Our Donors
Our donors are an engaged, integral part of the University community, and their gifts have a transformational impact on the students, faculty and programs at the Moody College of Communication. Their support plays an ongoing role in the legacy of our College, our community and the greater good of society. Through our shared vision, the College and our forward-thinking donors are demonstrating how philanthropy can change the world.
In 1965, the School of Journalism, the Department of Speech and a newly formed Department of Radio-Television-Film became the three departments officially organized as the School of Communication. In 1979, the School of Communication would become the College of Communication College of Communication.
Named in honor of the three “founding fathers” of the Moody College of Communication – Jesse Villarreal, Robert Schenkkan and DeWitt Carter Reddick – the Fellows Program recognizes not only the legacy of these three guiding spirits of communication education, but also the contributions of our College’s most loyal supporters.
DeWitt Carter Reddick Society
Dr. DeWitt Carter Reddick joined the University's journalism faculty in 1927, and was named director of the School of Journalism in 1959. As an academic leader focused on "providing education to meet the needs of our times," Dr. Reddick would become the first dean of the College of Communication in 1965, his vision setting a course for the College that exists today.
Reddick Society Fellows are those donors that have contributed a cumulative total of at least $500,000 to the Moody College of Communication. The students, faculty and staff of the College are forever grateful for their vision, leadership and generosity.
Mary Angela Branch
Robert L. Moody Sr., Ross R. Moody and Frances Moody-Dahlberg
Russell E. Dealey
Maureen H. and Robert W. Decherd
Wofford and Beth Denius
Berkeley and Jason Downie
Sarah Jane English
Patricia and Bryghte Godbold
Lee and Joe Jamail
Gayle and Jeffrey Klein
Michael and Tami Lang
Ronald Martin
Jim Moroney III
Jim and Mary Pat Nelson
Guillermo C. Nicolas
Joseph F. Phillips
Hugh & Becky Reeves
Stan Richards
Glenn Robertson
Paul and Susan Sams
Dr. Steven Ungerleider
Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk and Ron Woolfolk
Jesse Villarreal Society
Dr. Jesse Villarreal, Chairman of the Department of Speech at the time of his retirement in 1968, was an early advocate for the formation of the College of Communication. A vocal contributor at University Council debates, Dr. Villarreal co-wrote the original monograph providing the vision for the School of Communication that would ultimately become the College of Communication.
Villarreal Society Fellows are those donors that have contributed a cumulative total of at least $100,000 to the College of Communication. The students, faculty and staff of the College are forever grateful for their vision, leadership and generosity.
George Ann Brown Carter Bahan
Paul D. Bailiff
John and Jane Barnhill
Howard and Wendy Berk
R.B. Brenner
Ann Sutherland and David Chappell
Isabella and William Cunningham
Jim Davis, Jan Demetri and Rachel Davis
Richard and Leigh Davis
Wilfred and Bobbie Dietrich
Craig and Denise Dubow
John R. Fleming
Nene Foxhall
Rod and Peggy Hart
Elizabeth Heard
Terry Hemeyer
The Honorable William P. Hobby, Jr.
Lowrance and Marilyn Aylor Hodge
Karen Elliot House and Peter Kann
Jeff and Anne Hunt
Belle Johnson
Marsha and Robert Jones
Stephen and Karen Jones
Jennifer King
Dr. Mark Knapp
Cappy and Janie McGarr
Katherine McGovern
Jim Bob Moffett Family
W. A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr.
Iris and Ardon Moore
Karen Liu Pang and Roland Pang
Donald Paul
Sam Perry
David Powell and Victoria Weber
Janis and Andrew Priest
Ann Ratliff
Kim and Geoffrey Raynor
Karen and Grant Richards
Maria Roach
Jennie Chiu and Christopher Schaepe
Betsy and Jim Sowell
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Strauss
Neill Walsdorf, Jr.
Terrence and Mary Claire Welch
Michael Wilson
Robert Schenkkan Society
Robert Schenkkan joined the University's College of Fine Arts in 1955 as Director of Radio. The founder of KUT-FM in 1959 and KLRN-TV, Austin's PBS television station, in 1961, Mr. Schenkkan played a significant role in the inclusion of radio and television in the College of Communication construct, and worked diligently with Drs. Reddick and Villarreal to form the College.
Schenkkan Society Fellows are those donors that have contributed a cumulative total of at least $50,000 to the College of Communication. The students, faculty and staff of the College are forever grateful for their vision, leadership and generosity.
Carl Adams
Patricia Baldwin
Emanuel and Jennifer Bodner
William Bollinger
Garrett Boone
Deborah Buks
Arch M. Campbell
Shawn W. Cloonan
Betty Jo Cox
Michael J. Cramer
Anthony Dieste
Richard Elam
Carolyn Evertson
William and Lynn Fowler
Steven Foy
Mark Garay
Susan Golding
Nancy Halbreich
Houston H. Harte
Carolinte Hite
Edye Lou Hock
Woody L. Hunt
John J. Jennings
John and Laurie Korinek
Stephen R. Lacy
Gregory Levenson
Jordan and Helen Levin
Kevin Ann Marcyes
Martha Mattia
Mark Morrison
Mike A. Myers
Ann Newman
Sonia Perez
Melissa Petrek-Myer
Neila Skinner Petrick
Ronald Standifer
Richard M. Stanley
Dulaney G. Steer
Scott and Donna Tagliarino
Sara Martinez Tucker
Kevin A. Tuerff
David M. Weeks
Alice White
Jim D. Wiethorn
