Order of the
Cupola
The Order of the Cupola, our most prestigious benefactor-recognition program, was established to honor major lifetime donors to East Carolina University. Its name is taken from the campus’s most historic landmark, the Old Austin Cupola. In 1996, a replica of the cupola was erected in the center of Main Campus as a symbol of the university’s commitment to its traditions and to future progress. Individuals, businesses, and foundations that have made cumulative gifts of $100,000 or more to East Carolina are recognized in the Order of the Cupola. Recognition is based on combined gift totals of cash, securities, and real property to the ECU Foundation, the ECU Educational Foundation, and the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation. Platinum ($1,000,000 or more) Gene Thomas Aman ’65 and Helen Newman Aman Al Bagwell and Deborah B. Bagwell ’71 Harold H. Bate* The Harold H. Bate Foundation Inc. BB&T Corporation Irwin Belk and Carol Grotnes Belk BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation The Brody Brothers’ Foundation David S. Brody and Laura Brody Hyman J. Brody and Stacy C. Brody Mrs. J. Samuel Brody Leo Brody* Morris Brody and Lorraine Brody Archie R. Burnette* William Hunter Clark ’66, ’68 and Gloria Clark ’67 The Country Doctor Museum Foundation Inc. Dowdy Student Stores Ronald Eugene Dowdy ’66 and Mary Ellen Dowdy E. R. Lewis Construction Company Charles A. Freeze* Hazel N. Freeze GlaxoSmithKline Rose D. Harrison ’42 C. Felix Harvey and Margaret B. Harvey Eleanor Bass Howard* Gordon Reece Howell Jr. ’64 and Irene Howell Verona Lee Joyner Langford* James Haywood Maynard ’65 and Connie Mizelle Maynard ’62 Thomas McLean Frances Monk*
Harry D. Murphy and Lynn Chandler Murphy ’67 Packer Engineering Inc. Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation Thomas W. Rivers* Edward Calvin Smith Jr. and Jo Allison Smith Hoover and Tom Taft Families Kathy Arnold Taft ’81 Trade-Wilco Company Wachovia Robert Allen Ward ’62 and Margaret C. Ward ’61, ’63, ’64 J. Fred Webb and Nell Webb Walter L. Williams ’51, ’55 and Marie S. Williams ’53
Julia Weskett Beasley Berbecker Foundation Dorothy R. Brandon* Lawrence F. Brewster* Myles Cartrette and Jennifer J. Cartrette ’78 Hilton O. Chesson ‘’66 and Freda Showfety Chesson Dupont Embarq The Fullerton Foundation Virginia Herrin* Robert L. Jones ’58 and Eve Avery Jones Max Ray Joyner Sr. ’55 and Catherine Joyner ’59 Lola McClary Kelso* Lynn N. Kelso Clifford Kiehn* Verneda Kiehn* Lora W. King* Lewis Patrick Lane III ’67 and Lynn L. Lane Gail McClelland* Dan Lynn Merrell ’75 and Mary Grace Merrell PCS Phosphate Company Inc. Stanton R. Prentiss Ledyard E. Ross ’51 Martiel C. Ross C. D. Spangler Jr. and Meredith Riggs Spangler Taco Bell R. Dillard Teer Sr. and Mildred Teer The Whichard Family
Bronze ($100,000 to $499,999) Gold ($750,000 or $999,999) William Gray Blount and Barbara Keck Blount Elizabeth M. Britt IBM Robert T. Maynard ’58 and Virginia Bobbitt Maynard ’57 Jesse R. Peel The Woodall-Smart Partnership Samuel Joseph Wornom III ’65 and Sandra L. Wornom ’99
Silver ($500,000 to $749,999) Thomas D. Arthur ’71 R. Janie Barber* ’30, ’38 Michael Ray Baynes ’73 Clarence B. Beasley*
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A. J. Fletcher Educational and Opera Foundation Betty Sanders Abernathy* ’51, ’57 Karel B. Absolon and Mary J. Absolon Ace Transport Ltd. Marcus S. Albernaz and Lisa T. Albernaz Alliance One International C. Michael Aman ’81, ’83 and Page S. Aman ’82, ’84 American Medical Association Education & Research Foundation Robert Amerson and Sue Amerson Eugene G. Anderson Apple Computer Inc. ARAMARK Corporation Jerry W. Atkins ’70 Aventis Pharmaceuticals Products Inc. Viola Smith Babcock* ’35, ’37 Garlan Randy Bailey ’78 Thomas Balon Bank of America