note that the nature of the program is in providing an award to
honor excellence, regardless of financial need, and it is not defined as a scholarship. The
measurement of success of the program goals has proven to be ambitious, especially as related
to the tracking of the academic, military, or professional career paths of the recipients.
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Citizenship, Leadership, Service
Colonel Pritzker has been investing in the JROTC and ROTC programs, even before the
establishment of the current Foundation through which support is now provided. Since
1996, more than one million dollars has been invested in the initiative and affected a reported
estimate of 2,605 young men and women. The average total annual funding for the program
has ranged from $70,000 in the first year to an estimated $250,000 in the current year of
2010.
Chicago Public Schools –
Department of Military Schools & JROTC
In 2006, Tawani Foundation began a partnership with the Chicago Public Schools to
promote and enhance the JROTC programs that teach core values, citizenship, teamwork
and leadership.
2009 Chicago Public School JROTC Summary
• Lifetime giving to the CPS JOTC program totals $639,842.
• Direct impact: 2,902 students.
2009/2010 Grant Update:
• Department of JROTC Fact Sheet as of January 31, 2010 cited Cadet enrollment of
11,127: Seniors 874; Juniors 1,529; Sophomores 3,256; and Freshman 5,468.
• At the conclusion of 2009/2010 school year there were a reported total of 11,115
Cadets in the CPS JROTC program (total CPS student body was 115,770).
• Tawani Foundation provided a $133,000 grant, representing 7.8% support of total
JROTC CPS budget of $1.7 million. McCormick Foundation provided $50,000
and City of Chicago $24,000.
• The $133,000 grant expenditure from CPS Report:
Estimated 170 Cadet awards presented through 44 schools ($500/school totaling
$22K); eight (8) Battle Staff rides and drill competitions impacting approximately
350 Cadets ($95K) and the International Battle Staff trip to Greece for six (6) Cadets
($16,000)
• Total current year grant direct impact on students was estimated at 526. This
represents a 4% impact on total Cadet enrollment of 11,115.
www.chicagojrotc.com
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Cadet & Midshipmen Awards Snapshot
Reserve Officer Training Corps
2008
2009
Human
Dollars
Impact
$5,000
9
Eastern Illinois University AROTC
$5,000
Human
Impact
9
Illinois Institute of Technology AFROTC
$4,500
4
$4,500
4
Illinois Institute of Technology NROTC
$4,000
3
$4,000
3
Illinois State University AROTC
$5,000
10
$5,000
10
Norwich University NROTC
$9,000
8
$9,000
8
Dollars
Norwich University AFROTC
$5,000
4
$5,000
4
Norwich University AROTC
$5,000
4
$5,000
4
Southern Illinois University AROTC
$2,750
4
$2,750
4
University of Hawaii AROTC
$5,150
12
$5,150
12
Fire Battalion Cadet Association AROTC
$6,000
4
$6,000
4
Valley Forge Military College AROTC
$7,000
8
$7,000
8
$58,400
70
$58,400
70
TOTALS
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
2008
2009
Human
Dollars
Impact
$2,000
5
Los Alamos High School NJROTC
$2,000
Human
Impact
5
Marine Military Academy MCJROTC
$2,000
4
$2,000
4
Moreno Valley High School AFJROTC
$3,250
6
$3,250
5
Punahou School AROTC
$2,400
8
$2,400
8
TOTALS $9,650
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$9,650
22
Dollars
Chicago Public Schools (Awards)
$21,500
162
$22,000
176
Chicago Public Schools (Programs)
$111,480
343
$111,000
338
TOTALS $132,980
505
$132,000
514
Programs
2008
2009
Northwestern/IIT Department of the Navy
(Tulane Drill team)
$15,522
Human
Impact
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UIC/Fire Battalion Cadet Association
$ --- --$15,522
Dollars
TOTALS
GRAND TOTALS $216,552
$17,587
Human
Impact
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--- ---
$19,065
320
39
$36,652
359
$236,702
965
637
Dollars
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“Our purpose in establishing the
Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for
Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
was to acknowledge the highest levels of scholarship
and writing in a field that often does not gain
appropriate recognition.
