Donor Lists
Lifetime Donors
We gratefully recognize the individuals and corporations/foundations who have generously donated $250,000 and above to the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Corporate/Foundation Donors:
- Estate of Mary Jane Floersch
- The Freedom Forum
- William Randolph Hearst Foundation
- John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
- McCormick Foundation
- Louis L. & Adelaide C. Ward Foundation
Individual Donors:
- Malcolm W. Applegate & Constance L. Applegate
- Mary D. Austin
- Dennis N. Branstiter
- Richard C. Clarkson
- Hubert M. Floersch, MD, & Carol Mayer Hassig Floersch
- Mary Haynes Floersch
- John P. Kaiser & Mary S. Kaiser
- Michael C. Kirk & Julia Turtle Kirk
- Elizabeth A. Leech & Steven C. Frazier
- Linda Ward O’Hara
- Charles L. Parcell & Alice C. Parcell
- Diane Gray Quinn & Thomas H. Quinn
- Robert P. Sigman
- John H. Stauffer Sr. & Barbara E. Stauffer
- Oscar S. Stauffer & Cornelia Stauffer
- Ruth Granger Stauffer
- William Keith Swinehart Sr. & Maxine Swinehart
- Adelaide C.Ward & Louis L. Ward
- Arthur H. Wolf & Catherine M. Wolf
- Helena L. Wooldridge & Norris S. Wooldridge
This listing is for lifetime donations, not donations made just within the calendar year. This list of donor names is strictly for the purpose of acknowledgement by the School of Journalism. Any other use is unauthorized. Although every effort has been made to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this listing, errors may occur.
Deans Club
Deans Club members are those generous alumni who give back to the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications with a contribution of $1,000 or more annually.
These contributions are crucial to the success of the J-School and provide unrestricted support for the J-School’s initiatives. Matching gifts from corporations are included as part of Deans Club contributions.
“Without the support of our Deans Club members, we wouldn’t be able to provide the exceptional level of service that students and alumni deserve,” Journalism Dean Ann Brill said.
Deans Club dollars fund special initiatives in the School of Journalism, including:
- Providing funds for student travel
- Hosting special events for students and faculty
- Funding for student and faculty achievement awards
- Recruiting and retaining faculty
- Providing scholarship support for students
- Hosting visiting professionals who speak with students and faculty
- Giving students and faculty the opportunity to take part in special educational programs
Deans Club Giving Levels:
- Ambassador Level: $10,000 and above
- Benefactor Level: $5,000 to $9,999
- Patron Level: $3,000 to $4,999
- Member Level: $1,000 to $2,999
The following are donations made during the 2019 calendar year.
Barkley
Centurions Inc.
Kansas Newspaper Foundation
Enid & Crosby Kemper Foundation
William T. Kemper Foundation
Kirk Foundation
National Auctioneers Association
Dwane L. & Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation
Danforth W. Austin & Gail Davenport Austin
Brian A. Bracco & Sarah Wallace Bracco
Ann M. Brill, PhD
Carl V. Ceder
Katherine Ruddy DeBruce
Jennifer Hagman, MD, & Don Hazell
Charlotte Kirk Howard & W. Jeffrey Howard
Carole Jackson Moreno
Dwight Parcell
Loretta Pendergraft
Fred J. Salinas
Gerald F. Seib & Barbara Rosewicz
Susanne M. Shaw
Calvert W. Simmons
Stephen D. Edwards & Donna J. Edwards
CDR Daniel G. Felger, USN, Retired & Jean Herz
Malcolm D. Gibson & Joyce L. Gibson
Frances Smoley Hagman
Robert D. Karwath Jr.
William J. Redlin & Nina M. Redlin
David O. Ochoa & Emily Jean Ochoa, MD
Mary Sullivan
Lisa M. Tilson
Leonard P. Alfano & Deborah Taylor Alfano
Robert R. Basow & Lynn A. Basow
Conrad N. Bibens
Ryan D. Blethen
Dinah Swinehart Brock
Marc A. Buehler
Kenneth Burrows & Kristin Burrows
Kathleen M. Conkey
Thomas P. Cook
Kyle T. Craig & Elyse Winick Craig
Justin D. Dechant
Paul I. Dinovitz & Cathy Dinovitz
Pamela B. Fine & Judith G. Levy
John A. Frazee
Jane Peterson Ganz
Sally Gaskill
Mugur V. Geana & Anca Geana
Robert H. Giles & Nancy M. Giles
Cathy L. Gleason & Daniel J. Gleason
Dorothy Boller Hall & John P. Hall
Douglas A. Hundley & Molly Ege Hundley
Britton Hunter
Mark P. Johnson
Blaine L. King & Lyndel S. King
Kendra C. Knotts
Madelyn Brite Larkin
Joseph A. Lastelic, USA, Retired
Evie Lazzarino
Norman G. Magnuson Jr. & Daphne Polatty Magnuson
David A. Mikols & Julie Updegraff Mikols
Rand Mikulecky & Susan Pott Mikulecky
Jeff D. Minelli
Eric M. Morgenstern & Shanny R. Morgenstern
David A. Peacock & Jane D. Peacock
Sandra Dechant Pennington & Dane Pennington
Marilyn Zook Petterson & Michael T. Petterson
David S. Pierson
Mary Ann Powell & Nick Powell
Sally L. Reece
Janet S. Rose, PhD
Kathleen A. Saunders & Ronald K. Saunders
M. Marlys Shulda & Brian K. Shulda
Daniel J. Simon Jr. & Heidi J. Simon
Frank Slover & Deborah W. Slover
Gary M. Smith
Terri Hill Snyder & Steven A. Snyder
Kenneth F. Stephens
Craig A. Stock
Lynn Beall Trelstad
John K. White
Lorie Walker Worner & Rick J. Worner
The above list of donor names is strictly for the purpose of acknowledgement by the School of Journalism. Any other use is unauthorized. Although every effort has been made to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this listing, errors may occur.