Donors

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
• Dwane L. & Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation
• Louis L. & Adelaide C. Ward Foundation

Individual Donors

• Constance L. Applegate & Malcolm W. Applegate
• Gail Davenport Austin & Danforth W. Austin
• Mary D. Austin & Whitley Austin
• Brian A. Bracco & Sarah Wallace Bracco
• Dennis N. Branstiter
• Richard C. Clarkson
• Kathleen K. Dole-Airoldi
• 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 & John D. O'Hara
• Alice C. Parcell & Charles L. Parcell
• Diane Gray Quinn & Thomas H. Quinn
• Robert P. Sigman
• Susan R. Stark
• John H. Stauffer Sr. & Barbara E. Stauffer
• Oscar S. Stauffer & Cornelia Stauffer
• Ruth Granger Stauffer
• William Keith Swinehart Sr. & Maxine Swinehart
• Louis L. Ward & Adelaide Cobb Ward
• Arthur H. Wolf & Catherine M. Wolf
• Norris S. Wooldridge & Helena L. 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 and Mass Communications. 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 dollars fund special initiatives in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, 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 

Donors reach a Deans Club designation with unrestricted gifts totaling at least $1,000 during a fiscal year. These generous donations were made in the 2024 fiscal year. 

• Jennifer Ailor
• Leonard P. Alfano & Deborah Taylor Alfano
• Constance L. Applegate
• Gail Davenport Austin & Danforth W. Austin
• David G. Bartel
• Robert R. Basow & Lynn A. Basow
• Lydia I. Beebe & Charles E. Doyle
• Conrad N. Bibens
• Anne Taylor Blatherwick & Gerald D. Blatherwick
• Ryan D. Blethen
• Brian A. Bracco & Sarah Wallace Bracco
• Ann M. Brill, PhD
• Dinah Swinehart Brock
• Kenneth Burrows & Kristin Burrows
• Tracey D. Campbell & Mark W. Williams
• Carl V. Ceder & Betsy Ceder
• Kathleen M. Conkey
• Thomas P. Cook & Melinda L. Cook
• Jennifer E. Day & David N.L. Day
• Margaret C. Day & J. Laurence Day, PhD
• Stefani J. Day & Christopher J. Magerl
• Paul I. Dinovitz & Cathy Dinovitz
• Carol Shiney DiVilbiss & Roberta Cervera
• Kathleen K. Dole-Airoldi
• CDR Daniel G. Felger, USN, Retired & Jean Herz
• Teri A. Finneman
• John A. Frazee
• Sally Gaskill
• Karyn A. Gibson & Charles E. Turner
• David M. Giles
• Robert H. Giles & Nancy M. Giles
• Travis C. Goff & Nancy Goff
• David Golay & Lillie Golay
• James A. Hadel & Linda J. Hadel
• Elizabeth J. Haegelin
• Frances Smoley Hagman
• Jennifer Hagman, MD & Don Hazell
• John P. Hall & Dorothy Boller Hall
• Patricia J. Handeland
• Michael J. Happe & Shannon M. Fitzsimmons-Happe
• Charlotte Kirk Howard & W. Jeffrey Howard
• Douglas A. Hundley & Molly Ege Hundley
• Donald A. Hunter
• Kathryn M. Kase
• Gordon J. Kauffman
• Blaine L. King & Lyndel S. King
• Michael C. Kirk & Julia Turtle Kirk
• Robert D. Knapp & Susan Brubaker Knapp
• Roy M. Knapp, DE & Judith Young Knapp
• Kendra C. Knotts
• Madelyn Brite Larkin
• Elizabeth A. Leech & Steven C. Frazier
• Emma E. LeGault
• Norman G. Magnuson Jr. & Daphne Polatty Magnuson
• Cynthia L. Maude & Michael L. Treanor
• Mark A. Mears
• David A. Mikols & Julie Updegraff Mikols
• Susan Pott Mikulecky & Rand Mikulecky
• Billy Mills & Patricia Harris Mills
• Carole Jackson Moreno & Arte Moreno
• Eric Nelson & Colleen McCain Nelson
• David O. Ochoa & Emily Jean Ochoa, MD
• Loretta M. Pendergraft & Keith P. Pendergraft
• Mary Ann Powell & Nick Powell
• Diane Gray Quinn
• Nina M. Redlin & William J. Redlin
• Sally L. Reece
• Brett A. Brenner & Brian Reid
• Hal Ritter
• Todd E. Roberts
• Barbara Rosewicz & Gerald F. Seib
• Gerlad M. Sass & Susan N. Gage
• Ronald K. Saunders & Kathleen A. Saunders
• Hyunjin Seo
• M. Marlys Shulda & Brian K. Shulda
• Calvert W. Simmons & Sally Dyson Simmons
• Deborah W. Slover & Frank Slover
• James D. Small & Michal Small
• Dona M. Snead
• Steven A. Snyder
• Paula-Rose Stark
• John H. Stauffer & Barbara E. Stauffer
• Barbara K. Stover
• Mary Jewell Sullivan
• Nora Sommers Tejada
• Tom A. Throne & Pamela J. Throne
• Lynn Beall Trelstad
• Mary J. Thum
• Vickie L Walton-James
• Tom Wertz & Anita E. Wertz
• John K. White
• Lanette M. Wickham
• Bruce Wiegand & Beth Wiegand
• David C. Wysong & Kathryn L. Wysong
• Stephen L. Young
• Sherwood Zellermayer & Marlene Zellermayer
• Karen Zupko

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,” Dean Ann Brill said.