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
- Mary Haynes Floersch
- Steven C. Frazier & Elizabeth A. Leech
- John P. Kaiser & Mary S. Kaiser
- Michael C. Kirk & Julia Turtle Kirk
- Linda Ward O’Hara
- Charles L. Parcell & Alice C. Parcell
- Diane Gray 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
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 2018 calendar year.
Bernstein-Rein
Callahan Creek
Emporia Community Foundation
Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
Kansas Newspaper Foundation
Kansas Press Association Inc.
William T. Kemper Foundation
Kirk Foundation
Muller Bressler Brown
Trusler Foundation Inc.
John W. Armstrong Jr. & Karen G. Armstrong
Danforth W. Austin & Gail Davenport Austin
Brian A. Bracco & Sarah Wallace Bracco
Ann M. Brill, PhD
Carl V. Ceder
James T. Chastain
Kyle T. Craig & Elyse Winick Craig
Charlotte Kirk Howard & W. Jeffrey Howard
Carole Jackson Moreno
Fred J. Salinas
Gerald F. Seib & Barbara Rosewicz
Valerie Wolf
CDR Daniel G. Felger, USN, Retired & Jean Herz
Robert D. Karwath Jr.
William J. Redlin & Nina M. Redlin
Linda M. Sobieski & Rodney J. Sobieski
Stephen D. Edwards & Donna J. Edwards
Michael J. Happe &
Shannon M. Fitzsimmons-Happe
Gary M. Smith
Mary Sullivan
Leonard P. Alfano & Deborah Taylor Alfano
Conrad N. Bibens
Kelly Cannon Boeckman
Lisa Massoth Brinig & Brian P. Brinig
Marc A. Buehler
Kathleen M. Conkey
Paul I. Dinovitz & Cathy Dinovitz
John A. Frazee
Jane Peterson Ganz
Jeffrey V. Gaskill
Sally Gaskill
Mugur V. Geana & Anca Geana
Robert H. Giles & Nancy M. Giles
Cathy L. Gleason & Daniel J. Gleason
David W. Guth & Maureen Manning Guth
Dorothy Boller Hall & John P. Hall
Roger W. Heineken
Shirley Bush Helzberg & Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Britton Hunter
Donald A. Hunter
Kendra C. Jenkins
Blaine L. King & Lyndel S. King
Dr. Joseph A. Kotarba & Polly Kotarba
Evie Lazzarino
Daniel B. Marshall III
Mark A. Mears & Stacy M. Mears
David A. Mikols & Julie Updegraff Mikols
Rand Mikulecky & Susan Pott Mikulecky
Grant S. Moise & Kathryn E. Martin-Moise
Eric M. Morgenstern & Shanny R. Morgenstern
Eric Nelson & Colleen McCain Nelson
Randy O’Boyle
Marilyn Zook Petterson & Michael T. Petterson
Mary Ann Powell & Nick Powell
Sally L. Reece
Kenneth M. Richards, MD & Beth Varvel Richards
Kathleen A. Saunders & Ronald K. Saunders
Susanne M. Shaw
Daniel J. Simon Jr. & Heidi J. Simon
Lynn Singer & Kenneth Singer
Frank Slover & Deborah W. Slover
Terri Hill Snyder & Steven A. Snyder
Kenneth F. Stephens
Craig A. Stock
Lynn Beall Trelstad
John K.White
Lorie Walker Worner & Rick 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.
