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The President’s Circle is an esteemed group of devoted benefactors whose philanthropy works to bolster the University of St. Thomas and its students. Membership begins with a cumulative contribution of $1,000 or more annually to support the University’s greatest immediate needs, chief of which is providing scholarships for deserving students with limited financial means. Gifts made to the University at The President’s Circle level are paramount in our ability to intentionally cultivate a campus that is as diverse and vibrant as the tapestry of the City of Houston itself.

This community of alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends is bound by a shared promise to support our students’ success. Their unrestricted financial gifts enable UST to meet the needs of students and develop them into leaders instilled with goodness, discipline, knowledge and a strong sense of community.

Join The President’s Circle

Cumulative gifts made between now and June 30, 2023, make you eligible for President’s Circle membership. Consider setting up a recurring gift today by visiting stthom.edu/PresidentsCircle

Thank you to our 2022-2023 President’s Circle Members

LEADER ($25,000+)

  • Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Carroll
  • Mrs. Lois E. Davis
  • Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Duncan
  • Randy & Janet Gilmore
  • Ms. Shelley A. Grahmann ’02
  • Mr. John E. Guida
  • Dr. Mikki Hebl & Mr. David E. Harvey Jr.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Hildebrand
  • Ms. Lori M. Gallagher & Mr. Curtis W. Huff
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Marcon, MAPS ’13
  • Ms. Trinidad Mendenhall
  • The Most Reverend J. Michael Miller, CSB
  • Mr. Patrick J. Moran
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jim Tichenor
  • Ms. Raye G. White

BENEFACTOR ($10,000+)

  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Arendt
  • Sister Mary Lauren Beck ’72, M.Ed ’77
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Blackburn III
  • Mr. John Bryan
  • Dr. Emily R. Calasanz ’10
  • Ms. Pamela Ngo-Tranpark Castleman ’94
  • Ms. Karen A. Chapman
  • Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Cleary Jr.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Corrigan Jr.
  • Ms. Mary Theresa Derr
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Driscoll
  • Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Dsouza ’03 / ’04
  • Mr. & Mrs. J. Anthony Enriquez
  • Ms. Marjorie E. Evans
  • Dr. Eric P. Fahrenthold
  • Mr. & Mrs. George R. Farris
  • Mr. & Mrs. David Finan
  • Ms. Harriet R. Foster
  • Mary & Dana Gioia
  • Mr. & Mrs. George F. Goolsby
  • Mr. Joseph Graham Jr.
  • Ms. Paula Savage Hansen
  • Dr. & Mrs. Craig Jarchow
  • Mr. John W. Johnson
  • Mr. & Mrs. Arnold J. Johnson
  • Dr. & Mrs. John R. Kelly ’69
  • Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Lai, MBA ’90
  • Dr. & Mrs. Richard Ludwick
  • Mr. & Mrs. James M. Maida ’90, MBA ’96
  • Mr. & Mrs. R. Stan Marek Jr.
  • Mr. & Mrs. George Martinez
  • Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. McCormick / MBA ’86
  • Mr. & Mrs. Oniel C. Mendenhall Jr., MBA ’04
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Oniel Mendenhall
  • Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. O’Donnell ’76
  • Dr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Pinkenburg ’63
  • Ms. Judith L. Raines ’70 & Mr. David O. Kem
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III
  • Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Toomey ’71
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ignacio Torras
  • Dr. Poldi Tschirch
  • Mr. & Mrs. William Van Pelt

PACESETTER ($5,000+) 

  • Anonymous (1)
  • Mr. Robert W. Anderson
  • Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck
  • Dr. Christie Billings
  • Ms. Charlene Brandau
  • Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Butler ’60
  • Dr. & Mrs. Raymond T. Casserly Jr. ’70 / ’70
  • Mr. Morris R. Clark
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Connelly ’76
  • Mr. & Mrs. George A. DeMontrond III
  • Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Earthman ’73
  • Dr. Herbert P. Edmundson Jr. ’69
  • Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Feldman, MBA ’98
  • Ms. Marcia R. Galatas, M.Ed. ’95
  • Ms. Cynthia Gdula, MLA ’96 & Mr. L. Charles Westervelt
  • Ms. Angela M. Goins ’91
  • Mr. & Mrs. Martyn E. Goossen
  • Mr. Charles W. Hall
  • Dr. & Mrs. Mark J. Harris / MBA ’86
  • Margaret ’71 & Melvin L. Hildebrandt
  • Mr. & Mrs. Clay H. Hoster
  • Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kafka
  • Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Kalman
  • Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Longwell
  • Marty & Bruce Lundstrom / ’99
  • Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Malloy Jr. ’64
  • Mr. & Mrs. Connelly T. McGreevy
  • Mr. & Mrs. Clarence J. Metzger
  • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Molinaro
  • Ms. Suzanne L. Reynolds
  • Mr. & Mrs. H. John Riley Jr.
  • Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo
  • Mr. & Mrs. David H. Rude Jr.
  • Ms. Marisol Salazar ’95, MBA ’99
  • Mr. Richard J. Scalzitti
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Scheurich, MBA ’99
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jerry M. Scroggins Jr. ’82
  • Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Sofka ’61 / ’65
  • Mr. Aaron Stryk ’01
  • Mr. & Mrs. Dom Villarreal
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Waters
  • Mr. & Mrs. William A. Wise

