The Belknap Society
Ensuring Adventist Health Portland's Long-Term Success
The Belknap Society honors individuals of vision and wisdom who have remembered Adventist Health Portland in their estate plans. The Belknap Society welcomes people who have made bequest commitments, life income, planned gifts, life insurance gifts and gifts of real property to benefit the medical mission of our hospital. (For more information on these and other types of gifts, see Ways to Give.)
The Belknap Society is named in memory of the founding physician of Adventist Health Portland, Lewis Belknap, M.D., who started the hospital in 1894. The sacrifice, pioneer spirit and commitment to serving the health needs of our community that established the hospital continue in the mission of Adventist Health Portland today.
Membership to The Belknap Society is attained by a simple letter of notification that an estate gift in support of the medical center has been included in your estate plan.
Belknap Society Members
Current Members
- Anonymous
- Mrs. Roderick Begg
- Harold O. Burden
- Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Dodds
- Gene and Janet Domke
- Jacob J. Haar
- William C. and Pamela P. Heiser
- Norman and Linda Henry
- Deryl and Shirley Jones
- Mildred Oberg Mittleider
- Dr. and Mrs. William Rippey
- Dr. Bertram and Vera Robertson
- Donna Trout
- Dr. Barbara Wagner
- Dr. and Mrs. Rick Westermeyer
- H. Dieter Zimmer and Adele Koltun
We thank the following individuals for their generous contributions of estate gifts:
- A.G. Beals
- Dr. Roderick Begg
- Helen L. Berg
- Beatrice Brath-Ham*
- William C. Butler
- Olive Caslow
- Ray H. Diebel
- Cecilia Diny
- Aaron Frank
- Jewell H. Gill
- Dave and Betty Goheen
- Rayford and Norma Hall
- Pauline Harrison
- Ebba Mackey
- Joseph Mackey
- Fannie Marx
- Dr. Willard Mathiesen
- Chester Monnich
- Ron Nance
- William and Florence Nelson
- Dr. Donald and Glenda Schafer
- Bessie Shaylur
- Dr. and Mrs. Eldon Snow
- Dr. G. Lee and Ione Stagg
- Woodrow and Neliemae Taylor*
- Frank Trout
*Belknap Society Co-chair
This member list is based on the most current information we have. If you are aware of other eligible members who are not listed, please contact Bob Dureault at 503-251-6197 or dureaura@ah.org so we may include them. Thank you.
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