BILL AND ANGIE BARRETT
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS to establish the Barrett Family Center for Pediatric Oncology. Mr. Barrett is the chairman of Willow Distributors.
LOUIS A. BEECHERL, JR.
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN to fund programs in its engineering department. Mr. Beecherl, the president of the Beecherl Companies, is a former chairman of the UT System Board of Regents.
THE FAMILY OF ROGELIO BENAVIDES
Corpus Christi, $1 million
$1 MILLION to TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT CORPUS CHRISTI to endow an engineering professorship that will emphasize industrial safety. While working for American Chrome and Chemicals in 1989, Mr. Benavides fell through a walkway and was killed; his family sued the company for gross negligence and received an undisclosed settlement.
DON A. BUCHHOLZ
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS to establish a professorship in community-college education at its College of Education. Mr. Buchholz, the chairman and a co-founder of Southwest Securities Group, is a graduate of the university.
JACK AND MARY BUSH
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, in Columbia, Missouri, to pay for international programs and initiatives in its College of Business and Public Administration. Mr. Bush is the president of Raintree Partners, a consulting firm; he and Mrs. Bush are graduates of the university.
ERNEST AND SARAH BUTLER
Austin, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART to endow the position of executive director. Mr. Butler, a retired physician, sits on the museum's board.
ROBERT W. AND MAUREEN DECHERD
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to ST. MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS to fund unspecified programs. Mr. Decherd, who is the chairman, president, and CEO of Belo Corporation, is a graduate of St. Mark's; he also co-chairs the executive committee of the school's capital campaign.
HOWARD, JR., AND JANE DUDGEON
Waco, $1 million
$1 MILLION to BAYLOR UNIVERSITY to create the Howard and Jane Dudgeon Museum Studies Interpretive Classroom and Learning Center and to endow the Jane and Howard Dudgeon Excellence Fund for the Armstrong Browning Library. Mr. Dudgeon, a former mayor of Waco, attended the university, as did Mrs. Dudgeon.
PAUL F. "CHIP" AND KARA FERGUSON
Beaumont, $1 million
$1 MILLION to RICE UNIVERSITY to endow athletic scholarships. Mr. Ferguson, an attorney, played baseball for Rice in the late seventies.
SAMUEL FRECH
Corpus Christi, $1 million
$1 MILLION to TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, in Corpus Christi, to help pay for the construction of a performing arts center. Mr. Frech, a financial consultant, is a graduate of University of Texas at Austin.
JUNE E. GILLIS
Houston, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN to pay for scholarships and awards in the College of Engineering. Mrs. Gillis' late husband, Manly Eugene Gillis, was a graduate of the university.
GERALD AND DIANE HADDOCK
Fort Worth, $1 million
$1 MILLION to BAYLOR UNIVERSITY'S LAW SCHOOL to underwrite the construction of a new courtyard. Mr. Haddock, the co-founder of Crescent Real Estate, is a graduate of Baylor's law and business schools.
E. R. "ED" HAGGAR, J. M. HAGGAR, JR., AND ROSEMARY HAGGAR VAUGHAN
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS to help pay for the construction of the Haggerty Arts Village. Ed Haggar is a trustee of the university.
WALLACE, SR., AND SYDNEY HALL, WALLACE, JR., AND KRISTI HALL, AND HOUSTON AND MICHELLE HALL
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to ST. MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS to pay for the creation of an Environmental Science Program. Houston Hall is a graduate of St. Mark's, as is Wallace Hall, Jr., who sits on the school's board.
MILLEDGE A. III AND LINDA HART
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS to establish the Perry E. Gross, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Family Practice. The gift honors the Harts' family physician of more than 35 years. Mr. Hart is a founder of Electronic Data Systems. Mrs. Hart is the vice chairman and CEO of the Hart Group, an investment company.
STEVEN HICKS AND DONNA STOCKTON-HICKS
Austin, $1 MILLION
$1 MILLION to the AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART to pay for the construction of its new plaza and sculpture garden, which will be named in honor of Mrs. Hicks. Mr. Hicks is the CEO of AMFM New Media.
GARY AND KAREN HUGHES
Lubbock, $1 million
$1 MILLION to TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, in Lubbock, to fund various programs. Mr. Hughes, a registered representative at Aetna Investment Services, is a graduate of the university, as is Mrs. Hughes.
JERRY AND GENE JONES
Irving, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, in Washington, D.C., to purchase duplicates of volumes from the personal collection of Thomas Jefferson that were destroyed in a fire at the U.S. Capitol in 1851. Mr. Jones owns the Dallas Cowboys.
LAWRENCE AND JOYCE LACERTE
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to ST. MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS to pay for programs in technology. Mr. Lacerte, the founder of Lacerte Software, and his wife co-chair the school's capital campaign.
MIKE AND LINDA MEWHINNEY
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT to pay for scholarships. Mr. Mewhinney is a retired partner in the money-management firm Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney, and Strauss. Mrs. Mewhinney attended two of the district's colleges.
WILLIAM AND MAUREEN MILLER
Corpus Christi, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the SOUTH TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS, in Corpus Christi, to help fund the Maureen and William Miller Educational Wing. Mr. Miller, an oilman, chairs STIA's endowment board.
JAMES M., JR., AND LYNN MORONEY
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS to create an executive conference center at its Graduate School of Management. Mr. Moroney, the former CEO of Belo Corporation, chairs the university's board of trustees.
KEN AND SHIRLEY MURPHY
Dallas, $1 million
$1 MILLION to the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS to pay for the creation of an enterprise center at its