Founders, Endowments, and1891 Society Recognizing donors who support the University through gift planning, endowments and faithful giving †Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Arndt Drs. †Harold & Esther Arne Asphalt Paving Co. Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Philip Aull Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Bank of America Foundation Barclays/American Foundation †Mrs. John V. Barger Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Phil B. Barringer Dr.† & Mrs. Phil L. Barringer Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Barry Bass-Smith Funeral Home Bassett Furniture Company Mr.† & Mrs. Edward D. Beach Mr. Horace T. Beam Jr. †Mr. L. Clyde Beam Mr. & Mrs.† Byron Bean †Mr. Carl J. Beaver The Rev. & Mrs. Roger L. Beaver Belk Broome Co. Inc. Dr. Ira E. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Gary Benfield Mr. & Mrs. Claude W. Berry Beth Eden Lutheran Church-Newton Billde Foundation †Mr. G. Norman Bisanar †Mrs. Helen S. Bisanar Mrs. Alice K. Blackburn Dr. & Mrs. Jacob F. Blackburn Mrs. James H. Blackwelder Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert Blake The Blanton Foundation Inc. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation The Blumenthal Foundation Mrs. Dorothy R. Blyth The Rev.† & Mrs. W. Gilmer Boggs †Mrs. Teresa Boggs Mr. & Mrs. Jerome W. Bolick Mr. & Mrs. Luther C. Boliek †Mr. & Mrs. Luther G. Boliek Dr. & Mrs. J. Parks Booker †Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Borland Bormuth Associates Mrs. Dixie I. Bost Dr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Bost Mr.† & Mrs. Robert H. Bowles
Founders Society The Founders Society was established in 1995 at Lenoir-Rhyne University to recognize the cumulative giving of its major supporters. Lenoir-Rhyne University is proud to recognize its Founders Society members whose cumulative giving to the university since 1960 and giving to the Piedmont Educational Foundation/Bears Club since 1947 exceeds $25,000: A. Alex Shuford Foundation, Inc. A. Klein & Company Inc. Mr. & Mrs. H. Gene Abercrombie †Mr. & Mrs. Luther A. Adams Mrs. Christine S. Abernethy †Dr. & Mrs. G. Shuford Abernethy Mr. Robert C. Abernethy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Adams Advantage Printing African American Cultural Center Dr. & Mrs. Marshal E. Agner †Dr. and Mrs. Roy A. Agner Jr. Alba-Waldensian Inc. Alcatel, Inc. Mr. Cary D. Allen The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Allen Mr.† & Mrs. Albert M. Allran †Mr. & Mrs. William A. Alsobrooks Altrusa Club of Hickory American Heritage Life Insurance Company Anonymous Donors Anchor Supply Anderson Brothers Electric Co. Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Anthony ARAMARK Edward A. Arditti Foundation Mr. & Mrs. H. Ned Armstrong †Mrs. Garland D. Arndt
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