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Always in the Game

Paul SorrelsTwo of alumnus Paul Sorrels' great loves – TCU and baseball – are reflected in his final wishes.

Mr. Sorrels, a three-time baseball letterman and graduate of the Class of 1941, died late last year and was memorialized at services held in Robert Carr Chapel.

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Continuing a Heritage of Giving

Dr. Marcus Bryant and wife Virginia Stevenson BryantPhilanthropy is part of a family legacy for Dr. Marcus Bryant and his wife, Virginia Stevenson Bryant. Over the past five years, Dr. Bryant, an emeritus Brite Divinity School professor, and Mrs. Bryant have established three gift annuities benefiting Brite. By doing so, they receive a fixed rate of return that is higher than they might get with CDs or other noncharitable plans.

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Mary Beasley Leaves Legacy of Campus Beauty

Mary BeasleyFrom 1987 to 1997, Mrs. Beasley made a series of gifts totaling $450,000 to create the Mary Evans Beasley Endowment for Campus Beautification.

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Alumnus Driven by Heritage

Sam Acola“Cows in the pasture. Money in the bank. That's what every cattleman wants.”

That's the philosophy of Sam Woody Acola, TCU Class of 1950, who got “bit by the ranching bug” when his grandfather, John Woody, gave him his first heifer calf at age 9 or 10.

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Sisters Strike a Resounding Chord

Carol and JulieHorned Frog sisters Carol Lay Fletcher and Julianne (Julie) Lay Williams don't agree on everything. Ms. Fletcher likes opera, regularly taking her nephew David (Julie's son) to Chicago for Lyric Opera performances as well as...

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Alumnus Driven by Heritage, Hard Work
Sam Acola '50 benefits his family and ranch management students by making a lasting gift. More

Sisters Strike a Resounding Chord by Establishing Special Education Fund
Horned Frog sisters Carol Lay Fletcher and Julianne (Julie) Lay Williams don't agree on everything. But one thing the two sisters do agree upon is TCU's new Alice S. Neeley Special Education Institute and how it benefits the community. More

Wilson bequest endows fellows position at the new John V. Roach Honors College
Following a $6.4 million bequest from James "Tony" Wilson, Jr., '63, that established an endowed chair and two professorships in the Neeley School, his estate has provided an additional $1.1 million to support Honors. More

$4.5 million charitable trust funds scholarships
Christine Ackers Cagle '35 and her late husband, Gene, a Fort Worth media pioneer, made meticulous estate plans. The charitable remainder trust that they established provided a stream of payments for their daughter throughout her lifetime. More

Always in the Game
Paul Sorrels expressed his fondness for TCU and baseball through a special gift. More

Continuing a Heritage of Giving
Philanthropy is part of a family legacy for Dr. Marcus Bryant and his wife, Virginia Stevenson Bryant. Over the past five years, Dr. Bryant, an emeritus Brite Divinity School professor, and Mrs. Bryant have established three gift annuities benefiting Brite. More

Mary Beasley Leaves Legacy of Campus Beauty
When TCU benefactor Mary Evans Beasley was born in 1903, TCU was still eight years away from establishing its existing campus on land that Joan Hewatt Swaim '56 eloquently describes in Walking TCU: A Historic Perspective. More

Peggy King
"I decided to establish two gift annuities because TCU did so much for me." More

They Dared to Dream
What started as a dare became the opportunity of a lifetime for Stanley Eugene "Stan the Man" Wilson--a legend in Texas broadcasting. More

TCU Pride Leads to Lasting Gift
TCU is a great source of pride for Dr. Tom '57 and Joan Glusing Rogers '58. More

Floyd's Fund Celebrates Father's Spirit
As she celebrates her 50th class reunion this year, alumna Laura Lisle Sanner wanted her class gift to honor the spirit of her late father, longtime TCU chemistry professor Floyd M. Lisle. More