How can we hope to eliminate, diminish
or endure the effects of warfare if we do not study it
and try to understand it on all levels?
By providing an annual award to the most thoughtful
and articulate author writing about war and military activities,
we may in turn, be lead to better solutions
and therefore perhaps a better life for all of us.
We have all received tremendous gifts
from those who wore the uniform and went before us,
and we must, in turn, recognize our own obligation
to act toward achieving a better world.”
Colonel J. .N. Pritzker
Pritzker Military Library Gala
October, 2007
Pritzker Military Library
Literature Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Military Writing
I
n 2007, Tawani Foundation began a new venture: to create a major literature
award. The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
in Military Writing celebrates a lifetime body of work by a prominent military
author. Nominations were sent in from publishers across the country. A screening
committee composed of prominent authors, historians and scholars spent many hours
reading and reviewing definitive works and discussing each nominee. James M. McPherson,
the preeminent Civil War historian of our time, was chosen to receive the first Award which
included a $100,000 honorarium, gold medallion and citation.
The Foundation continued to build on the success of the inaugural year in 2008 when a new
screening committee selected historian Allan R. Millett as the second recipient of the Award.
Dr. Millett is known in military history circles for his academic writings on American
military policy and 20th century conflicts, with particular focus on the Korean War.
In 2009, following months of the continued good work of the screening committee and
upon approval of the Executive Committee, the Foundation was honored to join the Library
in honoring Gerhard Weinberg as the third recipient of the Pritzker Award. This fall, Dr.
Weinberg shared the following message regarding the importance of the preservation of
military history:
“For a country that was born out of a revolutionary war against its colonial masters
and that is currently involved in a war in Afghanistan against the originators of an
attack on itself that cost thousands their lives, the preservation and study of military
history should be, but is now rarely, considered of enormous importance. It is
not simply that the United States grew geographically as a result of a war with
Mexico, it reorganized itself internally as a result of a civil war, and attained a major
role on the globe by its role in two world wars.
The way in which the people of the United States have come to see themselves, their
past, and the obligations of citizenship, all relate most strongly to a past and present
in which military affairs most widely defined, have long played and will continue to
play a major part.”
Gerhard Weinberg, September 2010
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Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for
Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
2007 Recipient
James M. McPherson
Screening Committee
MG John L. Borling, USAF (Ret.)
Edward M. Coffman
Carlo D’Este
Joseph L. Galloway
Gary T. Johnson
Donald L. Miller
Williamson “Wick” Murray
Carol Reardon
Mark Stoler
Ed Tracy
2008 Recipient
Allan R. Millett
Screening Committee
MG John L. Borling, USAF (Ret.)
Steve Coll
Carlo D’Este
Gary T. Johnson
Joseph E. Persico
James M. McPherson
Donald L. Miller
Carol Reardon
Thomas E. Ricks
Mark Stoler
Ed Tracy
2009 Recipient
Gerhard L. Weinberg
Screening Committee
Edward M. Coffman
Steve Coll
Carlo D'Este
Gary T. Johnson
James M. McPherson
Donald L. Miller
Allan R. Millett
Joseph E. Persico
Thomas E. Ricks
Mark A. Stoler
Ed Tracy
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GERHARD WEINBERG
Citizen Soldier Scholar
2009 Recipient
Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
G
erhard L. Weinberg was selected to receive the 2009 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award
for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. The $100,000 honorarium, citation and gold
medallion, sponsored by Tawani Foundation, was presented at the Library’s
annual Liberty Gala on October 24, 2009 at Chicago’s Palmer House. The original
announcement was made via live Internet webcast on June 22, 2009.
Colonel Pritzker said that “Dr. Weinberg is truly a gifted writer of military history who
has devoted his skills and talent to produce A World at Arms, perhaps the finest study of
World War II ever attempted by a single scholar.”
Gerhard Weinberg was born in Hanover, Germany on January 1, 1928. He attended school there, but
was expelled for being Jewish in 1938, and went to England. In 1940, his family moved to the United
States. Weinberg graduated from Albany High School and enrolled in the New York State College for
Teachers. He later served in the U.S. Army in occupied Japan, teaching American G.I.s history and
government as well as literacy classes. He took an MA in History at the University of Chicago in 1949
and a Ph.D. in 1951.
