The Butler Society

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The Butler Society represents a dedicated community of our supporters whose contributions help the School offer the very best enrichment and professional growth opportunities to students and faculty.

The Butler Society acknowledges the generosity of all donors to the school during each calendar year.

The continued financial support of members of the Butler Society allows us to achieve our goal to be the best music education program in the country. For over 100 years, The University of Texas at Austin through the Butler School of Music, has provided opportunities for students to study, train and perform with some of the world's most celebrated and accomplished faculty, ensembles and organizations.

Members of the Butler Society are the key to the success of this vibrant music program. Thank you for making the successful launch of tomorrow's music performers, teachers, composers and scholars part of your giving plan.


Butler Society Permanent Members 

Cumulative Gifts of $1,000,000 and above​​

Sarah and Ernest Butler 
Richard M. Church, Jr. 
Timothy Ann Sloan and Vincent R. DiNino+ 
Thomas Ross Gambrell 
E. Sheryl Goodnight 
Mary Winton Green 
Kent Wheeler Kennan+ 
Gail and Jeff Kodosky 
Teresa and Joe Long 
Richard Rainwater+

 

The 2020 Butler Society

Gifts $100,000 and above

Gifts from $10,000-$99,999

Gifts from $1,000-$9,999

Gifts from $500-$999

Gifts up to $499


Gifts $100,000 and above

Bank of America Charitable Foundation 

DiNino Family Trust 

Mary and W. Dexter White 

Kent Kostka 

Suzanne and John McFarlane

Anton Nel 

Carolyn and Marc Seriff

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation


Gifts from $10,000-$99,999

Kirby Attwell 

R. Malcolm Brown, Jr. 

The Dow Chemical Foundation 

William George 

Mary Ann and Andrew Heller 

The Roy F. & Joann Cole Mitte Foundation 

Sandra E. New 

Mary Ellen Poole 

Maria Putter 

Schwab Charitable Fund 

Samuel Skibell+ 

J. Greg Wilson 

Eva and Marvin Womack


Gifts from $1,000-$9,999

Isrzel Aguilar 

Gregory Allen 

Austin District Music Teachers Association 

Sarah White Baird 

Thomas Baker 

Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund 

Yvonne Barry 

Robert Blevins 

Frances Brown 

Cathryn G. Berninger+ 

Cheney Crow 

Cherrie Droutz 

ExxonMobil Foundation 

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund 

P. Bailey Gartner 

Ben Gomez 

Pamela and Craig Greenway 

Elizabeth and Scott Hanna 

Richard Hartgrove 

Martha Hilley 

April Hinkle 

The Junior League of Austin 

Jerry Junkin 

Ruth Killam 

James Kirksey 

Mark and Becky Konen 

James Littlefield 

Lucia Palacios Maley 

Donna Beth McCormick 

John Mills 

Elizabeth Morris 

Jeffrey Morris 

Hilary Olson 

Pearson Inc. 

Jo Lyn Peters 

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia 

William Phillips III 

Linda Ball and Forrest Preece, Jr. 

Anne Hart Rea 

A. David Renner 

Vernon Rew, Jr. 

Boong Ryoo 

Oscar Saenz 

Stacey Schlitz 

David Sheppard 

Andre Sylvester 

Janis VanderBerg 

Walker Beasley Public Policy Project 

Amanda and Andrew West 

Paula Wong 


Gifts from $500-$999

Donnie Albert 

ASCAP 

Austin Knife & Fork Club 

Nannette Borden 

Andrew Broselow 

Douglas Carpenter 

Michael Churgin 

Nancy Dembny 

Douglas Dempster 

Delia Duson 

David Ellis 

Lucette Flanagan 

Steven Fleckman 

Martha Doty Freeman 

Friends of the University 

Bonnie Gilson 

Grady Hallman 

Margaret Hermesmeyer 

Gloria Hooper 

IBM International Foundation 

Martha Kopra 

Delaine Leonard 

Edward Lopez 

Michelle LoTurco 

Martha MacDonald 

Rachel Mathers 

Michael Perrin 

Mick Roemer 

Nicholas Schroeder 

William Sherrill 

David Stromeyer 

William Stutts, Jr. 

