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ROCKEFELLER RECEPTION
Ronald Barnard, Esq.
On April 5, 2014, a great friend and benefactor of the National Headache Foundation passed. Ronald
L. Barnard, Esq. was the Executive Director of the Walter S. And Lucienne Driskill Foundation, and
an attorney in private practice in Chicago. He was born in Denver on May 30, 1935, and moved to
Chicago when he was 8 years old. Ron received his undergraduate education at University of Illinois at
Chicago, and attended law school at Northwestern. He was an Army Reservist, and served with the 91st
Air Terminal Squadron, a part of the U.S. Air Force. After his active duty service, he returned to Illinois
and joined the law firm of Wexman, Mandel, and Kipnis.
It was through his firm that he became acquainted with Mr. Walter Driskill who was the owner of
Dribeck Importers which was the importer of Beck’s Beer from Germany. In 1968, Ron started his own
law firm. The Driskills started their foundation in 1986. Following the deaths of Mr. Driskill in 1998,
and Mrs. Driskill in 2009, the Driskill Foundation became more formalized with their own Board of
Directors, and Ron assumed the role of Executive Director.
In addition to its generosity to the NHF, the Driskill Foundation has supported many organizations,
including the Alzheimer’s Association, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Misericordia, Northwestern’s
Feinberg School of Medicine, and the University of Colorado and the University of Pittsburgh.
Ron was married to June for almost 20 years. He is also survived by his children–Ellen Barnard,
Kenneth Barnard, and Katie Trowbridge, grandchildren–Katelyn Moon, Kyle Barnard, and Nathan
Biggs, his sister–Judith Barnard, and brother–David Barnard. June and Katie served as co-chairs of our
2012 and 2013 galas.
At the 2012 gala at the Planetarium in Chicago, Ron received the Seymour Diamond, M.D. Founders
Award in recognition of his outstanding support of the National Headache Foundation.
His generosity and support of the Foundation and for all who endure headache will be greatly missed.
Personally, I will miss my good friend. HW
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Volume 4, Issue 2 • 2014
During July, 2014, the NHF received a most generous donation from EHE
International which is the recognized leader for the early detection of preventable diseases and its associated risk factors. EHE International provided their
window space at 10 Rockefeller Center, New York, to the NHF for the month
of July, thus offering the opportunity for the NHF to raise awareness of the disabling condition of chronic headache, including migraine. “EHE International
is proud to support the National Headache Foundation to raise awareness,”
said Deborah McKeever, President of EHE International. “This donation can
help this organization advocate an important cause and can alleviate a worldwide issue.”
The window display alerted passers by, that through education, research, and
advocacy, the NHF is striving to create “A World Without Headache.” Because
the window at 10 Rockefeller Center is located next to the TODAY show, it is
estimated that it garners 100,000 monthly onlookers.
We would like to thank EHE International for this great opportunity to raise
awareness about headache.
In conjunction with the window presentation, the NHF held a reception
on July 9, 2014, at the Cornell Club in New