Fiscal Year 2024 James Edward Oglethorpe Circle Donor Listing
Dear James Edward Oglethorpe Circle Members,
It is my privilege to share with you the James Edward Oglethorpe Circle Honor Roll for the 2024 fiscal year. Your investment in Oglethorpe University is instrumental in shaping the transformative educational experience we provide for our students. Thank you.
As a member of the James Edward Oglethorpe Circle, you are among Oglethorpe’s most generous and loyal benefactors. Your annual gift of $1,000 or more directly supports students, faculty, academics, athletics, scholarships and more. These vital contributions strengthen every aspect of the Oglethorpe experience, ensuring that our university remains a leader in undergraduate education in Atlanta.
Guided by our mission and the leadership of President Kathryn T. McClymond, OU students graduate as ethical, critical thinkers who not only embrace innovation but also create positive change as leaders in our society. While tuition covers much of our operating costs, it is your support that bridges the gap. Your support enables Oglethorpe to open doors and expand opportunities for students, while enriching the rigorous, supportive, and inclusive learning environment that defines the university.
On behalf of the Oglethorpe community, I celebrate and honor your commitment to sustaining and advancing Oglethorpe’s mission and am honored to recognize your generosity in this James Edward Oglethorpe Circle Donor Honor Roll. Thank you for your investment and I hope you will continue to stay engaged with our university to see the continued impact of your support.
Sincerely,
Sarah Emerson Vice President of Advancement Oglethorpe University
Every effort was made to accurately recognize our donors in this honor roll. If you notice any errors, please accept our apologies and reach out to kayres-smith@oglethorpe.edu so we can make the necessary corrections.
The James Edward Oglethorpe Circle
Members of the Young James Edward Oglethorpe Circle and the James Edward Oglethorpe Circle are among the most generous and loyal university benefactors. Donors support the vital annual fund and are critical to OU’s success. We are deeply grateful to all members for supporting students and faculty, academics, athletics, facilities and more.
Donor recognition levels within the James Edward Oglethorpe Circle include:
Sidney Lanier Society - $1,000 - $2,499
John Thomas Lupton Society - $2,500 - $4,999
Philip Weltner Society - $5,000 - $9,999
Thornwell Jacobs Society - $10,000 - $19,999
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Society - $20,000+
FY24 Donor Honor Roll
*the list below reflects donations made between July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024. A FY25 donor honor roll will be published in August 2026.
Young James Edward Oglethorpe Circle
Mr. Roderick M. Griner '19
Mr. Dylan M. Harper-Firchow '19 and Mr. Bradley A. Harper-Firchow '19
Mrs. Kathryn E. Henderson '17 and Mr. Nathan Henderson
Ms. Emily G. Hewitt '22
Ms. Sarah T. Hsu '23
Mr. John Addison Irwin '23
Mr. Garvin Joseph V. Mata '18
Ms. EcClair G. Mayo '14
Tripp Murphy '23 MBA '24
Ms. Victoria O. Omosehin '23
Mrs. Clara M. Robertson '14 and Mr. Benjamin C. Robertson '13
Ms. Anna G. Walters '18
The Sidney Lanier Society
Mrs. Catherine Castagna Abood '86 and Mr. Robert Abood
Dr. Rick Agel, Jr. '72
Mrs. Judith Heald Allison '69 and Mr. Richard A. Allison Anonymous (3)
Dr. D. Peter Drotman and Mrs. Carolyn N. Arakaki
Mr. Eli Arnold '06 and Mr. John S. Malahy
Mrs. Yetty Levenson Arp '68 and Dr. Charles R. Arp
Mrs. Gonca Artunkal '88 and Mr. Ali R. Artunkal
Ms. A. Diane Baker '77 and Mr. Robert S. Zorich
Mrs. Ann Sakers Ball '78 and Mr. Marc Ball '76
Mr. James H. Battle '11 and Mrs. Sonya Battle
Mr. Blair N. Belton and Mrs. Sharon Belton
Ms. Michelle Belton
Mrs. Danielle A. Benner '99 and Mr. Christopher V. Benner '01
Mr. Daniel Boggio
Mr Robert H Bowen
Mr. Nathan E. Briesemeister '94 and Mrs. Jennifer Briesemeister
Mr. Franklin L. Burke '66 (H)'98 and Mrs. Eleanor S. Burke
Dr. Michael A. Burke '83
Dr. Mark A. Caprio '94
Mrs. Ann S. Cave '01 and Mr. Brett S. Cave '99
Dr. Barbara R. Clark (H)'14
Ms. Jacqueline M. Conley and Dr. Michael S. Conley
Mr. Randall A. Constantine
Dr. Stephen H. Craft
Mr. Dabney M. Daniel and Mrs. Margaret P. Daniel
Mr. Mark W. DeLong '03 and Mr. Gabriel DeLong
Ms. Colleen D. Donaldson
Ms. Jennifer R. DuBose '90 and Mr. Christopher Bivins
Dr. Daniel M. Duncanson '85 and Mrs. Lisa S. Duncanson
Dr. Majid A. Ejlali
Dr. Catharine A. Enright
Mr. James H. Faasse '96
Mrs. Donna C. Findling '96 and Mr. John B. Findling, Jr.