Lawrence Tu 

Doris Wood 


Gifts up to $499

Sandra Adland 

Mary Afflerbach 

John Akins 

Kathleen Alfano 

David Allen 

Jody Allen 

Sarah Allen 

Carmen Alspach 

Jonathon Altizer 

Gloria Amescua-Supak 

Vicki Santa Ana 

Dennis Andrulis 

Jason Anthraper 

Austin Symphony Orchestra 

Daniel Bacic 

Kason Bakouris 

Charles Ball 

Rebecca Baltzer 

Kristen Banford 

Timothy Barber 

Susan Barnes 

Carol Barwick 

Tim Bauerkemper, Jr. 

John Bechtel 

John Beck 

Daniel Becker 

Nicholas Bedwell 

Claire Bellar 

Felicia Benavidez 

Allen Benson 

Collin Bjork 

Kaitlynn Blalock 

Ken Blalock 

Kim Blalock 

Kelly Blanscet 

Carolyn Bobo 

John Boeger 

Paula Boldt 

Sarah Borshard 

Delia Botbol 

Linda Botimer 

Mark Boucher 

Gregory Bradley 

Elizabeth Brady 

Evelyn Brady 

David Breeding 

Roslyn Breen 

Tacey Brewer 

Nathaniel Brickens 

Clara Brill 

Jerome Brillhart 

Carol Brown 

Larry Brownstein 

Thomas Brumley 

Kelly Brune 

Randy Buckspan 

James Buhler 

Cole Burger 

Judith Burns 

Rachel Butler 

James Cain 

Mary Stewart Calcote 

Megan Canney 

Patricia Cantu 

Carlos Capra 

Britt Cawthon 

Central Audio Systems Inc. 

W. LaJean Chaffin 

Jo Ann Champion 

Shub Chandrasekaran 

Timothy Cheek 

Lee Chesney 

Daniel Ching 

Chandy Chinnasamy 

Mae Chng 

Kayla Chon 

Emily Chow 

Edward Chung 

Joanna Yongya Chyu 

Isaiah Cisneros 

Timothy Clark 

Ashley Clarke 

James Clarke 

Roland Cole 

Diana Collins 

Ben Compton 

Richard Conant 

Allen Condit 

Whitney Coons 

Tyler Cox 

Paige Crail 

Robin Craven 

Caroline Creeden 

Kevin Crook 

Elizabeth Currens 

Paralee Cain Curry 

Joe Dahlstrom 

Clifton Darby 

Eric Daub 

Shellie Davila 

L. Michael Davis 

Anne Marie de Zeeuw 

Joan Dean 

Temd Deason 

Gaye Decker 

Andrew Dell’Antonio 

Andrew Denman 

Kristal Dick 

Nicholas Disalvio 

Edna Dominguez 

Larry Donald 

Nancy Driver 

Amy Duke 

Peter Eichhubl 

Rami El-Farrah 

Laura Eryou 

William Fedkenheuer 

Austin Ferguson 

Roger Ferrell 

Richard Flake 

John Fleming 

Ramiro Flores 

Stuart Folse 

Joslyn Fox 

Kaci French 

Robert Frisby 

Brian Frock 

George Frock 

Nicholas Fryman 

Cheryl Fuller 

Sunil Gadgil 

Joshua Gall 

Beatriz Galuban 

Nicholas Galuban 

Sean Garde 

Nancy Garrett 

Gilbert Garza, Jr. 

Marianne Gedigian 

B. Joann Gerbig 

Tracy Germani 

Todd Gernert 

Gordon Gest 

Fred Gibson 

Jeanne Gibson 

Sophia Gilmson 

Joshua Gindele 

Randall Goldberg 

Gerald Goldman 

Hector Gonzales 

Jessica Gonzales 

Carlos Gonzalez 

Josemaria Gonzalez 

Alexandra Gotliboski 

Hilton Gottschalk 

Donald Grantham 

Susan Grasso 

Emma Graves 

Gary Green 

George Gregory 

M. Russell Gregory, Jr. 

Jeffrey Grimes 

Andrea Guerrero 

Juan Guerrero 

Enrique Guevara 

Michael Gultz 

Myles Gushiken 

Jo Guzman 

Michelle Habeck 

Rebecca Haden 

William Haehnel III 

Lori Hahn 

Allison Hall 

Anne Hall 

Chris Hall 

Sue Hall 

Heather Halstead 

Alexander Hamilton 

Nan Hampton 

Billy Harrell 

Virginia Harrod 

William Harvey 

Robert Hatten 

Sally Hawkins 

Joann Hayamoto 

Bonnie Hedges 

Jacquelyn Helin 

Heather Henry 

Adrian Hernandez 

Michael Hertel 

Kami Hieb 

Amanda Hildebrand 

Marcia Hildebrand 

Pamela Hildebrand 

Clarence Hill, Jr. 

Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund 

Edward Hinderer 

Zachary Hindes 

Matthew Hinsley 

Brenda Hohman 

Kelsey Holbrook 

Lavona Holland 

Adam Holzman 

Lola Hood 

Mark Hormann 

Elizabeth Hotchkiss 

Simone Houlihan 

Takako Howell 

Cheryl Hoxie-Mastin 

Hannah Huckaby 

William Huckaby 

Alyssa Hudson-Clark 

Diana Hudspeth 

Lisa Hughes 

Patrick Hughes 

David Hunter 

Mason Hurtte 

Robert Hurtte, Jr. 

J. F. Iafeta-Lelauti 

Patricia Itzkoff 

Bianca Jackson 

Allida Jamrack 

Judith Jellison 

Linda Jennings 

Kristin Jensen 

Justin Jette 

Danielle Johnson 

Keith Johnson 

Marc Johnson 

Clifton Jones 

Kody Jones 

Sarah Jones 

Laura Jorgensen 

Dolly Joseph 

Fred Junkin, Jr. 

David Kahn 

Joanna Kaminski 

George Kamiya 

Monica Meng-Harn Kang 

Lawrence Kearns 

Patricia Kelly 

Ryan Kelly 

Sarah Kemmerling 

G. Wayne Kesterson 

Tony Kiang 

Kay Kidd 

Whitney Kirk 

Sharon Kite 

James Klein 

Lyn Koenning 

Jenny Kondo 

Brad Kosley 

Ghislaine de Regge Kozuh 

Cheryl Krewer 

Allison Kubis 

Andrew Kull 

Jonathan Kulp 

Jonell Kuntschik 

Kelly Kuo 

Kevin Kwaku 

Ferne Kyba 

Marika Kyriakos 

Katrina Lamphier 

Gabrielle Landeros 

Robert Lane 

Lynn Langley 

John Largess 

Rhonda Latham 

Kathryn Lauchner 

Law Offices of Mary Alice Boehm-McKaughan 

Desmond Lawler 

Leadership Austin 

Audrey Lee 

Carolyn Lee 

Charles Lee 

Morgan Lee 

Bobby Leshikar 

Brad Leshnower 

Melanie Lewis 

Rohan Limaye 

John Lindley 

Tamara Linn 

Belinda Linstrum 

Greg Lipscomb 

Little Longhorn League 

David Littrell 

Jennifer Loehlin 

John Loessin 

Sondra Lomax 

Elizabeth Love 

David Loveless 

Owen Lovell 

C. J. Luebke-Brown 

Mark Lyon 

Matthias Maierhofer 

Betty Mallard 

Eik Mar 

Marigot Capital Advisors 

Gerald Martinez 

Lauri Martino 

Thomas Mays III 

Scott McAlister 

Artina McCain 

Amelia McCarron 

Evelyn McCarty 

Molly McCoy 

Michael McKaughan, Jr. 

Billy Jon McPhail 

Evelyn Meisell 

Manuel Mendez 

Douglas Merschat 

Henry Merschat 

Nathan Mertens 

Rhonda Meyer 

Charles Michalik 

Megan Milliorn 

Lynn Mock 

Mollie Molnar 

Mary Monahan 

Tammie Moore 

Mu Phi Epsilon 

Peggy Mueller 

Raine Munkens 

George Nakamoto 

Sheree Naquin 

Luisa Nardini 

Clinton Nesmith 

Kellene Newman 

Tom Nichols 

Coral Noonan-Terry 

Kelsey Nussbaum 

Steve Nussbaum 

Suzan Nyfeler 

Hortense Offerle 

Patricia Ohlendorf 

Estela Olevsky 

Guido Olivieri 

Julie Olsen 

Sheldon Olson 

Ariel Ortega 

Daniel Oshiro 

Doris Oshiro 

M. Joan Owen 

Michael Owen 

Bianca Padavick 

Cindy Padavick 

Stephen Page 

Catherine Pankey 

Richard Pantaleo 

Chorong Park 

Don Parker 

Tracy Parker 

Mary Parse 

Suzanne Pence 

Gregory Pendleton 

PepsiCo Foundation Inc.  

