Honor Roll of Giving

The Honor Roll of Giving recognizes law alumni by class who made a monetary gift of any size to support the UMKC School of Law and UMKC Law Foundation between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. Please note that pledges for support below $1,000 and planned gifts (i.e., estate gifts, etc.) are not honored here.

Class year by J.D. degree (unless the only degree received at UMKC Law is LL.M.)

Honorees

1949

• Byron Price Constance

1953

• The Honorable Gene R. Martin, deceased
• Banny Tapp

1955

• Norman O. Besheer
• Clark Albin Ridpath, deceased

1959

• Charlie J. Hulse

1962

• Donald L. Slyter

1964

• Gene E. Voigts

1965

• Lawrence R. Bold
• James G. Tichenor

1966

• Mike T. White

1967

• Donald E. Klaassen
• Leon Guy Lants, Jr.
• Lonnie J. Shalton

1968

• Joe Crites
• Mike Dorsey
• Leland M. Shurin
• Ernest M. Yu

1969

• Truman Kermit Eldridge, Jr.
• George E. Kapke
• William B. Prugh
• Robert Ulrich

1970

• Frank Hugo McClernon, Jr.
• R. Pete Smith

1971

• Robert L. Kuhnlein
• The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith

1972

• Philip J. Adams, Jr.
• Anonymous
• Michael J. Patton
• Dale Leroy Schulte
• Steven J. Streen
• Joseph R. Tafelski
• The Honorable Roger E. Wall
• Robert Thomson

1973

• James F. Aldrich
• Paul F. Angel
• Tim Brake
• Donald M. Fehr
• Lawrence L. Ferree III
• Kenneth D. Hassler
• Judge Ronald Ray Holliger*
• Jim W. Tippin
• James R. Wyrsch
• Anonymous

1974

• Alice Jacks Achtenberg
• Rice P. Burns, Jr.
• J. Michael Cronan
• Michael E. Hughes
• Eugene Lipscomb
• Robert Numrich
• Fred L. Slough
• The Honorable William L. Syler
• David R. Tripp

1975

• Robert Lin Alexander
• John L. Hayob
• Tom K. O’Loughlin II
• Mike Shea

1976

• Jack T. Bangert
• Irvin V. Belzer
• Robert W. Cotter
• Professor Robert C. Downs
• The Honorable Arthur B. Federman
• Andrew J. Gelbach
• The Honorable Jon R. Gray
• Jack Holland
• Terence J. Kelley
• Kay A. King
• Alan Leslie Markowitz
• The Honorable Mike R. McAdam
• Charles M. Rogers
• Leslie A. Thomson

1977

• Jim Bartimus
• Susan D. Gordon
• Richard N. Lyons II
• The Honorable William Sample Richards
• Edward D. Robertson, Jr.
• Judith A. Sharp
• Cathleen A. Shine
• Bruce E. Strauss

1978

• Judge Charles Emmert Atwell
• Michael R. Glenn
• David L. Miller
• Frances E. Reddis
• James R. Skain

1979

• Susan M. Kephart
• Erlene W. Krigel
• B. John Readey III
• Stephen S. Sparks
• Bruce A. Tannahill
• Anonymous

1980

• David L. Forbes
• Jay D. Haden
• Deborah A. Lane
• Jeffrey A. Long
• Timothy K. McNamara
• Professor Sean D. O'Brien
• Nathan A. Rosen
• R. Kent Sellers
• James M. Slone
• The Honorable Richard E. Standridge
• Daniel P. Winkel 

1981  

• Louis C. Accurso
• Martha C. Brown
• Marcia L. Charney
• The Honorable Jay A. Daugherty
• J. Kent Emison
• J. R. Hobbs
• Robert D. Litz
• Larry A. Schaffer
• Ed Soltz

1982

• Chuck Berlau
• Mark J. Bredemeier
• Jane Pansing Brown
  
• Ronald L. Edelman
• David S. Spewak
• William Stilley
• Susan Baker Teson
• Lisa A. Weixelman
• Anonymous

1983

• Denise L. Deason-Toyne
• Jim Frickleton
• Elizabeth Bandoli Happe
• Michelle Stark Kaufman
• Peter M. Ossorio
• Kirk R. Presley
• The Honorable Marco A. Roldan
• Greg T. Spies
• Kimberley S. Spies
• The Honorable Frances Tydingco-Gatewood

1984

• Gary A. Anderson
• Tim Brady
• The Honorable Ted House
• Paul F. Kavanaugh
• James M. McCarten
• Joel A. Poole
• Chi Chi A. Puhl
• Mary Beth P. Soffer
• Linda S. Trout

1985

• Gary N. Jones
• JoAnne Ferrell Lewellen
• Maribeth Slattery McMahon
• Lynda C. Moore
• Butch Rigby
• Patricia A. Shea
• Raymond T. Wagner Jr.

