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.
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- 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
Mr. and Mrs. Todd S. Aaron
Chris Abbott
Ms. Sophia Ahmad
Mr. Felix Akompi
Ms. Sallie Alcorn
Mr. and Mrs. Fields Alexander
Mr. Patrick Alsup
Ms. Mena Amin
Mr. Steven Anderson
Mr. Thomas Anthony Andreoli
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Appleman
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Appleman
Margaret and Wayne Arrington
Mr. W. Russell Ashworth, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Atkinson
Mr. H. Brent Austin
Dr. James B. Ayres and Mrs. JoAnn Moss-Ayres
Mr. Andre Azevedo
Javad Azimpoor
Ms. Katherine Baehl
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Baker
Mr. Vivek Bakshi
Dr. Peter Balash and Beth Ane Jackson
Mr. Gerardo Balboa
Ms. Joan M. Barrett
Mrs. Laura Bartos
Dr. Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Dr. Timothy Beach
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Beall
Mr. P. Patrick Beathard
Dr. John T. Beavers and Ms. Janice Ta
Mr. Brent Bechtol and Ms. Hailey Bechtol
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher K. Bell
Mr. Philip F. Benson
Howard and Wendy Berk
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. Catherine Blazek
Ms. Allison F. Bloom and Mr. Gabriel Rutman
Vice Admiral Raquel Bono
Mr. Samuel Bradshaw
Mr. Walter Bratic
Mr. Hans Brindley
Dr. Donald Brode and Susan Terrell
Ann Brookover
Ms. Meredith M. Dreiss and Mr. David Brown
Mr. Gregory Brown
James R. Brown
Dr. Frederick and Mrs. Marian Brown
Mr. Barrett Bruce and Mrs. Ellen Bruce
Mr. Mark Bryan
The Bucy Family Fund
Tony Budet
Dr. Thomas and Lori Burnham
Mrs. Brenda Burt and Mr. Edmond Burt
Mr. Gary G. Cacciatore and Dr. Anh Dam Cacciatore
John W. Caldwell, Jr.
Mr. Ivan Calil
Dr. Guy N. Cameron
Mr. Larry A. Campagna
Dr. Eladio Mateo Toledo and Dr. Telma Can
Mr. William Canada
Ms. Elizabeth Carey
Ms. Leslie Carruth
Dr. Joseph C. Carter, Jr and Dr. Daniela Bini
Mr. Arthur Catterall and Mrs. Jana Catterall
Mr. Ruben C. Cavazos and Ms. Roxanna Ramirez
Dr. Beth A. Chambers & Mr. James M. Chambers
Ms. Christine Chemell
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. Joseph A. Cialone, II
Mr. Daniel Cidon
Mr. William Clark
Paul B. Clayton, Jr., Ph.D.
Deborah Clearman
Dr. Helen P. Clements
Dr. David H. Coe
Scott and Barbi Cohen
Mrs. Amy Cole
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Collins
Mr. Robert K. Conklin
Mrs. Anne A. Conner
Mr. Jim F. Cook
Mr. Michael L. Cooper
Mr. Christopher Coye
Judith Croft
Mr. R. Caven Crosnoe and Mrs. Sue Y. Crosnoe
Mr. John W. Crow and Mr. Marcus Loy
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. Bill Curtis
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah M. Daniel III
Mr. 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
Mr. Jim Derryberry
Al and Julie Tindall DeVincentis
Mr. David Dibble
Randy and Mary Diehl
Dr. Tommy Douglas and Ms. Linda Shead
Mr. Ross E. Dowling
Ms. Jordan T. Downs
David L. and Adrienne S. Draper
Mr. Christopher K. Dreiling
Mr. Douglas A. Duke and Mr. David B. Pollard
Mr. Frederick Dure
Rhonda and Lynn D. Durham, Jr.
Marianne Dwight and Ed Dwight
Ms. Mary Edwards
The Cain Foundation
Mrs. Christine C. Egan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Egan
Elizabeth Crook and Marc Lewis Foundation
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
James T. Escobedo, Jr.
Dr. Susan M. Escudier, M.D.
