Summer 2021, Texas Leader
Keeping Texas on Top “There’s really no better way to support Texas and our community than to keep UT great — to advance our state’s flagship university.” Sometimes in life you just know. That’s how it was for University of Texas alumni Lois and Richard Folger....
Summer 2021, Texas Leader
Gazing Upward Anne Marie Adkins, B.A. ’75, is supporting the future of astronomy. Photo: Sloan Breeden “Graduate students are key to attracting world-class faculty, so my gift will help elevate education and research one graduate student at a time.” “I can’t imagine a...
Summer 2021, Texas Leader
Longhorn Spirit Amy and Darrel Jackson volunteered as a host family for international students, helping them acclimate to the university and Texas. Not everyone would view a bag of peanuts as a life-changing welcome to The University of Texas at Austin. But to Chester...
Summer 2021, Texas Leader
Renaissance Man As a fourth-generation Texan, Dachiell Rowdon has always had a special place in her heart for the state. However, it was her late husband Maurice Rowdon’s connection with the Lone Star State that inspired her estate gift to The University of Texas at...
Summer 2021, Texas Leader
Texas Leader Spotlight Brenda Rickert, B.S. Education ’62 and George Rickert Austin, TX What are your favorite UT memories? I loved meeting new friends — and we are still friends decades later. When we see each other, it’s like we’re still together on campus. I’m a...
