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The following individuals, companies & foundations made The Bakken possible in 2003!


Corporate, Foundation & Government Support

Spark of Life ($10,000 +)
ADC Foundation
Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation
Earl E. Bakken 1997
Charitable Lead Trust #1
The George Family Foundation
The Medtronic Foundation

Pacemaker ($5,000 +)
Best Buy Children’s Foundation
Marbrook Foundation
The David R. Marshall Foundation
W. E. McGuire Charitable Foundation

Generator ($2,500 +)
AromaSys, Inc.
Great River Energy
Lyndale Neighborhood Association
Star Tribune Foundation
Xcel Energy Foundation

Dynamo ($1,000 +)
Park Nicollet Institute

Electric Current ($250 +)
Minnesota Humanities Commission

Circuit ($50 +)
Connect US-Russia
IBM International Foundation
St. Peter’s Lutheran School
University of Minnesota Women’s Club

Friends

Spark of Life ($10,000 +)
Brad and Mary Bakken
Earl and Doris Bakken

Pacemaker ($5,000 +)
Thomas F. Peterson, Jr.

Generator ($2,500 +)
David Laxson and Bobbi Daniels
Pamela Petersmeyer
John and Roxanne Powers

Transformer ($1,500 +)
Georgine L. Busch
Ron and Barbara Hagenson
John Jenkins
C.W. Lillehei Revocable Trust
Mr. Win Wallin and
Mrs. Maxine Wallin

Dynamo ($1,000 +)
Marjorie and Craig Andersen
Thomas and Patricia Holloran
Sally and David Kohlstedt
Dale Olseth
David and Suzanne Rhees
Robert and Sharon Ryan
Mr. Robert W. Seidel
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Watson

Power Booster ($750 +)
Carl Faulkner
Riley Hendrickson

Voltage ($500 +)
Paul and Ellie Citron
Cynthia and Joe Hartmann
Beth Murphy and Peter Kumasaka
Gerald and Diane Person
Mr. Wheelock Whitney

Electric Current ($250 +)
Seymour J. Furman, M.D.
Earl G. Hatten
Patricia Hoben and Charles Carter
Mrs. Harold L. Holden
Sally and Charles Jorgensen
Mr. Leland T. Lynch and
Ms. Terry Saario
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McCarthy
Paul and Carol Petersmeyer
James and Sharon Toscano

Magnetic Pull ($100 +)
Governor and
Mrs. Elmer Andersen
Dr. Dale Anderson and
Ms. Maryann Glascow
Ken Anderson
William G. Asp
G. B. Asselstine
Mr. John Beall
Sam Beck
Dr. Theodore Bernstein
Larry and Roberta Boll
Mr. John Campbell
Anita S. Duckor
Gerald T. Flom
Graham and Susan Ford
R. James and Verna Green
Stuart Green, M.D.
Tinie Haagsma
Ms. Katherine G. Hadley
Vernon and Iona Heath
Mr. William H. Helfand
Russell and Cynthia Hobbie
Juliette L. Johnson
Sam and Sylvia Kaplan
Judith A. LaVercombe
Patrick Linton
Kimberle Loken
Margaret A. Lulic
Toby and Dorothy Markowitz
Robert W. Maynard
Sandy & Laura Olevitch
John and Kitty Pillsbury
Ms. Deborah Pollak Boughton
Richard Pommier Swanson
Stephen N. Raymer
Pat Ridgely
Stanley E. and
Shannon L. Romanstein
Timothy and Mary Scanlan
Jeffrey and Lea Scherer
Caroline Schultz
Kathy Scoggin
James Segal
Raeanna G. Sollin
Frank Sorauf
Sheldon and Gayle Stanley
Dennis Stillings
Norman Tiedemann and
Mary Buckett
Hakon and Karen Torjesen
Andy and Margaret Ubel
Sonja Hansen Walker
George F. Waters
Circuit ($50 +)
Mr. James Berg
Tom Bischoff
Michael and Elaine Brinda
Melissa and Ian Brown
Peyton Cook
Ms. Adele Della Torre and
Mr. Spencer Kubo
Kathy and Terry Faust
Karl J. Fink
W. Bruce Fye, M.D., M.A
Sarah Garrett
R. B. Greener
Jon M. Harkness and Jean Storlie
Gary and Carol Hokel
Ms. Marcia R. Houtz
David R. Johnson
Ms. Mary Lou Judd Carpenter
Mr. Richard Lan
James and Judith Overmier
Julian G. Plante
Bruce Ramer
Dr. Lawrence Rudnick
Phil Schuster
A. Truman & Beverly Schwartz
Arnold W. Thackray
Sharon A. Vick
Robert M. Vogel
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Weber
Sven Wehrwein and
Mary Ann Dorsher
Mr. Mike Whalen and
Ms. Susan Whalen
Spark (up to $49)
Ms. Barbara F. Amram
Ms. Marcia G. Anderson
Anonymous
Anonymous
Howard B. Atkin, M.D.
Ms. Martha Ballard and
Mr. Paul Chrenka
Jim and Carolyn Bergum
Per Peterson
Elizabeth Cleary Cole
Don Craighead
Barbara Decker
Charles M. Denny, Jr.
Margie Donnelly
Richard Erickson
Eric and Beatrice Giere
Thomas P. Hughes
Mr. Paul W. Ifland
Lorraine Kleiner
David Kloehn
Patrick and Julie Krenn
E. P. Krider
Ellen R. Kuhfeld
Mr. Kenyon S. Latham, Jr.
Mr. George Marks and
Mrs. Florence Marks
Dr. Elmer J. Martinson
Bryan and Karin McGinnis
Monica McNaughton and
John Ibele
John Parker
Parker and Seavey Family
Carl and Susan Patow
Per Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Phillips
Mr. Jerome Pilkington
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome U. Rhees
Ms. Barbara Risken
Mr. Alan E. Shapiro
Mr. Scott A. Steffen
Carol M. Trueman-Rausch
Terrina C. White