Mrs. Nancy Etheridge
Mr. John Fainter and Mrs. Allison Fainter
Mrs. Susan S. Fainter
Mrs. Margaret Fanning
Mr. Jonathan Feig
John T. Fenoglio
Ms. Hallie Ferguson
Joseph and Jody Ferguson
Mr. Walter K. L. Ferguson, Jr. and Mrs. Kelly S. Ferguson
Dr. Karen Fingerman
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 Fuller
Mrs. Lora Funderburk
Mr. Charles Gale
Patricia Gallio
Garcia Family Foundation
Dr. Juliet V. Garcia and Mr. Oscar E. Garcia
Dr. David A. Garza and Dr. Stephanie L. Kodack
Mr. F. John Garza
Ms. Andrea Gastaldo
Gabriela Gattulli
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. Michael L. Gillette and Mrs. LeAnn Gillette
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gilmer III
Stephen and Meggie Gilstrap
Hilary Ginsberg
Mrs. Susanne Glasscock
Mary Dant & Gary Gleb
D.G. Goff
Mr. Amir Gold
Ms. Carolyn Holt Goldston
Suzanne and Alexander Golten
Mr. David Goodman
Mr. Marshall P. Gorges
Mrs. Barbara Graham
Dr. Laura Graham
Mrs. Carol Grant Gray and Mr. Ernest D. Gray
Mr. Rudolph H. Green and Ms. Joyce K. Christi
Mr. Robert Greenblum
Ms. Sonia Greer
John and Betsy Greytok
Ms. Zenzi M. Griffin
Ms. Erika Griffith
Ms. Suzanne Groves
Mr. Kent Guida
Dr. Cathy Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hancock
James and Tina Hanna
Mr. Kirk Hansen
Mrs. Mona Harris
Judye and John Hartman
Mr. Christopher L. Hartwell
Mr. Charles H. and Ms. Hailey A. Hasenbank
Mr. Todd L. Hasie
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Hatfield
Mr. and Mrs. Derek R. Hawkins
Ms. Kimberly Haynes
Dr. Mark D. Hayward and Ms. Linda S. Abbey
Raymond He
Dr. Jerald L. Head
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Hemphill
Ms. Joyce Anne Hendy
Laura Hensley and Harold Hensley
Mr. Harvey Herd
Mr. David Herrold
Mr. Riley Hester
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.
Dr. Steven M. Hoppes and Ms. Linda K. Bell
Mr. Amir Hosseini and Ms. Atousa Safa
Stephen H. Houston
Mr. Richard Howell
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin H. Hugman
Ms. Kathryn Blackbird and Mr. Craig Hurwitz
Mr. Kenneth Ifesinachukwu
Mr. William Insull
Sylvia Jabour and David Jabour
Mrs. Melinda N. Jackson
Mr. William J. Jackson
Doug and Emily Jacobson
Mr. Vinit Jagdish
Mr. Jonathan Jarratt
Mr. Ashby Johnson
Matthew and Michelle Johnson
Mr. Barry Jones and Ms. Deborah Benedict
Mr. James Jones
William E. Joor III and Rose Ann Medlin and
Mrs. Anjali G. Joshi
Dr. Jane Joyce
Ms. Robin Kamin
Mrs. Katherine Kardesch
Mr. William Kellogg
Mrs. Patricia H. Kelso
Mr. Robert Kendrick
Dr. David Kerman and Dr. Erin Kobetz
Dr. Kirsten Kern
Annie and Spencer Kerr
James Everett and Betty Wilson Key
Mr. Ziyaad Khayrattee
Ms. Sandra Kibby
Mr. John Kilgore
Dr. Mary Killough
Ms. Sally S. Kleberg
Mrs. Judy Koehl
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney C. Koenig
Dr. Ariel and Kelly Kruger
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Kuhn
Ms. Julie C. Kyse
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Burnett F. LaChance and Mrs. Loree LaChance
Mr. and Mrs. Adam N. Lampert
Mr. and Mrs. N. John Lancaster, Jr.