Dr. Weinberg has taught at the Universities of Chicago, Kentucky, Michigan, and North Carolina,
with visiting appointments at Bonn University in Germany and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has
frequently lectured for the Extension Program of the Naval War College as well as at the Marine Corps
University and the United States Military Academy at West Point.
He is author of many books including A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (Cambridge
University Press); World in the Balance: Behind the Scenes of World War II (University Press of New
England); Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German and World History (Cambridge
University Press); Hitler’s Foreign Policy 1933-1939: The Road to World War II (Enigma Press singlevolume paperback available in Fall 2009); The Foreign Policy of Hitler’s Germany (Prometheus Books);
and Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders (Cambridge University Press).
Dr. Weinberg currently serves as the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he has been a member of the history faculty since
1974. He lives with his wife in Efland, North Carolina. States Weinberg, “I am very grateful for the
award and attribute much of the credit to the teachers at Hillcrest School in Swanage (England), Albany
(New York), and Chicago who trained me wonderfully as well as to students, both undergraduate and
graduate, who have challenged and inspired me over the years. And, of course, to all of the archivists
who responded patiently to a very demanding visitor.”
www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org
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Colby Award
Named for the late Ambassador, former CIA Director and symposium
co-founder, William E.Colby, The Colby Award was established by W.E.B.
Griffin and Carlos D'Este to recognize a first work of historical fiction
or non-fiction that has made a significant contribution to the public's
understanding of intelligence operations, military history, or international
affairs. Since 1996, the Colby Military Writers' Symposium at Norwich
University has presented lectures and public events to feature distinguished military writers,
journalists and historians. Members of the Award Selection Committee, which is comprised
of notable authors and historians, and endorsed by the Colby family, invest months of
reading and evaluation of books nominated each year in order to select the author who most
embodies the spirit and mission of the Colby Award: to educate, enlighten and inspire.
Colby Award Recipients and their Books
2010 Colonel Jack Jacobs, USA (Retired) & Douglas Century If Not Now, When?
2009 Dexter Filkins The Forever War
2009 Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson Lone Survivor
2008 R. Alan King Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq
2007 Ian W. Toll Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
2007 John A. Glusman Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for
Life as Prisoners of the Japanese 1941-1945
2006 Kevin Weddle Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont
2006 Nathaniel Fick One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
2005 Jon Meacham Franklin and Winston: An Epic Story of an Intimate Friendship
2005 Major General Sid Shachnow, USA (Retired) and Jann Robbins Hope and Honor
2004 Bing West and Major General Ray L. Smith, USMC (Retired) The March Up
2004 Robert L. Bateman No Gun Ri
2003 Bryan Mark Rigg Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
2002 Patrick K. O'Donnell Beyond Valor
2002 Ralph Wetterhahn The Last Battle
2001 James Bradley with Ron Powers Flags of Our Fathers
2000 B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley Stolen Valor
1999 Fred Chiaventone A Road We Do Not Know
1999 Bill Harlow Circle William
Since 2009, the Colby Award has been presented exclusively by Tawani Foundation in
association with the Pritzker Military Library.
For more information about the Colby Award, visit www.tawanifoundation.org.
For more information on the
William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium at Norwich University
visit www.norwich.edu/colby
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The Forever War and Lone Survivor
2009 Colby Award Recipients
The Forever War (Knopf, 2008), by Dexter Filkins, recounts the stark
reality of war with the skill and moderated temperament of a seasoned
foreign correspondent, deftly merging all aspects of the action from the
streets of Baghdad to the desert and all points between. Filkins presents
a first-hand account of the effects of the war on every faction of the
population.
A foreign correspondent for The New York Times, Filkins joined
the newspaper in 2000. In 2001 and 2002, he covered the war in
Afghanistan and from March 2003 until August 2006, he was a
correspondent in the paper’s Baghdad bureau. In 2007 and 2008, Filkins was a fellow at
the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. His work has received a
number of awards, including a George Polk award for his coverage of the assault on Fallujah
in November 2004. During that attack, Filkins accompanied a company of Marines, a
quarter of whom were killed or wounded in eight days. He has been a finalist for a Pulitzer
Prize twice.
