JAMES EWING SOCIETY ($3,000,000-$4,999,999) Robert E. Smith KENT WYATT SOCIETY ($1,000,000-$2,999,999) Dr. & Mrs. Nino Bologna Delta Regional Foundation William & Patricia Dorgan, Sr. Robert M. Hearin Foundation Mike & Nan Sanders Tri State Educational Foundation W. K. Kellogg Foundation AUBREY LUCAS SOCIETY ($500,000-$999,999) Louis & Sylvia Baioni City of Cleveland Delta & Pine Land Bryce & Nancy Griffis Tim & Nancy Harvey Infolab, Inc. S.H. & D.W. Kyle Educational Trust Fred & Joan Pittman Jimmy & Hazel Sanders Jimmy & Hazel Sanders Charitable Trust DAVID POTTER SOCIETY ($250,000-$499,999) David & Sherry Abney Annenberg Foundation ANONYMOUS Aureola Boyd George & Marcia Bryan
Cleveland State Bank Stacy & Fay Davidson Estate of William “Doc” Griffin Estate of S. Wayne Thompson Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Graeber Foundation David Lindh Madison Charitable Foundation, Inc. Bettye & Ned Mitchell Hartley & Mary Peavey Richard & Sharon Post Jimmy Sanders Inc. The Baxter International Foundation The Phil Hardin Foundation JOHN HILPERT SOCIETY ($100,000-$249,999) Academy for Educational Development Joe & Margaret Aguzzi Victor & Fern Aguzzi American General Life & Accident ANONYMOUS George & Mary Arendale AT&T Lee & Susie Baker BellSouth Margaret Boeth Harold & Sally Bolding Bolivar Medical Center Foundation Patsy Boone Vivian Hannah-Brown Cable One Hunter & Suzanne Cade Jeff & Jackie Capwell Fred & Margaret Carl
Travis & Corinne Casanova Casey Family Programs Cellular South Foundation Chinese Baptist Church of Cleveland Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Community Foundation of Northwest MS John & Beth Crawford Delta State University Alumni Association Delta Western Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Entergy Services, Inc. Estate of Martha Francis Bullock Estate of Zach Hederman John & Jutta Karnstedt Ferretti Gertrude C. Ford Foundation Governor’s Commission to Promote Mississippi Greenwood Leflore Hospital John & Hilda Hamner Harry Harrell His Way Incorporation Lucy Somerville Howorth Jeanette Hyde Isle of Capri Casino, Lula Lucy & Paul Janoush Jantran, Inc. Sue & Martin King Kossman’s, Inc. Lewis & Lewis Attorneys Lower Mississippi Delta Service Corps, Inc. LT Corporation National Community Services, Inc. Nissan North America, Inc.
Welcome New Broom Society Members! TIM HARVEY Laurel native Tim Harvey took his BBA degree in Computer Information Systems and made his mark in the hotel industry. His wife Nancy graduated with honors with a BSE in Social Science Education from Delta State. “He (Coach Dave “Boo” Ferriss) taught me more about life and how to treat people and how to lead by example,” Harvey said. “When it was time to give back, Delta State was number one on our list.” The Harveys’ example was a lead financial gift of over a half a million dollars to start the $1.1 million remodeling of Delta State’s baseball stadium which was renamed in their honor as the Tim and Nancy Harvey Stadium. Just over $900,000 has been raised for the special project.
Amber Heflin Ockerbloom Peavey Electronics Corporation Pete & Donna Peden Perry Rentals Marilyn & Robert Ragan Travis & Margaret Richardson James Robinson Rock River Foundation, Inc. Michael & Holly Sanders A. B. Smith SouthGroup Insurance and Financial Services Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation Straddlefork Foundation Rose Strahan Strohm’s Manufacturing, Inc. The Mitchell Group Betty Thigpen Patricia Thrash Jim & Frances Tims Union Planters of NW MS University of Mississippi Barksdale Reading Institute Margaret Heard Walker Anne & Charles Weissinger Bennie & Millie Wright Leila Wynn Yawkey Foundation II WILLIAM N. LAFORGE SOCIETY ($50,000-$99,999) Bank of Cleveland Barfield, Lindsey, Gainspoletti & Gladden, CPA Barfield, Salley & Associates Elena Barham-Mize Bolivar Medical Center Charles & Rebecca Brock Allen & Michelle Burrell
Casey Family Programs Mabel Crawford Jackie Joe & Ann Davis Deer Creek Foundation Dixie Tobacco & Candy Company Double Quick Robert & Mary Elliott Exxon Exxon Education Foundation Philip & Sarah Farr Feduccia Trust Dave “Boo” & Miriam Ferriss First National Bank of Rosedale Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Tom & Louise Gresham Walton & Laura Gresham Gubernatorial Inaugural Committee Jerome & Jo Hafter Thomas & Ruth Ann Harden Hollywood Casino Corporation J. Stein Foundation Trust Peter & Pat Jernberg Andrew Jones Ray Joyce Kitty & Ed Kossman Bill & Nancy LaForge Bobby Mandal Bill & Draughon McPherson Georgia Ann & John McPherson Cynthia Mitchell Maxine & Roy Moore Merit Health Northwest Mississippi Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust
Jason & Lori Morris Edward Muir Nehi Bottling Company Jimmy & Crystal Newquist Mike and Martha Neyman North Sunflower Medical Center Billy & Becky Nowell Johnny & Jane Parker William Paty Billy & Lisa Percy Planters Bank & Trust Company of Cleveland Planters Bank & Trust Company of Indianola Quality Steel Corporation Renasant Bank Alyce Richardson Penny & Willard Samuels Sayle Oil Company Anna Schooler Rick Shepherd Homer & Joyce Sledge, Jr. Homer & Susan Sledge, III Smith Barney Charitable Trust, Inc. Staplcotn Deanie & Jay Stein John & Carol Tatum The Mississippi United Methodist Foundation Viking Range Corp. Sam Waggoner Wal-Mart Foundation Kent & Janice Wyatt Jane Youell
JAMES BROOM CUMULATIVE GIVING SOCIETY DONORS
WILLIAM KETHLEY SOCIETY (5,000,000+) The Mississippi Breast Foundation
Giving to Delta State today enhances the present-day university and its future. Each gift multiplies to continue the transformation of education. Start here, www.deltastategiving.org or call 662-846-4704 to make your gift.
DR. PATSY THRASH Dr. Thrash graduated in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science in Education from Delta State and honored her mother, naming and endowing a scholarship in her honor. She inaugurated the Weaver Betts Cotton Scholarship for a female liberal arts student shortly after her retirement. The Boyle native was the first in her family to attend college. “The reason I gave the scholarship for my mother was that I was so grateful for everything that was given to me,” Dr. Thrash said. “I have a great loyalty for my undergraduate degree.”
CLEVELAND STATE BANK Danny Whalen, the CEO and President of Cleveland State Bank, has guided the bank’s contributions recently but noted the bank has contributed to Delta State “for as long as we have records.” “We are most proud of the endowment we established to fund the N.L. Cassibry, Jr.-Cleveland State Bank Scholarship in the College of Business,” Whalen said. “Delta State represents so many of the qualities we align with: Character and Integrity, Not Words Without Action and Be of Service to Others.”
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