Mr. Michael Larson
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Mrs. Cheryl Lauterstein
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 and Erin Nuran Marcus
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
Ms. Laura Linhart-Kistner
Mr. Gregory O. Lipscomb
Mr. Mark Lloyd
Dr. Jennifer Loehlin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lofgren
Adriana Lopez
Colonel George E. Loughran
Traci Lovitt
Mr. Joshua Loya
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lynch
H. Malcolm Macdonald Charitable Trust
Ms. Melinda Machado
Ms. Lucia Palacios Maley
Drs. David and Jane Malin
Dr. Nancy A. Mandell
Mrs. Karen Marrero
Catherine Jurgensmeyer Martin
Dr. Frances Martin
Mr. Paul Martin
Dr. Timothy and Teresita Tecson Martin
Joy and Thomas Marvin
Mr. Craig Massey
Dr. Eladio Mateo Toledo and Dr. Telma Can
Mr. and Mrs. W. Warren Matthews
Dr. Steven R. and Melissa (Marrs) May
Kyle Mays
Mr. James W. McBride
Mr. Murray McCabe
William McCarty
Dr. Craig McClain
Professor Elizabeth McCracken
Mrs. Ann McCulloch
Ms. Melanie McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. McFarland
Mr. Michael McGinity
Mr. Connelly McGreevy
McLane Family Charitable Foundation
Mr. J. McLane
Maggie and Steve Megaw
Mr. Naman Mehra
Drs. Richard Meier and Madeline C. Sutherland-Meier
Mr. William MethenitisDr. Bruce Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Mickelsen
Dr. Jim Miller
Mrs. Rebecca Miller
Mr. Reza K. Mojtabaee-Zamani
Suzanne Monford
Mr. Judson Morrison
Rosemary Morrow, Ph.D.
Mrs. Marjorie Morton
Ms. Patricia Moulton
Mrs. Jennifer Moyer
Mr. Matthew Moyer
Dr. Rashmi Mullur
Donald Mulraney and Carmen Carter
Mulva Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mulva
Mr. Charles Murray
Mr. Mark C. Murray
Dr. Jan E. Mutchler
Mr. Benjamin J. Nale
National Philanthropic Trust
Paul A. and Marcia Inger Navratil
Dr. Michael Nill and Dr. Irene Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Urie Nooteboom
Norman Lewis Revocable Trust
Dr. Charles North
Mr. Jan A. Notzon
Dr. Turid S. & Philip Nybro
Mr. Dan T. O'Neil and Ms. Deborah J. Maurstad-O'Neil
Mr. John Ogden
Mr. and Mrs. D. Dudley Oldham
Mr. Michael Oldham
Mrs. Kathleen Oliver
Once Upon a Time
Mr. Tyler H. Onitsuka
Ms. Carol Paddock
Elizabeth Painter
Ms. Susan G. Palombo
Mr. Kevin Pardue
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Paslay
Dr. Amar Patel
Dr. Comer Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Patton, Jr.
Ms. Casey Taylor Paul
Mr. Robert H. Pees
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Pendery
Mr. John Peper
Ms. Alisa Peppers
Mr. Paul Perea
Mrs. Madrienne Petitjean
Mr. Marshall Phaneuf
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Phaneuf
Kevin Poe
Patrick Poleshuk
Cyrena N. Pondrom, Ph.D.
Ms. Jana Edwards and Mr. Frederick H. Poppe, Jr.
Ms. Jennifer Poppe
Russell and Stephanie Post
Ms. Rose Potter
Mr. Anthony Poullard
Mr. Steven Prager
Ms. Jean Radelat
Mrs. Elysia Ragusa
Esther L. Raizen, Ph.D.
Vasu Raja and Maureen Milligan
Mr. Mohan Rajagopalan
Ms. Jennifer L. Ramsey
Mr. Bryan Rand
Dr. Eileen Donohue and Mr. John N. Rando
Mr. Dan Rather
Dr. Ion M. Ratiu and Dr. Simone M. Scumpia
Mr. Andrew A. and Mrs. Courtney E. Raymond
Ms. Cristina Rebello
Mr. Kevin S. Reed
Ms. Elisa Reinsmith
Mrs. Marianne Reuter
Dr. Nicolas Reyes
William and Teresa Reynolds
Mr. Samuel D. Rhea
Ms. Caitlin E. Rhodes
Mr. Matt R. Ridewood
Mr. Jason A. Rios
Ryan Ritchey
Ms. Mary Ritter and Jack F. Ritter, Jr., Capt. USN Ret.
