Support > Endowed Forum

The following donors have made significant gifts to our endowment. In exchange for their generosity, The City Club has endowed a special City Club Forum which is presented annually in perpetuity.

• The Tom L. E. Blum Memorial Forum on "Overlooked Citizens of the Inner City," endowed by the Tom L.E. and Martin E. Blum Foundation, through the efforts of Joseph G. Berick
   
• "Health Care," endowed by Medical Mutual of Ohio
   
• "Civil Liberties," The David Ralph Hertz Memorial Forum endowed by members of the Hertz family, David N. Myers and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
   
• "National Politics," The Bolton Memorial Forum
   
• "State of the American Economy," The George Gund Memorial Forum, endowed by The George Gund Foundation
   
• "The Environment," endowed by Stanley & Hope Adelstein
   
• "Progress," endowed by the Progressive Corporation
   
• "Cleveland in the World," The Paul A. & Sonja F. Unger International Forum, endowed by Paul and Sonja Unger
   
• "Philanthropy in America," The Norman A. Sugarman Memorial Forum, endowed by the Norman A. Sugarman Fund for the Advancement of Philanthropy at the Council of Jewish Federations
   
• "The State of Higher Education in America," endowed by The Premier Foundation
   
• "The Philanthropic Spirit in Community Leadership," The James S. Lipscomb Memorial Forum, endowed by friends of James S. Lipscomb
   
• "The Persecution of Peoples," The Karen Faith Witt and A. H. Weinstein Memorial Forum, endowed by Norman H. Weinstein and friends of Karen Faith Witt
   
• "Cultural Arts," The Lucile D. and Robert Hays Gries Memorial Forum, endowed by Sally and Bob Gries and Ellen Gries Cole
   
• "The Power of Ideas," endowed by the 1,474 celebrants at the 75th Anniversary banquet, Rena J. Blumberg Olshansky and Paul A. Unger, Co-chairs
   
• "Free Speech," The Dr. Samuel O. Freedlander Memorial Forum, endowed by his friends and his daughter Nina Gibans
   
• "The Presidency," endowed by Ameritrust, now KeyBank NA The John W. Barkley Memorial Forum, endowed with a gift from the estate of John W. Barkley
   
• The Aaron H. and Ruth S. Zychick Memorial Forum, endowed with gifts from the estates of Aaron H. and Ruth S. Zychick
   
• "The American Justice System," endowed by Robert J. Fay, Myron Krotinger, David I. Sindell, Paul W. Walter, and Jessie Glassman in memory of Samuel Glassman
   
• "Cleveland's Tomorrow," The George Dively Memorial Forum, endowed by the George Dively Foundation
   
• "Education," endowed in honor of Berneice Kerrigan Smith
  by members of her family
   
• The Sadie & Maurice Friedman Memorial Forum, endowed by Howard R. Berger and Robert M. Lustig
   
• "The Bill of Rights," endowed in honor of Sidney D. Josephs by Nina Josephs
   
• "Local Politics," endowed by Peter DiLeone
   
• The Colleen Shaughnessy Memorial Forum, endowed by Sherrod Brown, Richard Shatten, Michael Cristal, Jerry Sheehan and Joseph Tegreene
   
• The David Warshawsky Memorial Forum, endowed by Florence Warshawsky
   
• The Nelson E. Weiss Memorial Forum, endowed by McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber LLP and friends of Nelson E. Weiss
   
• The Thomas F. and Marguerite B. Campbell Forum, endowed by Tom and Peg Campbell
   
• The Herbert and Nettie Borstein Endowed Forum, endowed by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Borstein
   
• The Craig Spangenberg Memorial Forum, endowed by Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP
   
• The Laura and Alvin Siegal Forum, endowed by Laura and Alvin Siegal
   
• The Cyrus Eaton Memorial Forum, endowed by the Cyrus Eaton Foundation
   
• The Myron N. Krotinger Endowed Forum
   
• The Sally Gries Forum in honor of "Women of Achievement"
   
• The Larry and Barbara Robinson Family Foundation Forum
   
• The WCLV Forum, endowed by Robert and Jean Conrad
   
• The Steven A. Minter Forum, endowed by The Five Member Banks of The Cleveland Foundation
   
• The Robert D. Gries Annual Forum, endowed by Sally Gries and the Gries Generation VI Fund
   
• The Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue Endowed Forum
   
• The Dick and Sally Hollington Endowed Forum