AMBASSADOR ($2,500+) 

  • Ms. Martha A. Adger & Mr. James Madget
  • Mr. & Mrs. Tom J. Baehr / ’00
  • Ms. Taryn M. Baranowski ’03 & Mr. Bobby Warren Jr. ’02
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jeff S. Blevins
  • Mr. & Mrs. John P. Bowman
  • Mr. & Mrs. John M. Bradley ’81
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Brophy ’57 / ’57
  • Ms. Cynthia C. Burns
  • Ms. Diane Cavazos
  • Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr.
  • Mrs. Sharleen Doherty
  • Ms. Jenna Barnes ’13 & Mr. Daniel M. Elustondo ’99
  • Ms. Frances Escriva ’78, MBA ’00 & Mr. Joseph McKay
  • Mr. Stephen C. Fetterman, MBA ’04
  • Ms. Margo P. Geddie 
  • Mr. & Mrs. James T. Hackett
  • Mr. & Mrs. Hubert F. Hawthorn Jr.
  • Mr. Robert Phillip Heine, MBA ’02
  • Ms. Anne B. Heyburn ’60, M.Ed. ’88
  • Mr. & Mrs. E. Mark Hotze
  • Mr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Idstein
  • Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Ivany / MLA ’16
  • Mr. Thomas B. Jackson ’71
  • Mr. Martin Koenig ’80
  • Ms. Judy Jade Lee ’77 & Mr. Timothy A. Toy
  • Dr. Kristina Lynne Leyden & Mr. Carlos R. Rivera
  • Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Lindley
  • Ms. Mary C. Little ’61
  • Mr. & Mrs. Tim M. Maroney ’58
  • Dr. & Mrs. Michael W. McDonald ’70
  • Mr. & Mrs. John Mooz
  • Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Novo ’69
  • Ms. Maria N. Quintero ’81
  • Mr. & Mrs. Elias Reyna ’97, MIB ’00 / ’98, MED ’05
  • Mr. & Mrs. Roderick E. Richardson
  • Ms. Regina J. Rogers
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Ryan
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Standish, MBA ’85
  • Dr. Maclong T. Tran ’99
  • Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Tressler
  • Mr. & Mrs. Herman Vacca
  • Dr. & Mrs. Andrew C. von Eschenbach / ’84
  • Mr. & Mrs. Curt B. Wissmiller ’07 / ’99

FRIEND ($1,000+)