Dr. Robert Gaynes and Mrs. Sherry Gaynes
Mr. Charles B. Ginden
Tony Golden '13 and Ashley Causey-Golden
The Sidney Lanier Society
Mrs. Martha L. Grizzle and Mr. Charles L. Grizzle, Jr.
Mr. Scott T. Haight '89 and Mr. James Hackney, Jr.
Ms. Charis A. Hanberry '88 and Mr. D. Dwayne Hanberry '88
Mrs. Kimberly K. Harding '98 and Mr. John Harding
Dr. Jill R. Harper '94 and Mr. Scott Harper
Dr. Karen J. Head '98 and Dr. Colin Potts
Mrs. Barbara Bessmer Henry '85 and Mr. Donald R. Henry '83
Mr. Thomas G. Hood '78 and Mrs. Sheila Hood
Dr. Paul S. Hudson '72 and Mrs. Kathy Hudson
Professor Leah Miranda Hughes '88
Ms. Betsy D. Johnson '80
Mr. Dennis W. Kelly and Mrs. Deborah Kelly
Mrs. Deepbella Khalsa and Mr. Gurbachan S. Khalsa
Ms. Carla Knobloch
Dr. Dale M. Kristle '78 and Mrs. Theresa Kristle
Mr. Stuart A. Kurtz '73
Dr. and Mrs. Larry D. Large
Mr. Lance L. Leitzel '91 and Ms. Adelaide K. Leitzel
Robin Lohfert '03
Mr. Joseph C. Luke, IV '04 and Mrs. Emily Luke
Dr. James S. MacDonall '70 and Mrs. Marilyn MacDonall
Mrs. Margaret W. Mathewes '55 and Mr. David A. Mathewes, Jr.
Mr. Scott D. McAdoo '75
Mrs. Tracey McCormick and Mr. Patrick J. McCormick
Mr. Scott M. McKelvey '91 and Ms. Kelly H. McKelvey
Mr. Curtis E. McLeod '09
Ms. Janice M. McNeal '98
Mrs. Deborah P. Mertens and Mr. Francis J. Mertens
Mr. Michael J. Messonnier, Jr. '01
The Sidney Lanier Society
Mr. Jef R. Palframan '13 and Mrs. Krista Palframan
Dr. Robert H. Pullen, Jr. '79 and Mrs. Gini Pullen
Mrs. Donna L. Rasile '82 and Mr. Robert L. Rasile '82
Mr. Arthur Ratliff and Ms. Denise Gunter
Mrs. Mary Ezzell Reed '72 and Mr. Daniel S. Reed '72
Mr. Matthew R. Rivenbark '98
Mr. Peter A. Rooney and Mrs. Elizabeth L. Rooney
Mrs. Joan E. Rose
Mr. R. Alan Royalty '88 and Mrs. Mylinda K. Royalty
Mr. W. Parker Sanders
Mrs. Holly E. Sawyer '94 and Mr. Robert L. Sawyer
Ms. Linda S. Scarborough '65
Ms. Barbara Louise Shadomy '87
Mr. Andrew D. Shahan '00
Mrs. Andrea S. Shelton '91 and Mr. Joseph P. Shelton '91
Mrs. Stacy McDonald Soloway '86 and Mr. W. Scott Soloway '87
Mr. Jeremy G. Spake '99 and Mr. David Spake
Mr. Blake J. Stabler '00
Mrs. Laura P. Stanford '91 and Mr. Duane D. Stanford, Jr. '92
Mrs. Barbara Stanton
Mr. Peter D. Stobie and Mrs. Lisa Stobie
Mr. Timothy A. Straus '79 and Ms. Robyn E. Prince
Dr. Elizabeth R. Taghechian '94
Mrs. Lynda S. Tatum '92
Mr. Lance E. Wallace and Mrs. Carla Wallace
Ms. Elizabeth D. Watts '93 and Ms. Jill Stevens
Ms. Caitlin E. Way '91
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Williams, Jr.