In his memoir, Lone Survivor (Little, Brown and Company, 2007),
Marcus Luttrell provides a frank and fast-paced account of his early life,
Navy Seal training, and the events surrounding the mission in March
2005 that cost the lives of his teammates on Seal Team 10. At the heart
of this incredibly intense combat story is the struggle for survival in the
shadow of the loss of his comrades.
A graduate of BUD/S Class 228, he was the only survivor of the fateful
events of June 28, 2005 in Afghanistan. Luttrell and three teammates
from SEAL Team 10 were assigned to a reconnaissance mission,
operation RED WING, in the Hindu-Kush mountain region of Afghanistan. Their objective
was to gather intelligence on Taliban movement in the area. Luttrell’s team was eventually
discovered and outnumbered by over 200 Taliban fighters. Petty Officer Luttrell was the
only soldier to survive enemy contact. In the rescue mission that ensued, 16 Special Forces
personnel, including 8 SEALs, died when their helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters.
It was the largest single-day loss of life in SEAL history. In 2006, Petty Officer Luttrell was
awarded the Navy Cross for combat heroism.
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“It has been said that, at its best,
preservation engages the past
in a conversation
with the present
over a mutual concern
for the future.”
William J. Murtagh
Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America
(New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1988), p. 168.
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Colonel (IL) James N. Pritzker Charitable Distribution Fund
Statement of Financial Position (From 2009 Audit Report)
Years Ending December 31, 2009 and 2008
2009
2008
ASSETS:
Cash, Non-Interest Bearing
Money Market
$
Total Cash and Money Market
693
1,888,359
$
693
2,416,546
$1,889,052
$2,417,239
16,201,511
18,287,228
Fixed Income Investments
9,080,284
8,302,252
Mutal Fund Investments
1,895,782
1,965,508
Other Investments
1,862,606
1,862,606
29,040,183
30,417,594
Furnishings and Equipment
Computer Equipment and Software
48,533
20,075
48,533
20,075
Total At Cost
Accumulated Depreciation
68,608
(40,827)
68,608
(27,932)
27,781
40,676
30,957,016
32,875,509
30,957,016
$ 32,875,509
INVESTEMENTS:
Corporate Stock
Total Investments
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (AT COST):
Total Property and Equipment
TOTAL ASSETS
NET ASSETS
UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS
$
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Colonel (Il) James N. Pritzker Charitable Distribution Fund
Financial Summary (From 2009 Audit Report)
Years Ending December 31, 2009 and 2008
2009
Revenue and Other Support
Contributions, Gifts, Grants
Interest on Savings and Temporary Investments
Dividends and Interest from Security Investments
Grants Returned
Other Income
In Kind Donations of Occupancy cost
In-Kind Donation of Library Project Costs
In-Kind Donation of Literature Awards
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Investments
$
Total Revenue and Other Support
9,459,000
328,885
611,908
268,545
4,964
121,949
3,553,001
166,957
(2,416,430)
2008
$
6,750,000
295,066
858,587
0
5,237
118,397
385,670
152,476
(3,030,428)
12,098,779
5,535,005
Contributions and Gifts Made
Contributions ,Gifts and Grants
ROTC/JROTC Awards
In Kind Donations of Occupancy cost
In-Kind Donation of Library Project Costs
In-Kind Donation of Literature Awards
Total Contributions and Gifts Made
5,412,873
68,050
121,949
3,553,001
166,957
9,322,830
7,622,560
191,800
118,397
385,670
152,476
8,470,903
Expenses
Administrative and Operating Expenses
Pritzker Military Library Awards Program
Library Project
Total Expenses
971,138
170,303
3,553,001
4,694,442
1,075,666
152,475
385,670
1,613,811
14,017,272
10,084,714
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
(1,918,493)
(4,549,709)
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
32,875,509
37,425,218
Total Contributions, Gifts and Expenses
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
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$
30,957,016
$
32,875,509
“Courage is the price life
exacts for granting peace.”
