From July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, the College received new gifts and commitments from our generous alumni and friends totaling $7,804,818. These included two new estate gifts that were documented and multiple pledges and cash gifts that have greatly benefited multiple areas of the College.
Please find our list of 2023-2024 donors below. If you would like to become a donor today, you can make a gift by visiting give.fsu.edu/cosspp. Or if you would prefer, you may contact our Senior Director of Development Katherine Cline Ashler to discuss making a gift at kcline@foundation.fsu.edu or by calling 850-294-3343.
Thank you to each of our generous donors whose gifts will impact the lives of our students, faculty, staff, and the communities they reach. Your philanthropy makes it possible for us to provide opportunities for students that cannot be covered by State of Florida funds. The College uses private contributions to deliver programming under the College’s Get More Than a Degree initiative that supports student intellectual growth and professional development opportunities for students.
Planned Gifts
The college received four transformational gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Brock, Mr. Granville L. Larimore, Mr. Robert W. Piccard, Dr. and Ms. Michael Widener in the past year.
These visionary alumni are supporting students and faculty through their documented estate gifts and providing a way for others to use different giving vehicles to support the college.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Brock’s gift will establish the Hurdis A. Brock Endowed Graduate Scholarship in Public Administration, in memory of Mr. Brock’s father, providing much-needed support to graduate students pursuing a Master of Public Administration degree within the Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy.
Mr. Granville L. Larimore’s gift will establish the Granville L. Larimore Endowment for Excellence in Social Sciences and provide much-needed support for the dean’s academic priorities within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. The donor had a particularly meaningful experience in the Department of Economics, therefore this department, and others, will benefit from this gift.
Mr. Robert W. Piccard’s gift will provide support to the Paul Piccard Distinguished Professorship in Political Science, established in memory of Robert’s father.
Dr. and Ms. Michael Widener’s gift will provide support to the Department of Geography to address their most pressing needs.
Major Gift Pledges
Mr. Joel E. Embry and Ms. Virginia D. Myrick established the Embry-Myrick Social Sciences Fund to provide much-needed support for interdisciplinary research between various units within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy including, but not limited to, public health, sociology, urban and regional planning, and gerontology.
Robinhood Financial, LLC provided a generous gift to provide support to the Stavros Center and Unconquered by Debt Program to provide additional classes and opportunities for students, including our student athletes.
The Graduate Award in Demography Fund was established by an anonymous donor to provide awards for graduate students pursuing a Master of Science in Demography (MSD).
The Hawkie Mraz Demography Graduate Award, established by an anonymous donor in honor of their child and named for their beloved pet cats, will provide support to students receiving their Master of Science in Demography (MSD).
This donor established this gift to allow the award to be given now while the endowment matures.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Marianne Barnebey established the Mark and Marianne Barnebey Leadership Lecture Series, which will allow the college to offer high visibility, diverse lectures focused on the broad topic of leadership to students, alumni, faculty, staff, and members of the public.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dunaway established the Dunaway Family Celebrating Excellence Scholarships and the Dunaway Family Economics Excellence Scholarships, which provide support to students studying the works of African-American scholars and economists.
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Altmire established the Jason and Kelly Altmire Civil Discourse Fund which will provide much needed support for students to serve as Civil Discourse Ambassadors through funding for student-developed projects and community experiences centered on the topic of civility and civil discourse.
Henry B. Sirgo, Ph.D., established the Dr. Henry B. Sirgo Dissertation Grant which will provide much-needed support to improve the quality of dissertation research within FSU’s Department of Political Science by enabling doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects or conduct field research.
Professor Abby F. Milon established the J. Walter Milon Excellence in Economics Endowed Memorial Scholarship in memory of her late husband, a three-time graduate of Florida State University. The scholarship will provide much-needed support to doctoral students studying in the Department of Economics.
Mr. Christopher Moya established the Elizabeth “Liz” Moya Endowed Memorial Scholarship in memory of his late wife to support a public administration student who has interned or will be interning in the Florida Capitol or with the Florida Department of Education.
Timothy Gunning, Ph.D., established the Thomas S. McCaleb Endowed Professorship in the Department of Economics. The professorship will support one or more experts in the field of economics whose research and teaching are exemplary.
Additional Gifts to Existing Endowments
Colonel (R) Perry E. Anthony, Ph.D., and Mrs. Teresa K. Anthony
Monsignor William A. Kerr Intercultural Education & Dialogue Initiative Endowment Fund
Geoffrey W. Bakker
World Affairs Endowment Fund
Stephen P. Brunetti and the Brunetti Foundation
Stephen P. Brunetti Family Fund
Marc and Chollet Dunbar
Elizabeth “Liz” Moya Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Pete and Susan Dunbar
Elizabeth “Liz” Moya Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Jorge and Pamela Gonzalez
Jorge L. and Pamela M. Gonzalez Scholarship Endowment in Social Sciences
Timothy Gunning, Ph.D.