1986

• Anna Maria Merritt
  
• Colonel Ursula P. Schultz

1987

• The Honorable S. Margene Burnett
• Grant L. Davis
• Michael B. Hunter
• Thomas J. McMahon
• William A. Rudy
• Cyprienne Simchowitz

1988

• Scott S. Bethune
• The Honorable Lajuana M. Counts
• Thomas C. Jones
• Allison M. Murdock
• David M. Skeens
• The Honorable Marcia K. Walsh
• David B. Yost
• Therese A. Yost

1989

• Colonel Harry D. Callicotte
• The Honorable Jacqueline A. Cook
• Dana Tippin Cutler
• Keith A. Cutler
• C. Sue Love
• Laura L. McConwell
• Paula L. Schwach
• Sharon M. Williams
• The Honorable J. Dale Youngs

1990 

• Patrick Campbell
• Patrick McInerney
• Commissioner Molly M. Merrigan

1991 

• Jim Harrington
• Barbara L. Palan
• Danne W. Webb

1992 

• Sandy Wirtel Kutey
• Beth Madden
• Brian J. Madden
• David Mayer
• Professor Lee A. Moore
• Teresa A. Moore
• Ross C. Nigro, Jr.
• Devon A. Rolf

1993 

• Barry D. Estell
• Patrick A. Lujin
• Laurie Snell
• The Honorable Melissa Taylor Standridge
• Sherri L. Wattenbarger

1994 

• The Honorable W. Brian Gaddy
• Kelly Lynn Oakley

1995 

• Charlie J. Harris
• Pascale L. Henn

1996 

• Christy Grace Albano
• Steve Becker
• Allison L. Bergman
• John F. Edgar
• Christopher C. Swenson

1997 

• Anonymous
• The Honorable Stephen R. Bough
• Stephen J. Cosentino
• Gary R. Gose
• Randall J. Hallett
• Meghan Holden
• Zach Jarrett Holden
• James D. Myers, Esq.
• Clinton G. Newton
• Stacey R. Page
• Jill A. Presley
• Bryan R. Witt

1998

• Shawn G. Foster
  
• Daniel J. McCarroll
• J. D. Moore
• Elizabeth G. Singleton
• Kevin Stanley

1999 

• Lisa Brunner
• Paul A. Campo
• Rachel Hayes
• Kirk D. Holman
• Todd M. Johnson
• James Joseph Kernell
• Joseph Kronawitter
• Mira Mdivani
• Anne W. Schiavone

2000

• Councilperson Andrea G. Bough
• Chris Buhr
• Therese LeBlanc
• Annie S. Wehage-Zickwolf

2001

• Debbie Brooks
• Rex Chang
• R. Ann Henderson

2002

• Gregory Harding
• Julia D. Kitsmiller
• Jared Welch

2003

• William A. Coggins
• Brian Devling
• Andrew Dickson
• Athena Dickson
• Phyllis A. Norman
• Larry Pittman
• T.J. Preuss
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Rikli
• Pamela J. Welch

2004

• Matthew L. Brooks
• Andrew Freistein
• Stephanie L. Hill
• Alicia Johnson
• John McEntee
• Rockney Taveau

2005

• Marie Dispenza
• Desarae Harrah
• Aaron House
• Matthew Jordan
• Shannon Peeples
• Dr. Dennis Peffley
• Dean Melissa Joy Roberts
• Andrew Snavely

2006

• Zhaoying (Dorothy) Du
• Nicole Fisher
• Erin Hunt
• Jenny Redix Jordan
• Stephanie A. Kice
• Craig Klotz
• Guoping Zhu

2007

• Scott Aripoli
• Stacey Wullschleger

2008

• Ashley H. Atwell-Soler
• Brennan Delaney
• Preston Drobeck
• Ryan Dykal
• Michael Foster
• Abraham Kuhl
• Shaun Stallworth
• Anonymous

2009

• Robert E. Gordon
• Brandon Gutshall
• Blake Heath
• Chris Kurtz
• Gary Mardian
• Megan Monk
• Lara Krigel Pabst
• Katrina M. Ross

2010

• Shannon Gordon
• Beau Graves
• Jon Otto
• Brian Russell
• Dane Schad

2011

• Damien De Loyola
• Charnissa Holliday Scott
• Jack Hyde
• David McCain
• George Ngengwe
• Ronald Nguyen
• Nancy Olivares

2013

• Michelle Cocayne
• Abby Paradise
• Rachel P. Peterson
• Catherine Wiehl

2014

• Ashley J. Aramjoo
• Paemon L. Aramjoo
• Tyson Bramley
• Kerensa Barr Cassis
• Ben Friesen
• Ashley Grace
• Corey Kilburn
• Kenneth Kinney
• Robert L. Kinsman
• Adam Krause
• Jacob Lewis
• Councilperson Crispin M. Rea
• Bree Sturner
• Chelsea L. Templeton
• Quentin Templeton

2015

• Professor Evan Absher
• The Family of JoEllen Flanagan Engelbart*
• MaKenzi Denise Higgins
• Daniel Schwaller

2016

• Andrew C. Edwards
• Rochelle Falk
• Trevor L. Ferguson
• Jeffrey Mendoza
• Pamela Nagel
• Robert Schaeffer
• Emily Sellers
• Rachel Sterbenz
• Elaine M. Winecoff-Smith
• Anonymous

2017

• Erica L. Frank
• Amy Jackson
• Nicholas Schmiemeier
• Taryn Nash Sherman

2018

• Grace E. Colato Martinez
• Natalie Frank
• Greg Tourigny

2019

• Jaclyn Alcantara
• Laurna Alumbaugh
• Danielle Atchison
• Anne Case-Halferty
• Ashley Crisafulli
• Kathleen Killen
• Elsa L. Linares
• Noah Nash
• Dana Samaniego
• Anonymous

2020

• Quinn Benson
• Nihit V. Desai
• Olivia Dobard
• Mirjana K. Gacanich
• Kylee Gomez
• Matthew Heili
• Kourtney Hodge
• Scott Schwend
• Caleb Siefkas
• Anonymous
• Anonymous

2021

• William Amos
• Trevor Cunningham
• Charles Dimsdale
• Claire Wyatt

2022

• Ayyoub Ajmi
• Sarah Endacott
• Christian Nicole Branecky Gordon
• Eric Honea
• Margaret Stansell
• Anonymous
• Anonymous
• Anonymous

2023

• David W. Fox
• Emma Robertson
• Caroline M. Schumann