Family Science Saturday Presenters

Catherine Thimmesh
Center for Spirituality and Healing
Dianne Doll
Erick Lewis (E.L. Lewis Enterprises)
Gary Hoover (Sustainable
Transportation Project)
GEMS (Minneapolis Public Schools)
J. Drake Hamilton (ME3)
Jeff Buss (Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency)
John Heckman (Pine Technical College)
Junk Yard Symphony (Franklin Middle School)
Kary Schumpert (Eureka Recycling)
Mad Science of Minnesota
MechWars
Medtronic
Medtronic Masterminds

Volunteers

Mina Adsit
Emem Akpan
Richard Archer
Gordon Asselstine
Brent Bahr
Leah Bahr
Katie Beadle
Sam Beck
Jamison Beisswenger
Andrew Bergstrom
Zizi Bodene/Yost
Thomas Bryant
John Campbell
Brian Carroll
Chris Carter
Jeanne Carter
Rick Carter
Gladys Chuy
Renae Cornelius
Amy Crane
Phil Dahlen
Kate Dannucci
Marian Day
Tim Deller
Jenny Demeules
Marge Demeules
Anneliese Detwiler
Wende Dewing
Chris Fuller
Lee Fabel
Mary Ann Fabel
John Fassett
Max Faust
Melanie Fillios
Warren Freeman
Richard Fuller
Pati Galligan
Carole Galt
David Gamble
Jim Garrity
Kira Gerweck
Graham Gisselquist
Jim Greear
Dwijendra Guru
Ellie Hannon
Jo Ann Hannon
Dick Hanson
Dave Haupert
Scott Helmes
Scott Henry
Thomas Hoffman
Max Holm
Larry Hossfeld
Cecylia Houston
Stefan Ingvarsson
Steve Jacobson
Kelly Jewel
Marilyn Johnson
Richard Johnson
Lewis Jones
Liz Jones
Lonnie Jones
Nicky Kattke
Andrew Karre
John King
Arleen Klasky
Shel Klasky
Todd Knutson
Pat Krenn
Navin Kumar
Arthur Lace
Erik Larson
Karen Larson
Dianne Lefty
Mary Locke
Katie Long
Stephen Mages
Jeff Malsam
Bharati Manda
Ramesh Mannamkunnath
Patricia Marlowe
Jim McFadden
Maik Mosbach
Sonya Nelson
Dedra Oberg
Adrienne Oesterle
Katie Ohotto
Sharon Papendick
Katie Parssinen
Bobbi Pearson
Eric Pearson
Mark Pederson
Harvey Phillips
Mischa Piepers
Thomas Piersma
Ellen Piersma
Jon Polding
Paul Pozel
Vikram Prasad
Eric Refsland
Kelly Reischel
Kathryn Roggensack
Craig Rudolph
Daniel Sanford
Spencer Schaber
August Schwerdfeger
Carol Schwerdfeger
Bob Slifer
Judy Slifer
George Socha
Justin Spencer
Easwaran Subbaraman
Sriraman Subbaraman
Craig Vollmar
Paul von Kuster
Mike Waddick
Sonja Walker
Rhea Weinstein
George Werl
Herb Weyrauch
Robert Whitehill
Bill Wolf
J.T. Woodward
Ruby Woodward
Brett Worcester
Amy Wright
Kayla Wright

Volunteer Groups

Arlington High School National Honor Society
Burnsville High School Science Club
Cyndi’s Daycare
Girl Scout Troop #1717 of Greater Minneapolis
Groves Academy High School
Lutheran Social Service Employment Services
OGLAP Girl Scouts
Roosevelt High School National Honor Society
Skills for Tomorrow High School

Thank You for Your Generous Support!



The Bakken
A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life

3537 Zenith Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55416-4623, USA

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Museum Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 to 5
Thursdays 10 am to  8pm 
Closed Major Holidays
Library Hours: Monday - Friday 9 to 4:30

Admission: $7 Adults; $5 Students & Seniors; Children 3 and under are FREE!

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