Thanks A Million 1999: More than $1 million
Philanthropists who gave more than $1 million.
FRED THOMSON COUPER AND MARY FRANCES BOWLES COUPER
Houston, $10 million
A home, eighteen wooded acres, art, and furniture valued at a total of $10 MILLION to MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, in Houston. When the Coupers no longer live in the house, it will be converted into a wellness center. Mrs. Couper is a former trustee of the system. Mr. Couper was a principal of the Couper Company, an oil, gas, and real estate investment concern.
FAYEZ SAROFIM
Houston, $8 million
$8 MILLION to SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, in Georgetown, to fund programs at its school of fine arts, which will be renamed the Sarofim School of Fine Arts. Mr. Sarofim, an investment adviser, has managed Southwestern’s endowment since 1968.
JOHN J. AND REBECCA MOORES
Houston, $7.5 million
$7.5 MILLION to the ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, in San Diego, California. Mr. Moores is the majority owner of the San Diego Padres.
ROBERT H., SR., AND NANCY DEDMAN
Dallas, $7 million
$7 MILLION to FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, in Tallahassee, to endow the hospitality and professional golf management programs at its College of Business. Mr. Dedman is the chairman of ClubCorp International, the world’s largest network of private clubs and resorts.
THOMAS O. AND CINDA HICKS
Dallas, $6.8 million
$6.8 MILLION to ST. MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS, in Dallas. Part of the money will go to the school’s endowment; the rest will help pay for the construction of the Hicks Family Athletic Center. Mr. Hicks, the chairman and CEO of the investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate, and Furst, is a member of the board of trustees at St. Mark’s; he and Mrs. Hicks are the parents of a St. Mark’s graduate and three current students.
Mr. Hicks also made a gift to SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, in Dallas. He and his brother Steven (see page 138) jointly gave $1 MILLION to the university to establish a scholarship fund at its Perkins School of Theology in memory of their grandfather, Dr. John Hicks, who taught there for 35 years.
MICHAEL AND SUSAN DELL
Austin, $6.4 million
$3 MILLION to ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, in Austin, to help build a new high school campus. Mr. Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell Computer.
$1.9 MILLION to Austin’s INSURE A KID, a partnership between the Seton Healthcare Network and Texas Healthy Kids, and to help pay for a public education and outreach campaign.
$1 MILLION to the UNITED WAYCAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY FUND, in Austin, which supports 47 health and human services organizations in Central Texas.
$500,000 to the AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY to create computer centers for children at Austin’s libraries.
H. R. “BUM” BRIGHT
Dallas, $5 million
$5 MILLION to CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER, in Dallas. In recognition of the gift the hospital’s outpatient facility has been renamed the Bright Building. Mr. Bright is an oilman and the former owner of the Dallas Cowboys.
CHRISTOPHER “KIT” GOLDSBURY
San Antonio, $5 million
$5 MILLION to CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, in San Antonio, to establish a permanent endowment and to buy furniture and equipment for a new outpatient center. Mr. Goldsbury made his fortune from the sale of salsa maker Pace Foods.
KEVIN AND DEBRA ROLLINS
Austin, $5 million
$5 MILLION to ARTS CENTER STAGE, in Austin, to help transform Palmer Auditorium into the Long Center for the Performing Arts. In recognition of the gift, the studio theater will be named for the Rollinses. Mr. Rollins, a vice chairman of Dell Computer, is a trustee of ARTS CENTER STAGE.
BEATRICE M. HAGGERTY
Dallas, $4.5 million
$4.5 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS to construct two new art buildings—one for sculpture, the other for art history. Mrs. Haggerty is a trustee emerita of the university.
WILL AND SUSANNE GALTNEY
Houston, $4 million
$4 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, in Oxford, Mississippi, to pay for the creation of the Galtney Center for Academic Computing. Mr. Galtney is the chairman of the Galtney Group, a holding company for insurance brokerage firms; he and his wife are graduates of Ole Miss.
NANCY HAMON
Dallas, $4 million
$4 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS to help build a student center named for her friend Bryan Williams, a former associate dean at Southwestern Medical School.
WILLIAM AND BETTYE NOWLIN
Austin, $3.7 million
$3.7 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. $2 MILLION will go to the Texas Astronomy Education Center Fund; $1.7 MILLION will endow the new Nowlin Chair in Engineering. Mr. Nowlin co-founded National Instruments; the Nowlins are graduates of UT-Austin.
CHARLES BARKLEY
Houston, $3 million
$1 MILLION to LEEDS HIGH SCHOOL in Leeds, Alabama, from which Mr. Barkley, of the Houston Rockets, graduated in 1981.
$1 MILLION to AUBURN UNIVERSITY in Alabama, which he attended until 1984.
$1 MILLION to the CORNERSTONE SCHOOL in Birmingham, Alabama, which Mr. Barkley says does “a good job with inner-city kids.”
JO ANNE CHRISTIAN, JANE SIBLEY, AND JARE SMITH, SARAH AND DR. ERNEST BUTLER, MICHELE AND BRAD MOORE, CAROLYN AND MARC SERIFF, BANK OF AMERICA, AND A GROUP OF ANONYMOUS DONORS
Austin, $3 million
$3 MILLION to ARTS CENTER STAGE, in Austin, to help transform Palmer Auditorium into the Long Center for the Performing Arts. On behalf of the city’s symphony, opera, and ballet companies, the “Three J’s” (as the longtime friends are known) led the effort to win voter approval of the project.
JOHN T. “TOM,” JR., AND JEAN WALTER
Dallas, $3 million
$3 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS to pay for research and clinical care in breast cancer and other areas. Mr. Walter is a former chief financial officer of Electronic Data Systems.
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