Katherine Perez 

Janet Peri 

Brian Peterman 

Kristie Peterman 

Melissa Petrek-Myer 

Phillips 66 Company 

Elizabeth Pliego 

Russell Podgorsek 

Caleb Polashek 

Courtney Pope 

Suzanne Potts 

Linda Preece 

Catherine Purdy 

Robert Purdy 

Sara Beth Purdy 

Franz Puyol 

Bonny Rabago 

Elida Ramirez 

Cynthia Ramos 

Alexandra Raska 

Emily Reding 

Adriana Redmond 

William Reynolds 

Rowena Richter 

Patricia Del Rincon-McQuiston 

Jason Edward Roberts 

LaFalco Robinson 

Stacy Rodgers 

Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza 

Carlos Rodriguez 

Elma Rodriguez 

Elizabeth Rosinbum 

Roger Ross 

Stanley Roux, Jr. 

Brynn Ruiz 

Stephanie Rula 

Kermit Sarber 

Jeanne Sasaki 

Denise Parr Scanlin 

Judy Scherschligt 

Ben Schneider 

David Schreck 

Laurie Scott 

Paul Scully 

Judy Seidel 

Sawyer Sellers 

Jeri-Lynne Severance 

Kaytiann Severen 

Matthew Sheehan 

Sophia Sherman 

Katharine Shields 

Kelly Shoenfelt 

Ryan Showers 

Nita Shuffler 

R. Frank Simon 

Shea Sinclair 

Melinda Sirman 

Stephen Slawek 

Dawn Slayton 

Richard Sloan 

David Smith 

Hope Smith 

Linda Smith 

Max Snodderly 

Curtis Sokness 

Andrea Sokol-Albert 

The Larry and Annette Sondock Foundation 

Humberto Soto 

Billie Southern 

Lynda Southwick 

W. Jarrod Sparks 

Claire Spera 

Sue St. John 

Gay Stanek 

Bill Stegeman 

Page Stephens 

Sylvia Stern 

Scott Stewart 

Leah Stolar 

Georgeann Strong 

Christopher Stutz 

Hang Su 

Kellie Sullivan 

Richard Tackett 

Kiyoshi Tamagawa 

Pat Taylor 

R. Kerry Taylor 

Norma Terrell 

Martha Thomas 

Marvin Thomas, Jr. 

H. Casey Thompson 

Mary Tollefson 

Jesus Torres 

Kelsey Toungate 

Terry Trentham 

Irma Trevino 

Kathryn Truesdell 

Bion Tsang 

Robert Tull 

John Turci-Escobar 

Michael Tusa 

Doug Upchurch 

Veronica Vacula 

Margaret Vagalatos 

Colette Valentine 

Linda Butler Van Bavel 

Nicole Vaughan 

Arminda Velasquez 

Charles Villarrubia 

Jessica Voigt 

Raymond Votolato 

Mary Waddell 

Jennifer Walker 

Nicholas Walther 

Wayne L. Catching Trust 

J. M. West 

David Wheeler 

Catherine Whited 

Surangi Widyaratne 

Pamela Wilkinson 

David Williams 

Timothy Wilson 

Byung Woo 

Mack Wood 

Stephen Wray 

Cynthia Wren 

Abigail Wunneburger 

Douglas Wunneburger 

Satoko Yamamoto 

Man-Li Yew 

Byung Yoo 

Wade Yost 

Flossie Young 

Rose Yurcina 

Sofia Zamora 

Tony Zapata 

Daxun Zhang 

Hai Zheng-Olefsky 

Ryan Zysk


Some of our donors have requested to remain anonymous and therefore are not listed.
 

+ Denotes deceased.