Dean's Circle
The College of Liberal Arts is proud to recognize alumni and friends who have committed to making an impact through annual gifts. Through their sustained generosity, donors create invaluable opportunities for innovative researchers and deserving students.
- What is the Dean's Circle?
- How does the Dean's Circle make an impact?
- What are the benefits of membership?
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The Dean’s Circle is a group of donors who provide critical support that allows the college to seize opportunities as it strives toward its goal of excellence in Liberal Arts. All members will be invited to an annual Dean’s Circle event each year. In addition, members are recognized on the Liberal Arts website and will receive periodic updates from the Dean.
The college continues to expand to benefit students, and has grown increasingly competitive on the national and international stages. To foster programs, scholarships, and research that shape the leaders of tomorrow, the college relies on the generosity of its donors.
Join us as we continue a tradition of excellence in the Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. Become a part of this community that is changing the world.
- Electronic updates from the college
- Website recognition
- Invitation to annual Dean’s Circle Event
- Dean's Circle 2023-24 Members
Chris Abbott
Mr. Felix Akompi
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Alcorn, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Fields Alexander
Mr. Patrick Alsup
Ms. Mena Amin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Appleman
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Appleman
Margaret and Wayne Arrington
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Atkinson
Mr. Andre Azevedo
Javad Azimpoor
Ms. Katherine Baehl
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Baker
Mr. Vivek Bakshi
Ms. Joan M. Barrett
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Beall
Dr. John T. Beavers and Ms. Janice Ta
Mr. Brent Bechtol and Ms. Hailey Bechtol
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher K. Bell
David and Ellen Berman
Mrs. Elizabeth Berman
Ms. Mary Dell Harrington and Mr. Melvin J. Berning, Jr.
Bill and Katie Weaver Charitable Trust
Barbara and Bill Binder
Mr. Jack E. Blake, Jr. and Mrs. Mary T. Blake
Ms. Allison F. Bloom and Mr. Gabriel Rutman
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bratic
Mr. and Ms. Hans Brindley
Dr. Donald Brode and Susan Terrell
Mr. Gregory Brown
James R. Brown
Mr. Barrett Bruce and Mrs. Ellen Bruce
Mr. Mark Bryan
The Bucy Family Fund
Tony Budet
Thomas Burnham
Mr. Gary G. Cacciatore and Dr. Anh Dam Cacciatore
The Cain FoundationJohn W. Caldwell, Jr.
Dr. Guy N. Cameron
Mr. Larry A. Campagna
Ms. Leslie Carruth
Dr. Daniela Bini and Dr. Joseph C. Carter, Jr
Mr. Arthur Catterall and Mrs. Jana Catterall
Dr. Stephen L. Chew and Dr. Daisy Y. Wong
Dr. William R. Childs and Mrs. M. Suzanne Childs
Mr. Martin Chodorow
Mr. Andrew Chu
Mr. Daniel Cidon
Paul B. Clayton, Jr., Ph.D.
Deborah Clearman
Dr. David H. Coe
Scott and Barbi Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Collins
Mr. Robert K. Conklin
Mrs. Anne A. Conner
Mr. Christopher Coye
Mr. R. Caven Crosnoe and Mrs. Sue Y. Crosnoe
Mrs. Claire Crumbley and Mr. Alex Crumbley
Mr. Richard Crumly and Ms. Stefanie L. Scott
Ms. Ashley Cruse and Mr. Samuel W. Cruse III
Mr. Austin Curley
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S.V. Curran
Jim and Laura Ann Curry
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Curtis
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Daum
Mr. and Mrs. Victor de la Garza, Jr.
Dr. Jeremy S. Dean and Ms. Karin Akre
Yvon and Carol Delville
Dr. Carolyn H. Denham and Mr. Robert E. Denham
Mrs. Wendy Denham and Mr. Jeffrey Denham
Mr. and Mrs. Jim H. Derryberry
Al and Julie Tindall DeVincentis
Dr. Tommy Douglas and Ms. Linda Shead
Mr. Ross E. Dowling
Ms. Jordan T. Downs
David L. and Adrienne S. Draper
Dr. Christopher Dreiling
Mr. Frederick Dure
Rhonda and Lynn D. Durham, Jr.