Amelia Earhart
2009 Pritzker Military Library Liberty Gala. Pictured Left to Right:
Ryan Yantis, Lisa Marie Lanz, Colonel Pritzker, Dr. Gerhard Weinberg,
Colonel Jack Jacobs & Ed Tracy.
Message from the
Executive Director
T
he voluntary answer of the call to serve, both by citizen and soldier, is
evident throughout the pages of this publication. Whether working to
transform an organization or coordinating mission programs each and
every day, success does not happen overnight, or alone. The “foundation of
the Foundation” was laid by many hearts and hands through the years, as Colonel
Pritzker references in the opening message. Today, that heritage is preserved and
managed by a team that I am honored to be a part of.
Tawani Enterprises, Inc. is an essential partner in Tawani Foundation’s mission to
support organizations that enhance, preserve, and conserve history. The TEI team of
talented, dedicated, and professional peers, also led by Colonel Pritzker, provides vital
stewardship that makes our grant-making possible. On behalf of Tawani Foundation,
I wish to thank Jane Feerer, the former Vice President of TEI and the Foundation
Board, for her mentorship, leadership and service as an unwavering advocate of the
community of not-for-profit organizations in Chicago and nation-wide that we
proudly support. Also from the TEI team, I would like to acknowledge Mary Parthe,
Susan Patrick, and Joanna Buese for their valued guidance and daily assistance.
Karen Pritzker so eloquently described the heart of Colonel Pritzker’s vision as being
to “preserve stories and illuminate lives.” That vision is now a reality. Led by the
former Executive Director of the Foundation, Ed Tracy, the vital and valued staff
members of the Pritzker Military Library make great strides every day in our aligned
mission of honoring the Citizen Soldier.
For more than eight years, Ed has brought inspired energy, creativity, and
commitment to Colonel Pritzker’s many philanthropic projects and programs.
These transformative grants include support of the Civil War Preservation Trust
for the publishing of a manuscript of the letters of George P. McClelland, a young
Union soldier, and the creation of the Winchester Battlefield trail; the Lincoln
Park Zoo for the restoration of the Carlson Cottage; the Museum of Science and
Industry for the restoration of the captured German U-505 submarine; the National
WWII Museum for the Jackson Barracks restoration charrette following the ravages
of Hurricane Katrina; and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation for
placement of the book Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty into
middle and junior high schools throughout Illinois and Vermont. These projects and
many others are archived on the Foundation website and we invite you to visit to
learn more.
In the coming year, our goals will be to remain strong advocates of Colonel Pritzker’s
vision, to serve as efficient stewards of the Foundation’s resources, and to nurture
collaborative, transparent, and consistent communication with our grantees in order
to quantitatively and qualitatively understand the impact we are making together.
“I have had the
privilege of being a
part of the Tawani
Foundation since
its inception
and am grateful
to have had the
opportunity to
contribute my skills
and insights as
the organization
has grown and
developed. I wish
Colonel Pritzker
and his dedicated
team all the best
in their continuing
endeavors."
Jane Feerer
The individuals and organizations in this publication abound with the courage
to make a difference in our community and country. By learning from the past,
together, we can strive for a better future. For this, and more, I thank you!
Lisa Marie Lanz
Executive Director
Tawani Foundation
November 2010
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COL (IL) J.N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retir ed)
PRITZKER
MILITARY LIBRARY
t a wa n i f o u n d a t i o n
This publication made possible through the support and guidance of
Colonel J.N. Pritzker, Lew Collens, Charley Dobrusin & Colonel David Pelizzon
Tawani Foundation Board of Directors
Appreciation expressed to:
Ed Tracy, Nancy Houghton, John Zukowsky and Mark Heiden of the Pritzker Military Library
and
Mary Parthe, Susan Patrick and Joanna Buese of Tawani Enterprises, Incorporated
Prepared by Lisa Marie Lanz with special thanks to Kareema Cruz & Cheri Rankin
Design & Printing by Jerry Freund & Pete Huetson, Mid-American Printing Systems, Inc.
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