THE CBHS Annual Fund

Now, more than ever, CBHS relies on the support of our generous community to help strengthen our efforts to provide a holistic and transformative educational experience to each of our Brothers' Boys.

Your contribution to the Annual Fund enables us to develop our students into better Men for Tomorrow and Brothers for Life, as we've done for nearly 150 years here in Memphis.

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Dear Friends of CBHS,

What a year this has been for all of us. With the support of faculty and staff who managed to swiftly and adeptly change course at the start of the pandemic, families who extended grace and partnered with us to ensure their sons received the education expected of a Brothers' Boy whether on campus or from home, students who remained flexible through it all, as well as alumni and friends, whose contributions of funds, time, and expertise guided us through turbulent waters, we are here today. We cannot say that we are unscathed, but we are undoubtedly better than where we started.

I imagine what we have experienced these past nine months is not unlike the road traveled by the Christian Brothers, who arrived in Memphis 149 years ago on November 21, fleeing a metropolis in ruins and facing another wave of the Yellow Fever sweeping the Mid-South. The fortitude of our school's forefathers inspires us to forge on today.

Then, now, and for generations to come, we are resolved in our mission to provide an unparalleled education and transformative student experience, steeped in our Catholic faith and rooted in Lasallian tradition, to those who call Christian Brothers High School home.

As we look forward to our sesquicentennial anniversary in 2021, we will take this time to both reflect on the Christian Brothers' storied legacy in Memphis and determine our vision for the future through a strategic planning process in the spring. With the direction of this plan, formed and vetted by esteemed members of our community, we are excited for what is to come for CBHS.

May God continue to bless each of us most abundantly, and may Jesus continue to live in our hearts…. Forever!

With heartfelt thanks, grateful appreciation, and the assurance of my prayers, I remain

Brother David Poos, FSC President

In the parochial schools he attended leading up to high school, Bill Huettel ’51 was taught by the Sisters of Charity. That changed when he became a Brothers' Boy. “I really admired the Brothers and looked up to them. They guided us and treated us like adults,” said Huettel. “I’m grateful for what Christian Brothers has done for me and my family.”

Huettel’s family is closely connected with Christian Brothers. Including Bill, three generations are alumni including his brother, Wilfred “Chick” Huettel ‘60, his son, Bill Huettel, Jr. ‘81 and four grandsons, Will Snyder ‘05, William "Trey" Huettel III ‘09, Stuart Huettel ‘12 and Nate Huettel ‘17.

jANET AND bIll huETTEl '51 Giving with Gratitude

Christian Brothers also prepared Huettel for college and his career. After attending Texas A&M University, where he was Southwest Conference fencing champion and captain, Huettel served in the Army as an officer in a tank battalion and in an intelligence unit with the rank of captain.

Huettel spent his career at United Paint Company, starting as a salesman and eventually becoming president and CEO. Though he calls it “luck,” his list of accomplishments tells otherwise. He was elected to the board of the Pratt & Lambert Corporation in Buffalo, New York, served two terms in the Tennessee General Assembly, was installed as a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre and was president of the board of the Memphis Convention Center, the Memphis Mental Health Institute, and St. Agnes Academy.

Huettel also served on the boards of Opera Memphis, Ballet Memphis, St. Peter’s Catholic Church and Brooks Museum of Art. He was appointed by Governor Winfield Dunn to serve on the Tennessee Arts Commission. Huettel also served on the Christian Brothers Alumni Board and was elected to the Hall of Fame.

In addition to his years of service to the community, Huettel has generously supported Christian Brothers with his annual fund gifts. To make these, he donates appreciated stock. “I have some stock that, if I sell it, I will get hit with pretty steep capital gains tax,” Huettel said. “So, I use my stock to make my yearly donations to Christian Brothers and other charities my wife Janet and I support. Donating the stock allows us to make a nice gift while avoiding heavy capital gains tax.”

Huettel has also made plans to continue supporting the Brothers for years to come. He has established a charitable remainder trust which provides the Huettels income now in their retirement years. And, in the future, Christian Brothers and a few other charities near and dear to their hearts will benefit from this wonderful legacy.

“Christian Brothers prepares students to live ethical and moral lives, teaches them to serve others in the community, instills in them an obligation to help those less fortunate and, above all, instructs them daily to ‘remember we are in the Holy presence of God.’”

“I give because of all Christian Brothers has done for me and my family. We were all shaped by the Brothers, and for that I am grateful.”