Philanthropist Society

The Philanthropist Society at UVA Wise is offered to those friends of the College who have:

  • Included the College in their will.
  • Established a life-income gift which will benefit UVA Wise in the future.
  • Named the College as a beneficiary of life insurance.
  • Made a gift to the College of paid-up life insurance.
  • Deeded property to the College while retaining use of the property for their lifetime.

Active Philanthropist Society members include: 

  • Anonymous
  • Mary Beth Allen 
  • Mike L. Allen '81
  • Sally S. Baird '92
  • Lavonne Baker '71
  • Patricia Baumgartner
  • Glenn Blackburn 
  • Jere Noel Blackburn 
  • Francis B. Blackmore
  • JoAnn Byington 
  • Randy Byington '78
  • Donald W. Caudill 
  • Shelia B. Combs '72
  • Jack S. Cooper, MD '59
  • James S. Cox '75
  • Susan Leigh Cox '73
  • Van W. Daniel III
  • Clinton Fletcher Dean '86
  • Bernard E. Dotson, Jr. 
  • Donna Fields '77
  • Jerry L. Fields '75
  • Kathy Sutherland Finn '84
  • Susan Garfinkel
  • Marcia E. Adams Gilliam '82
  • Marvin W. Gilliam, Jr. 
  • Patricia A. Gilliam '73
  • Richard B. Gilliam, Sr. '74
  • David F. Guza
  • Sarah Guz
  • Judy G. Harding '75
  • Charles H. Henderson, III, MD
  • Mary M. Henderson 
  • James W. Holyfield
  • Sandra L. Jones '97
  • Marguerite T. Kanto
  • William P. Kanto, Jr., MD
  • Dennis F. Kern '72
  • Paul Stephen Lawson '78
  • Valerie S. Lawson '87
  • Margaret Edds Lipper
  • Robert J. Lipper
  • Vincent T. Marshall '80
  • Gerry Mayorshi '56
  • Jane Meade-Dean '89
  • David W. Mersereau
  • Marianne Mersereau '84
  • Wallace D. Mersereau
  • Duane A. Miller '94 
  • Preston D. Miller, Jr. 
  • Preston W. Mitchell
  • Suzan E. Moore
  • Cecilia F. Mullins
  • Douglas R. Mullins, Sr. 
  • Scott W. Mullins
  • Jill O'Donnell
  • Michael E. O'Donnell
  • Bette Patton
  • Robert C. Patton
  • Rhonda M. Perkins '73
  • Scott Perkins
  • Eva C. Phelps '75
  • Jack C. Phelps, Jr. '75
  • Don R. Pippin '58
  • Gloria R. Pippin '73
  • Nathan D. Rasnake '14
  • Carolyn K. Redman
  • Ron Redman '62
  • Carson Robbins
  • Laura M. Sage
  • Robert H. Sage '79
  • Ruby S. Salyers '70 
  • Debra A. Sarvela '79
  • Albert Dewey Smith '02
  • Andrew Johnson Still '59
  • Delores R. Still
  • Gaye Sturgill
  • William J. Sturgill '56
  • Wiley A. Turner, Jr. 
  • Roy L. Wells, Jr. '56
  • Ruth B. Wells
  • Beverly G. Wendle
  • Becky Williams
  • David L. Williams '67
  • Joan M. Wright

Lifetime Philanthropist Society members listed below provided a gift in their estate which ahs been realized: 

  • Anonymous
  • Estate of Luther F. Addington
  • Estate of Morton O. Alper
  • Estate of Carol H. Atwood
  • Estate of Jettie E. Baker
  • Estate of Raymond C. Bise, Jr. 
  • Estate of Hattie Bolling
  • Estate of Kermit A. Bolling 
  • Estate of Roger Ray Brooks
  • Estate of Carol P. Buchanan
  • Estate of Gertrude Cherry 
  • Estate of Phyllis Marks Cohen 
  • Estate of Wallace M. Cohen 
  • Estate of Paul F. Dishner
  • Estate of Larry Fish
  • Estate of Charles I. Fuller, Jr. 
  • Estate of Dorothy Gilley Garrison
  • Estate of Fay Bond Gillespie 
  • Estate of Leslie F. Gilliam
  • Estate of Verta Hamilton 
  • Estate of Robert C. Hancock
  • Estate of Casimir Holda
  • Estate of Martha Roberts Holyfield 
  • Estate of Anne Jackson 
  • Estate of Harold C. Jackson 
  • Estate of Elmer R. Johnson 
  • Estate of Denton D. Kendrick
  • Estate of Charlotte King
  • Estate of Clinton Gray Lambert
  • Estate of Gertrude Manhal
  • Estate of Martha M. Markusich
  • Estate of Frank Bruce Mayorshi
  • Estate of Helen McFall
  • Estate of Leland B. McFall
  • Estate of Virginia Irene Meador
  • Estate of Patricia I. Merserau
  • Estate of Jean Dean Moore
  • Estate of Ronald L. Moore
  • Estate of Edward Perry 
  • Estate of Laura L. Peters
  • Estate of Anne P. Phillips
  • Estate of Joseph T. Phillips, M. D. 
  • Estate of Alta E. Porter
  • Estate of Cecil Porter
  • Estate of Nancy R. Pulaski
  • Estate of E. Hagan Richmond 
  • Estate of Lelia Maude Richmond
  • Estate of Pauline B. Richmond
  • Estate of Eliza S. Rigg
  • Estate of Paul D. Sarvela, Ph. D. 
  • Estate of Clyda Rae Simms
  • Estate of Helen M. Stallard
  • Estate of Iloe Read Stallard
  • Estate of Nicolas K. Starkovsky 
  • Estate of Kathleen Miller Strunk
  • Estate of Kathleen C. Sturgill
  • Estate of Farley Sutherland
  • Estate of Helen J. Sutherland
  • Estate of Frederick G. Tice
  • Estate of Claude V. Warren
  • Estate of Howard E. Warren
  • Estate of Thelma Phipps Weaver
  • Estate of Beth Wendell
  • Estate of Harold C. Wright
  • Estate of Roger E. Wright

Updated January 6, 2023