Thomas S. McCaleb Endowed Professorship Fund
Ronald and Ruth Hedge
Ronald and Ruth Hedge Scholarship Fund
Thomas M. Henderson
Political Science General Development Fund
Jake and Jackie Jacoby
Alumni Graduate Scholarship Fund in Public Administration and Policy
Nancy D. Joyner, Ph.D.
Richard B. Gray Scholarship in International Affairs
The Kaul Foundation
Ralph Kaul Fund in Applied Economics
Rosemary E. Korbecki Trust
St. Louis Friends of Monsignor Kerr Endowment Fund
Reva D. Metzinger Charitable Foundation
Reva Daniels Metzinger Endowed Scholarships in Economics
Gene and Julie Moran
Gene and Julie Moran Scholarship Fund
Charles B. Nam, Ph.D.
Charles B. Nam Scholarship Award in Demography and Population Health
Dianne Piette
Dr. Michael J. Piette Graduate Scholarship Endowment Fund
Betty Serow, Ph.D.
William J. Serow Endowed Professorship
Julia Smith
Richard A. Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Roger Wilson
Joseph P. Cresse Ethics in Government Distinguished Lecture Series and Educational Endowment Fund
New Non-endowed Cash Gifts of $5,000 and above
Charles Haworth and the Haworth Foundation
Charles Haworth Awards for Student Veterans Program
Charles Koch Foundation
L. Charles Hilton Jr. Center for the Study of Economic Prosperity
Donors Trust, Inc.
L. Charles Hilton Jr. Center for the Study of Economic Prosperity
Eric Gaier, Ph.D., and Miranda Gaier
Social Sciences General Development Fund and Social Science Scholars Program Fund
David and Rebecca Bibb
Department of Geography
Stephen R. MacNamara, P.A.
Social Sciences General Development Fund
Kevin Nicolai
The Dunaway Family Economics Excellence Scholarships
Nigel O. Parkinson, Sr.
Social Sciences General Development Fund
Sachi G. Dastidar, Ph.D. and Shefali S. Dastidar, Ph.D.
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Marc Zabicki and Dawn Williams-Zabicki
Department of Economics and the Social Sciences General Development Fund
Unconquered by Debt
This year nine donors provided $37,562.02 to support this special program at the Gus A. Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University.
We are so grateful for the support of:
- Terrence P. Bertrand
- C. Raymond Cottrell, M.D.
- FSU Credit Union
- Daniel and Stacey Lansman
- David Picard, Prime Meridian Bank
- Ben and Heather Storey
- Ed and Teresa M. Sutton
Social Science Scholars
The following donors gave $45,095 to help sponsor our college’s Social Science Scholars program, which provides exceptional undergraduates with career-accelerating leadership training and experiences.
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Auslander
- Mr. Altony Lee, III and Mrs. LaToya Lee
- Stephen C. Mayers, II
- Mrs. Kristen J. Witt
- Ms. Martha B. Quinn
- Ms. Mary A. Miranda
- Dr. Susan A. MacManus
- Dr. David and Regan Rancourt
- Colonel (R) Lettie Bien and David Schmitt
- Roger D. Blevins
- Steven and Amy Clein
- The Sol Cohn Foundation
- Scott B. and Pamela Feldman
- Eric Gaier, Ph.D., and Miranda Gaier
- Earl Godwin, M.D., and Joyce Godwin
- Kenneth W. and Ginger O’Reilly
- Bobby J. and Alicia Pittman, Jr.
- Catie S. Santamaria
Additional support for the Social Science Scholars was also provided by the following funds.
- Marshall S. Cohn Social Science Scholars Endowment Fund
- Marie E. Cowart Social Sciences Scholars Endowment
- Thomas M. and Eileen R. Culligan Social Science Scholars Fund
- Fred C. and Helen D. Flipse Endowment
- Michael Heatter Memorial Social Sciences Scholars Endowment
- David W. Rasmussen Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Marjorie R. Turnbull Social Science Scholars Endowment Fund
DeVoe L. Moore Center
The DeVoe L. Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Economic Policy and Government received additional funding of $120,000 for student experiential learning from the Reason Foundation, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and the Charles Koch Foundation.
Thank You
Thank you to each of our generous donors whose gifts will impact the lives of our students, faculty, staff, and the communities they reach. Your philanthropy makes it possible for us to provide opportunities for students that cannot be covered by State of Florida funds to support students’ intellectual growth and professional development opportunities. If you would like to join us and make a gift today, please visit give.fsu.edu/cosspp.