  • Anonymous (1)
  • Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Ables
  • Mrs. Deborah J. Amador ’91
  • Mr. & Mrs. Mark Amelang
  • Ms. Nancy Ames & Mr. Danny Ward
  • Ms. Jessie A. Amos ’73
  • Mr. & Mrs. John N. Andell
  • Mr. Phillip M. D. Andrews ’04, MSA ’09
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ward W. Arendt
  • Mr. & Mrs. Herman Ayala
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Bailey / MBA ’04
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bartlett
  • Drs. Francesca & Thomas Behr
  • Mrs. Jeanne Dubois Beirne ’68 & Dr. James A. Beirne
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. ’82
  • Ms. Gita P. Bolt
  • Mr. & Mrs. James J. Bonin / ’93
  • Mr. Eric C. Botts
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jesse S. Bounds ’05 / ’03, MBA ’06
  • Mr. Daniel Briggs
  • Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Brohn
  • Ms. Nora T. Brooks
  • Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Broussard
  • Mr. & Mrs. Theodore V. Bruno ’57 / ’57
  • Mr. & Mrs. David H. Bui
  • Mr. & Mrs. Davey Buratti
  • Mr. Don Burke
  • The Most Reverend Brendan J. Cahill ’85, MDIV ’90
  • Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Cahill
  • Ms. Joan Carl
  • Dr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Casserly ’72
  • Ms. Denise M. Castillo-Rhodes, MBA ’92 & Mr. Robert J. Sergesketter
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Childs / ’68
  • Mrs. Betty Stovall (Kit) Clark
  • Mr. & Mrs. Albert W. Clay III
  • Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Clay / ’86
  • Dr. William J. Coffey Jr.
  • Mrs. Patricia Lacy Collins
  • Mr. Spencer C. Conroy
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cook
  • Dr. & Mrs. Michael R. Cooper / ’01
  • Ms. Edna Mary Coutts ’83
  • Dr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Crisp ’61
  • Ms. Rosanette S. Cullen
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Daly
  • Ms. June Deadrick, MLA ’02
  • Ms. Christina Deajon
  • Ms. Faith Delehanty
  • Ms. Melissa DeMontrond, MBA ’11 & Mr. Bryon Johnson
  • Ms. Patricia V. Denson
  • Ms. Bonnie Casson-Deweese & Mr. E. Wesley DeWeese ’04
  • Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ditta ’80 / ’81, MACEL ’19
  • Mr. & Mrs. Tom Doonan
  • Ms. Ann M. Duclos
  • Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Dufilho ’66 / ’66
  • Dr. Claudine Dufrene
  • Ms. Amanda Adonna Dugat ’02, MBA ’02
  • Ms. Silvia Dwyer
  • Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Efird ’58 / ’60
  • Mr. James R. Evans Jr. ’77
  • Mr. & Mrs. Larry C. Ewing ’61 / ’61
  • Ms. Sidney Faust
  • Ms. Kimberly Fish
  • Ms. Yen Fite
  • Mr. Edward J. Forker, III ’72
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Forzano
  • Ms. Toni Frisina ’91
  • Deacon & Mrs. John P. Froning, M.Div ’06
  • Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. Gavin
  • Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gee Jr.
  • Dr. Beena George & Mr. Kurian George
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Girotto
  • Ms. Liz Glanville
  • Mr. Charlie I. Gnaim ’98
  • Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Goicoechea
  • Mr. & Mrs. Konrad G. Goldau ’68
  • Mr. & Mrs. Refugio Gonzales Jr. ’67
  • Ms. Linda Graham
  • Dr. & Mrs. Robert P. Green Jr. / ’66
  • Ms. Kathryn Griep & Mr. G. John Moffitt
  • Mr. & Mrs. William J. Griggs Jr. ’57
  • Mr. Lawrence A. Gruber Jr.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Hains, MBA ’14
  • Lieutenant Colonel & Mrs. Chad Raymond Handley ’03
  • Mr. Gerald T. Hannah, Ph.D
  • Ms. Heather Hanvy
  • Mr. & Mrs. V. Gregory Hartford ’68 / ’69
  • The Reverend & Mrs. Richard P. Hartmann Jr., MAT ’90
  • Mr. Edward S. Hayes
  • Dr. C. Mary Healy & Mr. Paul O’Sullivan
  • Mr. & Mrs. John L. Hebert
  • Mr. Bernard L. Hebinck ’55
  • Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hennessy
  • Mr. Thomas B. Hensley Jr.
  • Dr. J. Pat Herlihy & Ms. Katherine A. Abba
  • Mr. & Mrs. Douglas A. Hidalgo
  • Mr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Hill ’57 / ’57
  • Ms. Roslyn Hill
  • Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Holland
  • Mr. Brian Allen Hradecky ’08
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Huebsch
  • Mr. & Mrs. James F. Hughes
  • Dr. Nora M. Hutto & Mr. Rodney Hutto
  • Ms. Ellen Jakovic & Mr. David Lipson
  • Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Kean
  • Mr. & Mrs. Victor Keefe
  • Ms. Allison Kelly
  • The Honorable Carolyn Dineen King
  • Mr. James J. Kitowski ’70
  • Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Kitowski Jr.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Klaes ’85 / ’84
  • Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Francis Kleiner Jr. ’64 / ’64
  • Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kobelan
  • Ms. Dawn E. Koenning
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ty Koenning
  • Mr. & Mrs. Darwin Koenning
  • Mr. & Mrs. James T. Konen ’74 / MLA ’96
  • Mrs. Erika Marlene Kusjanovic ’98
  • Mr. & Mrs. Adam Kuspa
  • Ms. Catherine M. Landry ’67
  • Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Lano / M.Ed ’89
  • Mrs. Susan Rae Lavedan ’91
  • Ms. Nancy K. Leahy
  • Mr. Raymond A. LeBlanc
  • Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Lesniewicz ’96, MBA ’99 / ’99
  • Mr. & Mrs. Albert Lohse
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin W. Loper ’97, MSA ’00
  • Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Lopez ’71
  • The Honorable Sherry L. Lott ’90 & Mr. Tommy W. Lott
  • Dr. Martha R. Lozano ’76
  • Mr. & Mrs. Donald Macgregor
  • Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach
  • Ms. Michele Malloy
  • Mr. & Mrs. Larry W. Massey Jr.
  • Ms. Edna E. Mattei-Nelson & Mr. Jim K. Nelson
  • Mr. & Mrs. David M. McClanahan
  • Mr. & Mrs. David M. McCue
  • Ms. Mary E. McGivern, MLA ’03 & Mr. William L. Jones
  • Dr. & Mrs. Stephen T. McMahon ’61
  • Ms. Pati Mengden & Mr. Donald Eckhardt
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jacob J. Metzger ’93
  • Ms. Jennifer E. Meyer, MBA ’02
  • Ms. M. Heart Miller ’98
  • Mr. & Mrs. James M. Monaghan
  • Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Morello, Sr. ’62
  • Ms. Marie E. Myers, MBA ’96 & Mr. Christian Bruns
  • Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Nadolney
  • Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Neil, MBA ’91
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thien D. Nguyen
  • Dr. Karen O’Brien
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael O’Brien / MAT ’18
  • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. O’Donnell / ’78
  • Dr. Okemefuna Okpara ’98
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey N. Olsen
  • Mr. Arthur Ortiz
  • Ms. Maria A. Padilla ’02 & Mr. Carlos M. Gonzalez
  • Mr. & Mrs. Leo K. Paige ’74 / ’74
  • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Palmisano
  • Dr. & Mrs. Claude Lynn Parker ’67
  • Mr. & Mrs. James Parker
  • Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Parsley
  • Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Paur
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pawulski / ’93
  • Ms. Fran Fawcett Peterson
  • Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick J. Plaeger II
  • Mr. & Mrs. L. Joseph Potente
  • Mr. & Mrs. David Preng
  • Dr. Lirio Quintero
  • Mr. & Mrs. Donald O. Rankin
  • Mr. James Ransom
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ershel Redd
  • Ms. Candy Riley
  • Ms. Vanessa Rivera
  • Mr. & Mrs. David W. Rizzo
  • The Honorable Frank B. Rynd
  • Mr. & Mrs. John Santasiero
  • Ms. Judith A. Seré
  • Ms. Leigh Sherman ’07, M.Ed ’10 & Mr. Robert Contreras
  • Mr. & Mrs. Todd Smith
  • Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Sommer / ’74
  • Mr. Francisco J. Souto ’98, MBA ’00, MSIS ’02
  • Dr. John W. Starner
  • Ms. Shelley Starr
  • Mr. Brian Timothy Stephens, MBA ’96
  • Mr. Frederick B. Steves
  • Ms. Veronica M. Stimson
  • Ms. Anne Patricia Sullivan ’78
  • Mr. & Mrs. Todd Sumner
  • Mr. Stephen E. Sunquist ’99
  • Ms. Marguerite Swartz
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Swonke ’67 / ’67
  • Ms. Joyce Wylene Thompson ’03
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ed L. Tyrrell
  • Ms. Lynette M. Uhyrek ’01, MBA ’01
  • Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Vallhonrat ’95
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Van Deventer / ’79
  • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Viator
  • Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Voss
  • Mr. Edward J. Walsh ’61
  • Ms. Janice Laurel Warren
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan P. Wasielewski, MBA ’06 / M.Ed ’10
  • Dr. Phyllis J. Waters
  • Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Wente
  • Mr. & Mrs. Sidney B. Williams
  • Ms. Tracie L. Williams, MBA ’08
  • Mr. Drew Wilson ’03
  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Wilson
  • Dr. Zita M. Witte ’82 & Dr. John Maxwell
  • Mr. & Mrs. Walter D. Wytiaz, MBA ’92
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Younger / M.Ed ’05
  • Mrs. Suzanne S. Youngkin
  • Mr. Michael Zeglin
  • Mr. Jose Luis Zuniga Aviles

*FY 2022- 2023 The President’s Circle Members are based on FY 2021 – 2022 giving.

We apologize for any errors or omissions, and ask you to contact us at 713-525-3100 or advancement@stthom.edu if you have any concerns.

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