By Kathy Bergen, Chicago Tribune
Jul. 15--The Chicago 2016 bid team's fundraising event at Millennium Park was a two-tiered event Monday evening.
Big-time donors in suits and sundresses mingled at a cocktail reception and sit-down dinner while boosters and tourists in shorts and T-shirts meandered in the surrounding public spaces.
Sipping cocktails with the Cloud Gate sculpture as a backdrop were some of the city's most prominent movers and shakers, with such last names as Crown, Pritzker, Canning and McKenna and such corporate monikers as Abbott, Deloitte, Sara Lee, United and Wrigley.
In all, more than 100 individuals, families, businesses and foundations co-chaired the event, which was headed by Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago 2016 bid leader Patrick Ryan. Each donated at least $100,000 or provided $1 million in donated services or goods.
-- 3M Co. -- Abbott -- Accenture -- The Allstate Corporation -- The Alter Group -- Anthony K. Anderson (Ernst & Young LLP) -- Aon Corporation -- ArcelorMittal -- Archer Daniels Midland Company -- AT&T -- Bank of America -- Baxter International Inc. -- Carol Bernick (Alberto-Culver Company) -- Robert Blackwell Jr. (Electronic Knowledge Interchange) -- BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois -- The Boeing Company -- David P. Bolger -- Booz & Company -- Booz Allen Hamilton -- Boston Consulting Group -- William J. Brodsky -- John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum -- John and Rita Canning -- James Cassidy, James Connolly and Terry Healy ( Chicago Area Laborers -- Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, Laborers' International Union of North America) -- CDW Corporation -- Robert A. Clifford (Clifford Law Offices, P.C.) -- CME Group, Inc. -- CNA -- Robert W. Crawford, Jr. (Brook Furniture Rental, Inc.) -- The Crown Family -- Deloitte -- Dr. Scholl Foundation -- Janet and Craig Duchossois -- Exelon Corporation -- Fred Eychaner -- Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell -- Michael and Jacky Ferro (Merrick Ventures, LLC) -- Foley & Lardner -- Bon and Holly French -- Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Galvin -- Goldman, Sachs & Co. -- William M. Goodyear, Jr. ( Navigant Consulting, Inc.) -- James A. Gordon (The Edgewater Funds) -- Sabrina and Antonio Gracias (Valor Equity Partners) -- W.W. Grainger, Inc. -- Terence M. Graunke and Paul Yovovich (Lake Capital Management) -- Judson Green (Navteq Corporation) -- Ken and Anne Griffin -- Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. -- Guggenheim Partners -- Harris Bankcorp, Inc. -- Harris Family Foundation -- Jay L. Henderson (PricewaterhouseCoopers) -- David G. Herro and Jay Franke -- Huron Consulting Group -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. -- Gregory K. Jones and Family/The Edgewater Funds -- Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jordan II -- JPMorgan Chase -- Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Keil -- Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser -- Kirkland & Ellis -- KPMG LLP -- Kraft Foods -- Mr. and Mrs. Fred A.