Donors to the Cox School of Business

We thank the more than 550 donors who have made a gift to the Cox School of Business during SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow. Your investments are fueling the future of business education for Mustangs today and in the decades to come. The following lists recognize the leading donors from January 1, 2016, through September 13, 2024.

deceased

Principal donors

cumulative gifts and commitments of $1 million or more
  • Anonymous (4)
  • Anita Ray Arnold and Truman Arnold
  • Allison T. Benners and Frederick H. Benners, Jr. ’90, ’97
  • Jane R. Bolin and Pat S. Bolin ’73
  • Gina L. Bridwell and Tucker S. Bridwell ’73, ’74
  • Diane M. Brierley and Harold M. Brierley
  • Ann Warmack Brookshire ’77 and Bradley W. Brookshire ’76
  • CFP Foundation
  • Andrew H. Chen and Elaine T. Chen
  • Jennifer Tucker Clyde ’85 and R. Andrew Clyde ’85 and Murphy USA
  • Susan Smith Cooper ’62 and William R. Cooper ’58 
  • Edwin L. Cox ’42 
  • Justin B. Cox ’08 and Molly Macatee Cox ’08
  • Harlan R. Crow and Katherine Raymond Crow ’94
  • Gary T. Crum ’69 and Sylvie P. Crum
  • Dian Graves Owen Foundation
  • NexPoint Advisors, L.P.
  • Fritz Duda and Mary Lee Duda and The Fritz and Mary Lee Duda Foundation
  • Charles R. Emrich ’79
  • Billie Ida Forrester ’74 and Mack O. Forrester
  • Katherine E. Georgas and William J. Georgas
  • Bert A. Getz, Jr. ’89 and Susan Getz and Globe Foundation
  • Mark C. Griege ’81 and Peggy Griege
  • Linda ’65 and Mitch Hart
  • Aurelia C. Heppner and Brad K. Heppner ’88
  • Lynda Foster Johnson ’63 and William P. Johnson
  • Barry M. Kitt and Beth M. Kitt
  • Jeremy M. Lacy ’96
  • Carrie A. Levering and Craig R. Levering ’79
  • Bobby B. Lyle ’67
  • Cary M. Maguire Foundation
  • Michael T. McGuire ’05 and Natalie K. McGuire
  • Ellen B. Merriman ’85 and Michael A. Merriman ’79
  • David B. Miller ’72, ’73 and Carolyn L. Miller and The David B. Miller Family Foundation
  • Katy A. Miller and Kyle D. Miller ’01
  • Morris Foundation
  • Fay C. O’Neil ’55 and William J. O’Neil ’55  and WJO Foundation
  • Carl Sewell ’66 and Peggy Higgins Sewell ’72
  • Kim M. Shaddock and William C. Shaddock ’74
  • Bryan S. Sheffield ’01 and Sharoll M. Sheffield
  • Estate of Walter G. Sheffield
  • David J. Shimmon, Sr. and Mary Beth Shimmon
  • William S. Spears
  • Catherine Susser and Sam L. Susser and Susser Bank Holdings, LLC
  • A. Wellford Tabor and Ann V. Tabor
  • The Jeanne R. Johnson Foundation
  • Mimi Vanderstraaten and William H. Vanderstraaten ’82
  • William E. Armentrout Foundation
  • Robert A. Wilson ’67 and Susan Cooper Wilson ’67 and The Robert A. and Susan C. Wilson Foundation