Dean Ramon Rivera-Servera
Mr. Stanley Robare
Roberta Wright Reeves Trust
Mrs. Nancy J. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Whit Roberts
Robinson Value Management, Amy & Charles Robison
Ms. Erica Robinson
Mr. Henry S. Robles
Mr. Sean P. Rodriguez
Mr. Paul Rogers
Mr. Scot M. Rogerson
Mr. Steven Rosenbaum
Barbara K. Rothschild and David P. Allen
Mrs. Dachiell Rowdon
The Honorable Frank B. Rynd
Laura Sands
Ms. Kellie R. Sauls
Mr. Eric Schmidt
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Schmidt, Jr.
Dr. David Schnyer
Dr. Christopher B. Schulze
Ms. Stefanie Scott
Dr. Charles Seidel
Mr. Brian Seitz
Mrs. Michelle Appelrouth Seltzer
Ms. Mallory Shaddix
Ms. Leslie Shaunty and Mr. Robert M. Topp
Ms. Linda R. Shead
Mrs. Jennifer Shepherd
David A. and Susan D. Sheppard
Celeste Sheppard, M.D.
Ms. Ya-Ting Shieh
Ms. Kelly Shield
Ms. Anna Shoemaker
Mr. Brian Siegal
Mr. J. Sikora
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron P. Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Sims
Ms. Sapna Singh
Mrs. Dolores Silva Smith
Alice and Robert Smith
Mrs. Sandra E. Snyder
Mr. Joseph Sorenson
Tara Terneny Speer
Stagen Family Charitable Trust
Mrs. Jennifer Stagen
Mr. Patrick Staha
Dr. and Mrs. Sam R. Stanbery, Jr.
Regent Stuart Stedman
Mr. Richard Steeg
Dr. Joseph Steele
Mr. Christopher Stewart
Mr. Robb Stewart
Dr. Michael B. Stoff and Ms. Raquel Schuster
Mr. William F. Stutts, Jr. and Ms. Susan P. Campbell
Dr. Mary Suell
Mr. Julian C. Suez
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Sullivan
Sam and Catherine Susser
Dr. Steven A. Sutton and Barbara T. Sutton
Mr. Michael A. Swartzendruber
Mr. Michael Sweet
Temple Foundation, T.L.L.
Dr. Min Tang
Ms. Carter Tatum
Professor Melinda Taylor
Dr. Donald Brode and Susan Terrell
The Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation
The Dedman Foundation
The Faith P and Charles L Bybee Foundation
The Roadrunner 2018 Revocable Trust
Mr. Gary Thomas
James Thompson
Mr. Richard Thorsten
Mr. Justus Timmers
Ms. Eileen Tobias
Mr. Robert Topp
Ms. Yolanda Torres
Ms. Rosie Tran
Mr. William Tyler
Dr. and Mrs. Everett M. Upshaw
Mr. John Urban
Mildred L. Vacek Family Trust
David Veiseh
Ms. Amy Villarreal
Hrishikesh Vinod
Mr. Wendel Voigt
Christopher Wagner and Keri Wagner
Ms. Maria Wagner
Mr. Harlan J. Wakoff
Mr. Gene Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick P. Walker
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. J. Thomas Ward
Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust
Mr. David Webb
Mr. W. Thomas Weir
Mr. John Whatley
Mr. Thomas L. Whatley
Michael Whellan and Margaret M. Menicucci
Dr. Andrew B. White, Jr. and Mrs. Judith W. White
Dr. David White
Mrs. Marilyn M. White
Ms. Louise D. Wilbanks
Mr. Marshall Wilkerson
Vasilia T. Wilkes and J. Laurens Wilkes
Julie Williams
Kathy S. Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. M. Wright Williams and Dr. Michelle M. Byron
Mr. R. Samuel Williams
Jay Williams and Dena Williams
Jim and Lela Windham
Mr. Brian Winter
Mr. Jorge Woldenberg
Dr. Gary R. Wolfe
Ms. Sarah B. Wolfe
Thomas Wood
Professor Anthony Woodbury
Dr. Wanfu Wu
Don Charles Wukasch
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wynne III
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
Mr. Adam J. Zaner and Mrs. Karin M. Zaner
Ms. Evelyn Zohlen
Mr. Mark Zora
This list represents members whose gifts were received between September 1, 2023 and July 2, 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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