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Accolades Banquet Eleven Honored at 2011 Gala
By Matt DeVille Photos by Larry Hubbard
The LSU Alumni Association has many distinguished donors and volunteers who make everything the Association does possible. On the evening of Feb. 11, eleven notable supporters were recognized at the Accolades Banquet as Purple & Gold Award winners along with the Chapter Service Award recipients. The Purple & Gold Award is given annually to philanthropists who support the mission, programs, and activities of the Association. The Chapter Service Award recognizes those who have played major roles in the success and progress of their respective alumni chapters.
Purple & Gold Award Winners Judge D. Irvin Couvillion
Judge D. Irvin Couvillion
Tim and Charlotte Dietrich
Retired Special Trial Judge D. Irvin Couvillion, a native of Avoyelles Parish and currently residing in Baton Rouge, earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from LSU in 1956 and graduated from LSU Law School in 1959. He also holds an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Couvillion served on the United States Tax Court from 1978-2001 and was appointed a special trial judge in 1985. Prior to his service on the Tax Court, he was engaged in tax litigation for a decade in Baton Rouge. Before entering private practice, he served from 19661973 as administrative assistant to U.S. Representative Speedy O. Long from Louisiana’s Eighth District. An active member of the LSU Alumni Association and former member of the Washington, D.C., Chapter, Couvillion has made a major donation to the Alumni Fund and endowed a Top 100 Scholarship. He also supports the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and the E.J. Ourso College of Business and LSU Foundation.
Timothy and Charlotte Dietrich
Don and Sally McGinty
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Tim Dietrich, president and CEO of Stonetrust Management Services, the management company responsible for the day-to-day operations of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company, earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1980 and an M.B.A. in 1985. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Louisiana and Texas and a former auditor with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. He and his wife, Charlotte, a graduate of LSU’s Paralegal Studies Program, are major benefactors of the LSU Alumni Association.
They have given for many years at the Premier Donor level and have established two Chancellor’s Leadership scholarships for graduates of Redemptorist High School, his alma mater. The couple also supports the LSU Flagship fund and the E.J. Ourso College of Business. Tim is a member of the Forever LSU Baton Rouge Steering Committee, a Premier Corporate Sponsor of Louisiana Looking Up 2010, and a board member of the MBA Alumni Association. He and Charlotte have a daughter, Melanie, age 8. They reside in Baton Rouge.
Don and Sally McGinty Don McGinty graduated from LSU in 1965 with a degree in business and is retired from Shell Oil Company. His wife, Sally, a graduate of LSUNO, now UNO, is also a graduate of the University of Houston and taught for twenty-nine years in the Fort Bend Independent School District. The McGintys have endowed a Chancellor’s Leadership Scholarship, have contributed a suite in their name in The Cook Hotel and Conference Center, and are major donors to the Alumni Fund. They have made gifts to the E.J. Ourso College of Business, the Cox Communications Center for Student-Athletes, and the new LSU Band Hall project and support LSU through the LSU Foundation. The couple resides in Sugar Land, Texas. They are longtime members of the Houston Alumni Chapter and active volunteers in several religious and community organizations. The McGintys are the parents of two children and list grandchildren as a hobby, along with gardening for Sally and LSU for Don. According to Don, “LSU ranks right behind God, family, and country, but Sally sometimes disputes that order!”