Rick Ryan Fund
Total Donor Contributions $271,800
In December 2022, the Columbia County Historical Society received a generous bequest of $250,000 from Rick Ryan, a longtime CCHS Trustee and dedicated committee leader who died November 8, 2022. In the bequest, Rick designated the funds for ongoing preservation of the James Vanderpoel House — a structure for which Rick, a celebrated interior designer, had a special fondness.
$50,000
Jack Shear
$25,000
John B. Carroll
Susan & Henry H. Livingston III
Nora & James Tuttle
Mila & Thomas Tuttle
Alexandra Anderson
$10,000 to $15,000
Sam Pratt
Eric Blair-Joannou
Sigrid Gray
Kristina & Stephen Lang
Sandra & Robert Ryan
$5,000
Paul Cassidy & Vernon Evenson
Robert G. Fuller
Kristin Gamble
Nancy Kyle & Jack Fraser
Susan & David Tripp
$1,000 to $2,500
Timothy Husband & Nicholas Haylett
John S. Knott & John Fondas
Alden Y. Warner III
Anne Carroll
Vesna Marincek
Will Swift & Kevin Jacobs
Under $1000
Rima Bostick
Pamela Cohen & John Kingsley
John Delikanakis & German Delgado
Heidi S. Fiske Mandel
Stephanie M. Lally
Christine S. Pomeranz
Susan Sharp & Henry Neal Connolly
Sheldon Evans & Martha McMaster
Bing & Michael Garrido
Patrick Harbron &
Laurie & Brian Kelly
Anne M. Schomaker
Fern & Andrew Pellettieri
Melissa & Sam Davis
Sharon Rae
Laurie & James Gambee
Elizabeth Anne Hutchinson
Charles H. Lesser
Michael O’Hara
Diane & Clark Whelton
Paula Pugliese
Martin J. Davidson