Marianne Dwight and Ed Dwight
Ms. Mary Edwards and Mr. Crawford H. Edwards
Mrs. Christine C. Egan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Egan
Victor Elizalde and Jean-Marie Winikates
Mr. and Mrs. Eric O. English
Ms. Dia Epstein and Mr. Barry Epstein
Dr. Edmund L. Erde and Mrs. Judy Erde
Mr. John Fainter and Mrs. Allison Fainter
Mrs. Susan S. Fainter
Mrs. Margaret Fanning
Jonathan and Carrie Feig
John T. Fenoglio
Ms. Hallie Ferguson
Joseph and Jody Ferguson
Mr. Walter K. L. Ferguson, Jr. and Mrs. Kelly S. Ferguson
Richard P. Finney
Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Fisher
David and Sara Elizabeth Fletcher
Chad W. Forsberg and Suzanne M. Forsberg
Michael Fowler and Cynthia Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Frankel
Mr. Brandon W. Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. David Friedland
Mr. William P. Frisbie II
Dr. Nicholas S. Fuller
Dr. Juliet V. Garcia and Mr. Oscar E. Garcia
Dr. Stephanie L. Kodack and Dr. David A. Garza
Mr. F. John Garza
Mr. Parth Gejji
Mr. Devin Geoghegan and Ms. Su Mei Chen
Ms. Pamela M. Giblin
Jo A. Giese and Edward W. Warren
Michael Gilbert and Natalia Macias
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gilmer III
Stephen and Meggie Gilstrap
Mary Dant & Gary Gleb
Ms. Carolyn Holt Goldston
Suzanne and Alexander Golten
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Goodman
Mr. Marshall P. Gorges
Mrs. Barbara Graham
Dr. Laura Graham
Mr. Robert Greenblum
John and Betsy Greytok
Ms. Erika Griffith
Ms. Suzanne Groves
James and Tina Hanna
Kirk and Judith K. Hansen
Judye and John Hartman
Mr. Christopher L. Hartwell
Mr. Charles H. and Ms. Hailey A. Hasenbank
Mr. Todd L. Hasie
Mr. and Mrs. Derek R. Hawkins
Ms. Kimberly Haynes
Dr. Mark D. Hayward and Ms. Linda S. Abbey
Raymond He
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Hemphill
Ms. Joyce Anne Hendy
Laura Hensley and Harold Hensley
Mr. and Mrs. H. Tevis Herd
Mary Hickok and Wilhelm P. Vins
Mr. Michael Hidalgo
Mrs. Barbara Snyder Nelson Hinds and Mr. Benjamin L. Hinds
Mr. Charles F. Hinger
Emily L. Hirsh, M.D.
Mark W. Holt, M.D.
Mr. Amir Hosseini and Ms. Atousa Safa
Mr. Stephen Houston
Mr. and Mrs. William Insull
Sylvia Jabour and David Jabour
Mrs. Melinda N. Jackson
Mr. William J. Jackson
Mr. Vinit Jagdish
Mr. Ashby Johnson
Matthew and Michelle Johnson
Mrs. Anjali G. Joshi
Dr. Jane Joyce
Ms. Robin Kamin
Mrs. Katherine Kardesch
William and Yang Kellogg
Mr. Robert Kendrick
Dr. David Kerman
Annie and Spencer Kerr
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kilgore
Ms. Sally S. Kleberg
Ms. Julie C. Kyse
Mr. and Mrs. Adam N. Lampert
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Ms. Agnes Law
Mr. Sergio Leal
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter P. Lee
Mrs. Lorraine Leftwich
Ms. Myra L. Leo and Mr. William L. Atkins
Dr. David Letson
Natalie and John Levan
Mr. Bradley S. Lewis and Ms. Lori Wittlin
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell C. Lewis
Joan D. Lewis, Ph.D.
Dr. Naomi Lindstrom
Mr. Gregory O. Lipscomb
Mr. Mark Lloyd
Colonel George E. Loughran
Traci Lovitt
H. Malcolm Macdonald Charitable Trust
Ms. Lucia Palacios Maley
Drs. David and Jane Malin
Dr. Nancy A. Mandell
Dr. Frances Martin
Mr. Craig Massey
Mr. and Mrs. W. Warren Matthews
Dr. Steven R. and Melissa May
Kyle Mays
Mr. James W. McBride
Mr. and Mrs. Murray J. McCabe
William and Elinor "Poppy" F. McCarty
Dr. and Mrs. Craig D. McClain
Melanie McDonald and William A. Worthington
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. McFarland
Mr. and Mrs. Connelly T. McGreevy
McLane Family Charitable Foundation
Mr. J. McLane
Drs. Madeline C. Sutherland-Meier and Richard P. Meier
Mr. and Mrs. William Methenitis
Dr. Jim Miller
Mr. Reza K. Mojtabaee-Zamani
Ms. Samantha D. Kell and Mr. Judson O. Morrison IV
Ms. Patricia A. Moulton
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Moyer
Dr. Ravi Aysola and Dr. Rashmi Mullur
Carmen Carter and Donald Mulraney
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mulva
Mr. Charles Murray
Dr. Jan E. Mutchler
Mr. Benjamin J. Nale
National Philanthropic Trust
Mrs. Janis Nooteboom and Mr. Urie Nooteboom
Mr. John Ogden
Mr. and Mrs. D. Dudley Oldham
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Oldham
Ms. Kathleen Oliver and Mr. Rufus W. Oliver III
Ms. Susan G. Palombo
Dr. Amar Patel
Dr. Comer Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Patton, Jr.
