Meet Our Donors

We are thankful for those who have made an estate gift to the Culinary Institute of America. Here are their stories.

While teaching as the Library Media Specialist in a middle school on Long Island, Janet and her husband, City of New York Fire Department Lt. Peter J. Farrenkopf, dreamed of retiring somewhere pastoral, yet exciting.

Robert "Bob" Sceals '73

First and foremost, I am tremendously proud of the CIA, and the opportunities it provided me. When you leave the CIA, there are so many avenues you could take in the foodservice industry and with a CIA degree, you're always able to find work and job security.

Larry Gentile III

Larry Gentile III was a labor relations lawyer; a prosecutor of New York City murder cases; an assistant United States Attorney in Jacksonville, FL; and a special district attorney under Janet Reno prosecuting non-resident alien murder cases in the State Circuit Courts in Miami-before he became a restaurateur, a career move that brought him to the CIA for his first continuing education class in 1996.

Warren and Sue Anne Lake

Some people choose to remember the CIA in their estates because of relationships with a particular chef or student. For Warren and Sue Anne Lake, who make their homes in Davisburg, MI and Chicago, IL, the CIA connection and influences were broader. "It was not that only one graduate or student has influenced our choice," said Sue Anne, "but several encountered through our years of dining pleasure.

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