Major donors

cumulative gifts and commitments of $100,000 to $999,999
  • Anonymous (8)
  • 7-Eleven, Inc.
  • Estate of James R. Alexander
  • Lawson C. Allen and Mary Lauren Allen
  • Greg L. Armstrong and Melinda L. Armstrong
  • Dee Dee Arroyo and F. Thaddeus Arroyo ’89
  • Norman P. Bagwell ’85 and Robin Bradshaw Bagwell ’85
  • Randi Scheel Barnes ’76 and Shepard E. Barnes ’76
  • Katherine J. Bayne and Samuel G. Bayne, II
  • Elaine C. Bennett and Robert S. Bennett ’76
  • Garrett Q. Bland and Heather L. Bland
  • Caitlin Davis-Bloom and Lackland H. Bloom, III ’95, ’97
  • Jilene K. Boghetich ’76 and Tony Boghetich ’75
  • Douglas & Angela Braly Family Foundation
  • The Cain Foundation
  • Ana M. Carty and Donald J. Carty
  • Angela K. Christopher and Gregory L. Christopher
  • Thomas W. Codd, Jr.
  • Gus Comiskey, Jr. ’62 and Karen Comiskey
  • Clay E. Cooley and Lisa C. Cooley
  • Bradley E. Cox and Catherine C. Cox
  • Jeffrey B. Craig and Aisha Haque
  • B. Walter Crain, III ’72 and Mary M. Crain
  • Linda Pitts Custard ’60, ’99 and William A. Custard ’57
  • Elizabeth Darling and Terry Darling
  • Douglas R. Deason
  • James B. Dillavou ’99 and Rebecca L. Dillavou
  • Candise B. Dunleavy and Kevin B. Dunleavy, Sr.
  • Frank M. Dunlevy ’71 and Susan Dunlevy
  • Rogge Dunn ’79 and Cathy Dunn
  • Christopher F. Egan and Jean C. Egan
  • Jeffrey S. Ellerman ’81 and Pamela Ellerman
  • Jennifer A. Errico and Stephen J. Errico
  • Estate of Walter L. Fleming, III
  • B. James Ford
  • Louise H. Gresham and Thomas G. Gresham ’80
  • Dawn Carney Grove ’84 and Tobin C. Grove ’83
  • Puneet M. Gupta ’15 and Richa Gupta
  • Kenneth A. Hersh
  • Billie Ruth “B.R.” Holman ’67 and Denny R. Holman ’67
  • Erik T. Huddleston ’99
  • Craig A. Huff and Tracey Huff
  • Nancy Ann Hunter Hunt ’65 and Ray L. Hunt ’65
  • Invesco Foundation
  • Kristine S. Johnson and Scott A. Johnson ’86
  • Elizabeth R. Kalluvilayil and Sony M. Kalluvilayil ’10
  • Elizabeth Harrison Karahan and Fehmi Karahan
  • Carrie McCune Katigan ’89 and Steven M. Katigan ’89, ’94
  • Donald A. Key and Karen Faulkner Key ’83
  • Asifa Khan and Imran Khan ’11
  • J. Luther King, Jr. and Teresa King
  • Deborah J. Kissire and James L. Kissire ’85
  • Ashlee Hunt Kleinert ’88 and Chris Kleinert ’88
  • Charles Koch Foundation
  • Melinda H. Lafitte and Michael J. Lafitte ’84
  • Diny Nolan Landen ’82, ’83 and James E. Landen ’82
  • Calee Dillon Landen ’16 and James E. Landen, Jr. ’10
  • Gail Widmer Landreth ’73 and William A. Landreth, Jr. ’72
  • George R. Lewis  and Jeanne M. Lewis
  • Warren G. Lichtenstein
  • Steven J. Lindley ’74 and Shelli Mims Lindley
  • Laura V. Lodwick and Peter A. Lodwick ’77, ’80
  • Gregory Y. Lubar and Stacey A. Lubar
  • D. Scott Luttrell ’77 and Laura Dvorozniak Luttrell ’77
  • Estate of Cary McIlwaine Maguire
  • David R. Marlow ’80, ’90
  • Anne T. Massey and Preston L. Massey ’95, ’98
  • Catherine C. Masterson and George M. Masterson
  • Gloria S. Masterson and Michael B. Masterson
  • Frank A. McGrew, IV ’90 and Neely P. McGrew
  • McLane Company, Inc.
  • R. Jason McMahon ’96 and Sara Skone McMahon ’98
  • David H. Meck and Denise G. Meck 
  • Robin J. Moss ’81
  • Brian G. Murphy ’82
  • FW Murphy ’90
  • Connie Blass O’Neill ’77
  • Sarah Fullinwider Perot ’83
  • Heidi W. Perry and Timothy E. Perry
  • Andrew D. Peykoff, II ’98 and Jaime E. Peykoff ’00
  • Phillips Foundation
  • Ashley Eastham Pitts ’01, ’15
  • Mark B. Plunkett ’96 and Meredith Falke Plunkett ’06
  • Chris and Joe Popolo
  • Winston R. Purifoy
  • Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation
  • Jennifer Rees-Jones and Trevor R. Rees-Jones ’19
  • Merrill J. Reynolds ’76 and Nancy S. Reynolds
  • Lysa Richey and Robert E. Richey
  • Jane L. Rimer and Kirk L. Rimer ’89
  • Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation
  • Bruce A. Robson ’74 and Emily K. Robson
  • Leigh Ann Schomburg Ryan ’97 and Robert Ryan
  • Amy Schmid and Jeffrey R. Schmid
  • Frank E. Schmitz and Hilary E. Schmitz
  • Cindy S. Schmoker and William C. Schmoker
  • Amanda E. Schumacher and Charles A. Schumacher ’79
  • Brian P. Sebold ’03
  • Kimberley Sheffield and Scott D. Sheffield
  • Linda Turner Shive ’75 and Ralph C. Shive ’75
  • Nancy A. Smith ’06
  • Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Foundation: Sally Smith Mashburn ’77; Suzy Smith Welfelt ’78; Scott R. Smith ’79; Marty Smith Kelley ’81
  • Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation
  • Maria L. Stamolis and Michael Stamolis
  • Adam M. Stiles ’95 and Suzanne Gerum Stiles ’95
  • Still Water Foundation
  • Kathryn Surls and Lynn O. Surls ’67, ’72
  • A. Starke Taylor, III ’65
  • John Templeton Foundation
  • Lauren Thomas Compton ’01
  • Lane Freeman Threadgill ’73
  • John C. Tolleson ’70 and Debra J. Tolleson
  • Robert J. Tonti ’83
  • Brian S. Tyler and Kristen M. Tyler
  • John E. Waldron, III
  • Catherine Fuller Walker ’89 and S. Denton Walker, III ’89
  • M. Todd Watson ’96 and Stacey M. Watson
  • Garry A. Weber ’58
  • Margaret Weekley and Richard W. Weekley ’67
  • Laurie-Leigh Nix White ’07, ’08 and Charles E. White, III
  • Melissa Wise and Philip J. Wise ’78, ’81
  • Jennifer C. Witz and Joshua A. Witz ’93
  • Lisa Pon Wong ’95 and Tony Wong ’95
  • Yacktman Asset Management LP
  • Monty Yort and Tracy Yort
  • Barbara Doran Young ’76 and Stephen F. Young ’73
  • Jeffrey L. Zimmer