Ms. Casey Taylor Paul
Mr. John Peper
Ms. Alisa Peppers
Mr. Paul Perea
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Phaneuf
Kevin Poe
Patrick Poleshuk
Cyrena N. Pondrom, Ph.D.
Ms. Rose Potter
Mr. Anthony Poullard
Ms. Jean Radelat
Mrs. Elysia Ragusa
Esther L. Raizen, Ph.D.
Vasu Raja and Maureen Milligan
Ms. Jennifer L. Ramsey
Mr. Bryan Rand
Dr. Eileen Donohue and Mr. John N. Rando
Mr. Dan Rather
Mr. Andrew Raymond
Mr. Kevin S. Reed
Ms. Caitlin E. Rhodes
Mr. Matt R. Ridewood
Mr. and Mrs. Whit Roberts
Robinson Value Management, Amy & Charles Robinson
Ms. Erica Robinson
Mr. Henry S. Robles
Mr. Sean P. Rodriguez
Mr. and Ms. Paul Rogers
Mr. Scot M. Rogerson
Barbara K. Rothschild and David P. Allen
Mrs. Dachiell H. Rowdon and Mr. George M. Berry
The Honorable Frank B. Rynd
Laura Sands
Mr. Eric Schmidt
Ms. Stefanie Scott and Mr. Richard Crumly
Dr. Charles Seidel
Mr. Brian Seitz
Dr. Henry Selby
Mrs. Michelle Appelrouth Seltzer
Ms. Mallory Shaddix
Ms. Leslie Shaunty and Mr. Robert M. Topp
Mrs. Jennifer Shepherd
David A. and Susan D. Sheppard
Ms. Anna Shoemaker
Mr. Brian Siegal
Mr. J. Sikora
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron P. Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Sims
Ms. Sapna Singh and Mr. Mehul Parikh
Mrs. Dolores Silva Smith
Mrs. Sandra E. Snyder
Mr. Joseph Sorenson
Tara Terneny Speer
Mrs. Jennifer Stagen
Mr. Patrick Staha
Mr. Richard Steeg
Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Michele Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Stewart
Mr. Robb Stewart
Dr. Michael B. Stoff and Ms. Raquel Schuster
Mr. William F. Stutts, Jr. and Ms. Susan P. Campbell
Mr. Julian C. Suez
Sam and Catherine Susser
Dr. Steven A. Sutton and Barbara T. Sutton
Mr. Michael A. Swartzendruber
Mr. Michael Sweet
Dr. Min Tang
Ms. Carter Tatum
Professor Melinda Taylor and Mr. James D. Robertson, Jr.
The Dedman Foundation
The Roadrunner 2018 Revocable Trust
Mr. Gary L. Thomas
James Thompson
Mr. Justus Timmers
Eileen and Robert P. Tobias
Ms. Rosie Tran
Dr. and Mrs. Everett M. Upshaw
Mr. John Urban and Ms. Barbara J. Duganier
David Veiseh
Ms. Amy Villarreal
Hrishikesh Vinod
Ms. Maria Wagner
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. John Whatley
Mr. Thomas L. Whatley
Ms. Louise D. Wilbanks
Vasilia T. Wilkes and J. Laurens Wilkes
Julie Williams
Kathy S. Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. M. Wright Williams and Dr. Michelle M. Byron
Brian Winter
Mr. Jorge Woldenberg
Dr. Gary R. Wolfe
Ms. Sarah B. Wolfe
Thomas Wood
Professor Anthony Woodbury
Dr. Wanfu Wu
Don Charles Wukasch
Dr. Hussein Yamani
Drs. Alba A. Ortiz and James R. Yates
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Yoder
Dr. Emily Young
Mr. Evan Young
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Young
Ms. Miao Yu and Mrs. Guanghui Yao
Mr. Adam J. Zaner and Mrs. Karin M. Zaner
Ms. Evelyn Zohlen
This list represents members whose gifts were received between September 1, 2023 and January 5, 2024. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. If your name was omitted, misspelled, or incorrectly listed, please accept our apologies and notify us so we may correct the error.
- Questions about the Dean's Circle?
For questions regarding the Dean's Circle, email changinglives@austin.utexas.edu.
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