The John Thomas Lupton Society
Anonymous
Mr. Howell A. Breedlove, Jr. '57
Mrs. Kelley Coram and Mr. Blake Coram
Cindy and John Ethridge
Ms. Kathleen M. Farrell '95 and Mr. Theodore Spitalnick
Mr. Clifford L. Foster '11
Mrs. Jodie Sexton Goff '01 and Mr. Todd M. Goff
Ms. Tammy R. Hurt and Mr. William Brown
Dr. Lene A. Jensen '89 and Dr. Jeffrey J. Arnett
Ms. Jill B. Kleinman
Mrs. Kathleen McDermott Kraynick '88 and Mr. Ronald L. Kraynick '89
Mr. Sean M. LaPides '86 and Mr. Neal LaPides
Mr. Ben Marmande
Melissa and Doug Schnitzer
Ms. Ellen Kierr Stein
Mr. and Mrs. Aurel E. Stuart, Jr.
The Philip Weltner Society
Ms. Judith M. Becker
Ms. Virginia L. Bennett and Mr. Scott Sekerke
Ms. Joselyn Butler Baker '91
Mr. Adam M. Corder '95
Mrs. Mary B. Fox '63
Mr. D. Austin Gillis '01 and Mrs. Molly Gillis
Mr. Jack Guynn (H)'05 and Ms. Joanne M. Guynn
Mr. H. Theodore Heintz, Jr. and Mrs. Gillian H. Heintz
Mr. J. Cleve Hill '01 and Mrs. Allison E. Hill
Mr. Glen O. Jackson and Mrs. Claire K. Jackson
Mr. David M. Leonard and Mrs. Cynthia Leonard
Mr. William E. Lukow '95 and Mrs. Courtney L. Lukow
Mr. J. Russell Magbee, Jr. and Mrs. Lila Magbee
Ms. Talia Murphy and Mr. John Murphy
Mr. Thomas P. O'Connor '67 and Mrs. Georgina M. O'Connor
Mr. Cody L. Partin '02 and Mrs. Sara Partin
Mrs. Anita D. Patterson '97 and Mr. Jim Patterson
Mrs. Natalia Barreto Repp '13 and Mr. Jason Repp
Mrs. Christina B. Rissler '98 and Dr. James D. Rissler '98
Mr. Timothy Randall Roberson '97
Mrs. Harriett J. Robinson
Mr. Brian C. Sass '84 and Mrs. Rana Sass
Mr. John M. Shelnutt '84 and Mrs. Kimberly M. Shelnutt
Mr. Michael Suco, Sr. and Ms. Shelley Suco
Dr. Matthew R. Thom '02 and Mrs. Brooklyn M. Thom
Mrs. Pam C. Tofsky '76 and Mr. Neil H. Tofsky '74
Mr. Jason M. Tofsky and Mrs. Courtney Tofsky
Mrs. Michele White
Dr. Barbara C. Wommack
The Thornwell Jacobs Society
Anonymous
Mr. Cameron M. Bready '94 and Mrs. Mary F. Bready
Mr. Christopher J. Faber
Mr. Kevin D. Fitzpatrick, Jr. '78 and Ms. Patricia A. Pasch
Mr. J. Lewis Glenn, Sr. '71 and Mrs. Nancy W. Glenn
Mr. Cary R. Kleinfield '81
Mr. Stephen E. Malone '73 and Ms. Helene Wollstein
Dr. Kathryn McClymond and Dr. Michael Herb
Mr. Milford W. McGuirt and Mrs. Carolyn McGuirt
Dr. Darr McKeown '77 and Ms. Stacey A. McKeown
Mr. David Reynolds Pass '98 and Mrs. Jenny Pass
Mrs. Margaret C. Reiser and Mr. Robert E. Reiser, Jr.
Dr. William O. Shropshire and Dr. Patricia P. Shropshire
Mrs. Lauren A. Warner '02 and Mr. Rodney Warner
The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Society
Mr. Robert E. Bowden '66 and Mrs. Dixie Bowden
Mr. L. Thomas Clements '86 and Mrs. Penelope F. Clements
Mr. Thomas G. Cousins (H)'07 and Mrs. Ann Cousins
Dr. James H. Dew, Jr. and Mrs. Carol C. Dew
The Hackett/Robitaille Family
Mr. Q. William Hammack, Jr. '73 and Mrs. Diane Hammack
Ms. Marguerite Anne Hammond '87
Mr. Richard N. King
Ms. S. Tammy Pearson '86
Mr. Michael D. Quinn
Mrs. Dean DuBose Smith '70 and Mr. H. Bronson Smith
Mr. Timothy P. Tassopoulos '81 and Mrs. Maria C. Tassopoulos
Dr. Ruth R. Winecker '87 and Mr. John R. Winecker '85
Mr. James Winestock and Mrs. Toni Winestock