Additional donors

cumulative gifts and commitments of $25,000 to $99,999
  • Anonymous (2)
  • Kamela A. Aboussie and Kenneth E. Aboussie, Jr.
  • Alcatel Alsthom Securities Litigation
  • Lynn Alexander and Christopher E. Morris
  • Richard E. Anderson ’88 and Tamara Reisenbigler Anderson ’87
  • Kathryn H. Arata ’87, ’91 and Stephen L. Arata ’88
  • Timothy M. Arcuri and Umeet K. Arcuri
  • Stephanie R. Armstrong and Timothy W. Armstrong ’89, ’05
  • Thomas B. Bakewell ’94, ’99
  • C. Fred Ball, Jr. ’66, ’68 and Charlotte Layl Ball ’69
  • Jane V. Beard and Russel C. Beard
  • Steven G. Booth ’82
  • Eszter E. Bozman and Robert L. Bozman ’85
  • James R. Brickman ’74, ’76 and Susan Breathitt Brickman ’78
  • Michelle W. Brown and William B. Brown ’89
  • Lucy P. Burns and Thomas P. Burns
  • Susan G. Byerley and William M. Byerley ’75, ’76
  • Joseph D. Cahoon
  • Kevin H. Caldwell and Lynn Thum Caldwell ’81
  • Dee A. Carter and J. Dodge Carter ’87
  • Keely S. Cawley and William R. Cawley
  • CBRE Group, Inc.
  • Felix Y. Chen
  • Angela D. Ralston and Thomas E. Clarke, II ’85
  • Jonathan B. Cleveland
  • Berry R. Cox and Jeanne Tower Cox ’78
  • Credit Union of Texas
  • Jason L. Crews and Michelle L. Crews
  • David P. Crist
  • Dodee Frost Crockett ’03 and William B. Crockett, Jr. ’05
  • The Trammell and Margaret Crow Foundation
  • Crow Holdings Capital Partners, L.L.C.
  • Kristi L. Dallas and Terry R. Dallas
  • Alison Gentry Dalton ’01 and James R. Dalton ’01
  • Ingrid H. DePinto and Joseph M. DePinto
  • Hemang A. Desai and Sejal Desai
  • Candace Di Maria and David J. Di Maria
  • Alex Dillard and Cannell Dillard
  • Anthony W. Dona ’81 and Lillian Dona
  • Vivian Noble DuBose ’77
  • Corey Duhon ’00 and Lauren Koletar Duhon ’04
  • Krista Johnson Dumas ’81 and Michael R. Dumas
  • Eastdil Secured, LLC
  • Jeffery Richard Erxleben ’00 and Katherine Powell Erxleben ’00
  • Deborah Estes and Steven M. Estes ’00
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Michael A. Farlekas and Regina I. Farlekas
  • Becky Rose Fisher ’86 and Bryant R. Fisher ’85
  • R. Steve Folsom ’81 and Sharon Folsom
  • Carol L. Foster ’86
  • J. Ed Frieze ’81 and Maureen Gehan Frieze ’84
  • Judith W. Gibbs and James A. Gibbs
  • Charles J. Giglio and Kim B. Giglio
  • James A. Gilligan and Julie Jeans Gilligan ’83
  • Gwen D. Graves and Todd B. Graves
  • Jeri D. Grunnah and Robert J. Grunnah ’66 
  • Charles L. Gummer and Cindy M. Gummer
  • Ryan M. Haggerty ’12
  • Connie L. Hawn and Mark E. Hawn
  • Cornelia Heins and Ralph Heins
  • John A. Henry, III ’65
  • Mark A. Hiduke ’09, ’14
  • Lyda Hill
  • Forrest E. Hoglund and Sally R. Hoglund
  • Armour R. Holman, II
  • Terry D. Hosey ’89 and Tiffany S. Hosey
  • Kathryn Houseman 
  • HPI Real Estate Services and Investments
  • Hunt Realty Investments, Inc.
  • Invesco Group Services, Inc.
  • Willard M. and Ruth Mayer Johnson Charitable Foundation
