Carnegie Society members are building a brighter city by inspiring reading, advancing learning and connecting our community.
A nod to Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropic leader responsible for building Nashville’s first public libraries and for laying the foundation with which NPLF’s efforts stand today, the Carnegie Society is an annual giving opportunity that supports the Nashville Public Library and its mission to provide education, literacy and equal access for all.
Our Carnegie Society members allow us, year after year, to create and sustain programs that change the lives of more than 600,000 Nashville residents. These programs help children and adults learn vital reading skills, inspire teens to explore technology in state-of-the-art spaces and bring the community together to hear award-winning authors, enjoy visual art exhibits and hear live music.
Become a member of the Carnegie Society and join a circle of civic-minded individuals dedicated to making our city a more vibrant, literate and connected place to live and work.
As a member of the Carnegie Society you will receive the following benefits:
Member: $1,500-$2,999
- Newsletter
- Invitation to Book Club
- Reserved tickets to Salon@615
- Listed in Annual Report
Patron: $3,000-$4,999
- Same as above
- 3 book plates in your honor or someone of your choosing
Benefactor: $5,000-$9,999
- Same as above
- Special behind the scenes tour such as White Glove, Metro Archives, Puppet Theater, Life of a Book
President’s Circle: $10,000+
- Same as above
- Copy of the Book Club book mailed/delivered
- Two guest passes for the annual Book Club
For more information, please contact Claudia Schenck, director of annual giving and events, at claudia.schenck@nplf.org or 615.88.0.2613.
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Past Book Clubs & Co-Chairs
2016 – Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Co-chairs Jessica Viner and Kate Satz
2017 Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Co-Chairs Lucy Haynes, Karen Fleming, Tracy Frazier
2018 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Tracy Frazier, Lucy Haynes and Elizabeth Hawkins
2019 The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Co-chairs Mary Leyden Johnson and Elizabeth Papel
2020 How to Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer
Co-chairs Tricia Carswell and Jerry Williams
2021 His Truth Keeps Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham
Co-Chairs Lucy Haynes and Stefanie Rome
Carnegie Society Co-Chairs
2021-2022
Chandra and Harry Allen
&
Missy and John Eason
Carnegie Society Members
As of September 1, 2021
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President’s Circle
Annual gift of $10,000+
Mrs. William Cochran Sr.
Ms. Caroline A. Davis
The Honorable Karl F. Dean and Ms. Delta Anne Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doolittle
Mrs. Irwin B. Eskind
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Melkus
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Paisley
Mr. and Mrs. Zulu Scott-Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Speyer
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams III
Benefactors
Annual gift of $5,000-$9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bumstead
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind
The Willard R. and Frances J. Hendrix Foundation
Dr. Leslie Higgins and Mr. Charles Higgins
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Holton
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Samuel Johnson III
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Paisley
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl
Patrons
Annual gift of $3,000-$4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Ayers
Mr. and Mrs. William T. DeLay
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Fox, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Haynes
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Mosley
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Nesbitt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IV
Ms. Jacqueline Shrago
Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. John Stein
Ms. Holly Sweetman
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Torrence
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Turner
Members
Annual gift of $1,500-$2,999
Dr. and Mrs. Dave Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bailey III
Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Bakker
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Balser
Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Banker
Baulch Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Beasley II
Ms. Margaret L. Behm and Mr. Harlan Dodson
Mr. and Mrs. Dierks Bentley
Mr. & Mrs. Reid & Rudi Berry
The Honorable Claudia C. Bonnyman and Mr. G. Gordon Bonnyman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Braun
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brown
Dr. Wyeth Burgess and Mr. Edward Burgess
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cammack
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Carswell
Ms. Ruth Cate
Mrs. Joanne G. Cato
Ms. Corey Chatis
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Clancy
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Overton Colton
Dr. and Mrs. James F. Conrad
Mrs. Lawrence Blank-Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cook, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Cook III
Mrs. Jane F. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cruickshanks, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Crumbo
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Currie
Mr. and Mrs. John Darwin III
Ms. Karen B. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis
Ms. Rebecca Diggs
Ms. Bonnie Dow
Ms. Marilyn A. Dubree
Mr. and Mrs. Townes Duncan
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dungan
Mr. and Mrs. John Eason
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Eskind
Mr. Richard Eskind
Mr. and Mrs. David Esquivel
Ms. Kellee Ewing
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Ezell
Ms. Sara Finley
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Fleming
Ms. Janetta Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Frazier
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard G. Freeland
Ms. Karyn Frist
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frist, Jr.
Ms. Brenda A. Gadd
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Goad, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Harris
Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins
Mrs. Barbara Haynes
Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Haynes
Ms. Marlene Hays
Mrs. Phyllis G. Heard
Ms. Robin Holab-Abelman and
Mr. Stephen Abelman
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. Ad Hudler
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Hughes
Ms. Paula DeWitt Hughey
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ingram
Mrs. Martha R. Ingram
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Johnson
Ms. Judy Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Johnston
Dr. and Mrs. Will D. Kendrick
Mr. and Mrs. Bill King
Mr. and Mrs. Matt King
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. King
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Kirshner
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Kisber
Ms. Leona M. Pratt and Mr. Neil B. Krugman
Dr. Kristine LaLonde and Dr. Claudio Mosse
Mr. Edward D. Lanquist
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Lodge
Ms. Travis Loller and Mr. James Nichols
Drs. Amy and George Brandon Lynch
Mr. Mark Magnuson and Mr. Steve Westfield
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Marvel
Dr. Pat Matthews-Juarez
Mr. and Mrs. Ben May
Ms. Julia McCown
Ms. Carol McCoy
Mr. and Mrs. James McElroy
Mrs. James R. Meadows, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Miller
Ms. Janet Miller
Ms. Marlee Mitchell
Dr. and Mrs. Chris Mixon
Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Moore
Mr. Michael Shane Neal
Mrs. Jeanie Nelson and Mr. Will Martin
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Nicely
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Orndorff
Ms. Marian T. Ott and Mr. Craig E. Philip
Dr. and Mrs. William Pao
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Papel
Dr. and Mrs. Devang Pastakia
Mrs. Ann Patchett & Mr. Karl VanDevender
Dr. Elizabeth Pojani and Mr. Senton Pojani
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Portis
Mr. David Pruett
Ms. Sylvia Rapoport
Ms. Joan K. Raskin
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Rechter
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Roark
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Roos
Ms. Maria Salas
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Scarlett, Jr.
Ms. Tara Scarlett and Mr. Michael Peacock
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Satz
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Scarola
Mrs. J. Ronnie Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Searcy
Mrs. Joan B. Shayne
Ms. Marietta Shipley
Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Shockley
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lucas Simons
Mr. David Skelton
Mr. and Mrs. Overton T. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Anderson Spickard, Jr.
Ms. Elise Stawarz
Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. Steakley
Mrs. Hope Stringer
Drs. Rebecca and Michael Swan
Ms. Rhonda Taylor
Dr. and Mrs. Brett Thorstad
Mr. and Mrs. John Tighe
The Honorable Aleta A. Trauger and and Mr. Byron R. Trauger
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Turner
Dr. Jan van Eys
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Viner
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Fall Wade, Jr.
Mr. Drew Wagnor
Ms. Elizabeth C. Walls
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Warner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Warren
Mr. Ryan Wautlet
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Whitfield
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Blair J. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Young
Dr. Nahed Zehr and Mr. Joel Zehr