Donors

Our generous donors empower the next generation to strive for success and enable students to focus on the academics and organizations that will help them discover their talents and pursue their interests.

Why Give?

Donations made to the School of Journalism and Mass Communications put students first. Scholarship donations ease the financial burden many students face while donor-funded school renovations give students opportunities to work with cutting-edge media technology.

"My second semester of my freshman year, I was working three separate jobs trying to juggle everything financially...so these scholarships have really just given me a chance to kind of focus more on my education and my journalism skills."

Caroline Zimmerman

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 & Whitley 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 & John D. 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 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 2021 fiscal year.

Jennifer Ailor
Leonard P. Alfano & Deborah Taylor Alfano
Constance L. Applegate
Gail Davenport Austin & Danforth W. Austin
Robert R. Basow & Lynn A. Basow
John P. Benner & Rachel Benner
Conrad N. Bibens
Elaine F. Blaylock
Ryan D. Blethen
Kelly Cannon Boeckman & Matthew P. Boeckman
Herman R. Bonett, Ph.D.
Dorothy A. Bowles
Brian A. Bracco & Sarah Wallace Bracco
Thomas Breckenridge
Ann M. Brill, Ph.D.
Dinah Swinehart Brock
Gretchen Budig & Dr. Gene A. Budig
Marc A. Buehler
Kenneth Burrows & Kristin Burrows
Carl V. Ceder
Kathleen M. Conkey
Thomas P. Cook
Kyle T. Craig & Elyse Winick Craig
Justin D. Dechant
Paul I. Dinovitz & Cathy Dinovitz
Thomas J. Erickson & Bethany Erickson
Pamela B. Fine & Judith G. Levy
John A. Frazee
Jane Peterson Ganz
Sally Gaskill
Mugur V. Geana & Anca Geana
Malcolm D. Gibson & Joyce L. Gibson
Robert H. Giles & Nancy M. Giles
Klay E. Gross
Maureen Manning Guth & David W. Guth
James A. Hadel & Linda J. Hadel
William R. Hagman Jr. & Dorothy F. Hagman
John P. Hall & Dorothy Boller Hall
Michael J. Happe & Shannon M. Fitzsimmons-Happe
Jim R. Hoppa & Nancy A. Hoppa
Charlotte Kirk Howard & W. Jeffrey Howard
Douglas A. Hundley & Molly Ege Hundley
Britton Hunter
Shanda J. Hurla & Joseph L. Hurla
Scott C. Jackson
Mark P. Johnson
Jennifer McLeod Kassebaum & William A. Kassebaum
Blaine L. King & Lyndel S. King
Michael C. Kirk & Julia Turtle Kirk
Kendra C. Knotts
Madelyn Brite Larkin
Elizabeth A. Leech & Steven C. Frazier
Norman G. Magnuson Jr. & Daphne Polatty Magnuson
Stephen L. Martino & Beth Martino
Mark A. Mears
David A. Mikols & Julie Updegraff Mikols
Jeff D. Minelli
Susan Brinkman Moeser & Chris Moeser
Carole Jackson Moreno
Eric M. Morgenstern & Shanny R. Morgenstern
David A. Peacock & Jane D. Peacock
Sandra Dechant Pennington & Dane Pennington
Marilyn Zook Petterson & Michael T. Petterson
Mary Ann Powell & Nick Powell
Diane Gray Quinn
Frank J. Rebori
Sally L. Reece
Hal Ritter
Janet S. Rose, Ph.D.
Barbara Rosewicz & Gerald F. Seib
Fred J. Salinas
Ronald K. Saunders & Kathleen A. Saunders
Susanne M. Shaw
M. Marlys Shulda & Brian K. Shulda
Frank Slover & Deborah W. Slover
Gary M. Smith
Steven A. Snyder
Rev. Julie Johnson Staples & Brent Staples
John H. Stauffer Sr. & Barbara E. Stauffer
Craig A. Stock & Rosalie Phipps
Mary Jewell Sullivan
Lisa M. Tilson
Lynn Beall Trelstad
John K. White
Lanette M. Wickham
Rick J. Worner & Lorie Walker Worner

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.