  • James M. Johnston ’70, ’71 and Suzanne Scott Johnston ’71
  • Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
  • James S. Kemper Foundation
  • Katherine Peinado Kuhlmann ’85 and Thomas H. Kuhlmann ’85, ’11
  • Michael K. LaMotte and Wendy W. LaMotte
  • Andrew S. Levy ’89 and Leslie K. Levy
  • Teresa H. Liao
  • Lincoln Property Company
  • Cherie N. Lindley and John D. Lindley ’77
  • Elizabeth M. Lyngstad and John O. Lyngstad
  • Maguire Oil Company
  • Charles A. Mangum ’86 and Elaine Scheffer Mangum ’89
  • Ashley M. Martin ’12
  • Mary Kay Inc.
  • C. Todd McCulloch
  • Blake S. Mirkin and Karina Mirkin
  • Brian T. Modoff and Teresa Modoff
  • The Mont Pelerin Society
  • Donald N. Morriss ’76 and Patricia Glasgow Morriss ’75
  • Mercedes M. Mottek and Peter S. Mottek ’82
  • Matthew B. Myers and Virginia B. Myers
  • J. Chris Najork ’67, ’68 and Linda C. Najork
  • John Q. Nguyen ’07
  • Northmarq Capital, LLC
  • Barbara J. Novogradac and Michael J. Novogradac
  • Alice G. Nye and Erle A. Nye ’65
  • Gerrit B. Parker, Jr.
  • James E. Parkman, Jr.
  • Pioneer Natural Resources Company
  • Todd L. Platt
  • Anne B. Pogue and J. Blake Pogue ’85
  • Herschel E. Pointer, Jr.
  • Chris R. Pronger and Lauren Breece Pronger ’02
  • Ashley D. Quamme and Steven J. Quamme
  • Kimberly Novel Quinn ’88 and Terry D. Quinn ’88
  • Jan and Trevor D. Rees-Jones ’78
  • Melissa Meyer Reiff ’77 and Ronald E. Reiff
  • Stanford H. Richards
  • Scott Riddles ’84 and Susan Mullinax Riddles ’84
  • Donald G. Ritter ’01 and Leslie C. Ritter
  • Myrna D. Schlegel and Robert J. Schlegel
  • Mark W. Schortman and Tracy Schortman
  • Ann Holland Scott ’80 and Richard Lynn Scott ’78
  • Leon J. Scott, III and Stacy G. Scott
  • Scott P. Sealy, Jr. ’95
  • David T. Seaton and Lynette L. Seaton
  • Baldev K. Seekri ’75
  • Kimberly M. Sellinger and Steven M. Sellinger
  • Cameron D. Sewell and Sandra M. Sewell
  • Alan P. Shor and Ruth L. Shor
  • Silver Oak Multifamily Partners LLC
  • Andrew P. Skotdal and Dana M. Skotdal
  • Deborah Greynolds Stanford ’87 and Richard L. Stanford ’71, ’74
  • State Farm Investment Management Corp.
  • Adrienne M. Strodel and Daniel S. Strodel ’83
  • Roman D. Stuart ’21
  • Texas Instruments Foundation
  • Romayne E. Thompson and Timothy S. Thompson, Sr.
  • Barbara Sukenik Tonti ’87 and Michael T. Tonti ’85
  • Jill S. Turner and Robert H. Turner ’87, ’89
  • John R. Vaughan, Jr. and Peggy McGuffin Vaughan ’75
  • James B. Vincent and Lori F. Vincent
  • Mike Wallace
  • Katherine P. Ward and Nathan S. Ward
  • Andrea Parvin Weber ’00 and John R. Weber, Jr. ’98
  • Kimberly J. Welch ’95
  • Robert H. West ’64
  • Laura O. Wheless and William M. Wheless, III ’71
  • James K. Wicklund ’76
  • Donell Wiggins and Phillip F. Wiggins
  • Leslie Zahn Wilson ’81 and Royce E. “Ed” Wilson
  • Patricia B. Wright and W. Dan Wright ’70
  • Abby Yates and George M. Yates
  • Donna Poole Zick ’80