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T H E C O N T R I B U T O R S ’ R E P O R T 2 0 0 5 • G I V I N G B Y F U N D<br />

William C. Ostendorff, 1984<br />

Carolyn C. Ostrom, 1989<br />

Eric E. Ostrom, 1989<br />

Lenore S. Ostrowsky, 1974<br />

Julie K. Ouchley, 2002<br />

<strong>The</strong>resa Oviedo, 1982<br />

John T. Owen, 2001<br />

Donald Patrick Owens, 1983<br />

Hubert Oxford III, 1963<br />

Patrick C. Oxford, 1967<br />

Joel M. Oxley, 1974<br />

Matthew R. Pacey, 2002<br />

Pacific Life<br />

John M. Padilla, 1994<br />

Robert L. Page, 1975<br />

Linda S. Paine, 1966<br />

Stephen C. Paine, 1967<br />

William R. Pakalka, 1972<br />

Christine L. Palmer, 1996<br />

Jeff Palmer, 2000<br />

Enrique Palomares, 1999<br />

Kyle Pankonien, 1977<br />

William C. Pannell, 1950<br />

Yianni Pantis, 1992<br />

Bryce Panzer, 1980<br />

William C. Papadopoulos, 2000<br />

Gail E. Papermaster, 1986<br />

Amanda S. Paquet, 1995<br />

Julie M. Paradis, 1979<br />

<strong>The</strong>odore William Paris, 1988<br />

David Jung-Ho Park, 1999<br />

Wendy S. Park, 2004<br />

Callie Ann Parker, 2004<br />

Charles A. Parker, 2004<br />

Charles B. Parker, 1952<br />

D. Diane Parker, 1988<br />

SHEFFIELD’S SUBSTANCE<br />

Dallas R. Parker, 1972<br />

Dana Emmert Parker, 1987<br />

David L. Parker, 1986<br />

James A. Parker, 1962<br />

James F. Parker, 1971<br />

Michael M. Parker, 1993<br />

Law Office <strong>of</strong> Quanah Parker<br />

Quanah Parker, 1971<br />

Andrew L. Parks, 1999<br />

Kevin J. Parks, 1998<br />

Brainerd S. Parrish, 1967<br />

Thomas Zaner Parrish, 1948<br />

Juan R. Partida, 1977<br />

Barbara A. Pate, 1978<br />

Michael L. Pate, 1975<br />

Dahesh D. Patel, 1997<br />

Pankti Patel, 2005<br />

Allan G. Paterson Jr., 1967<br />

Andrea Paterson, 2003<br />

Emilie Kuntz Paterson, 2000<br />

Connor W. Patman, 1947<br />

Bryan W. Patrick, 2005<br />

Michael G. Pattillo Jr., 1999<br />

John J. Patton, 1965<br />

Angela Marie Paul, 1997<br />

Dana Davis Paul, 2001<br />

Richard J. Pa<strong>ut</strong>sch, 1981<br />

Kurt Geyer Paxson, 1984<br />

Peyton Paxson, 1983<br />

Crillon C. Payne II, 1968<br />

Jessica M. Payne, 2005<br />

Robert B. Payne, 1949<br />

J. Hoke Peacock II, 1965<br />

P. Dexter Peacock, 1966<br />

William Pearce, 1967<br />

Patrick William Pearlman, 1988<br />

Alice Drysdale Sheffield was a gifted student,<br />

a <strong>law</strong>yer, and a generous patron <strong>of</strong> UT Law.<br />

Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield was born on December 8, 1896,<br />

in Palestine, Texas. She moved to Houston as a teenager and<br />

graduated from old Central High School.<br />

Sheffield entered the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Texas in<br />

1914. According to a newspaper article appearing<br />

in the Austin American she was a<br />

“Bluebonnet Belle” and “one <strong>of</strong> the few girls in<br />

the history <strong>of</strong> the university who have had the<br />

stamina to stay in the <strong>law</strong> department for three<br />

<strong>years</strong>.” While maintaining a fine academic<br />

record, she actively participated in athletics and<br />

student government. She lettered in basketball<br />

and was elected vice president <strong>of</strong> both her junior<br />

and her senior <strong>law</strong> school classes. She was<br />

also an active member <strong>of</strong> the Phi Mu sorority.<br />

Sheffield graduated from UT Law with a<br />

bachelor <strong>of</strong> <strong>law</strong>s degree in 1918, only the third<br />

woman to achieve the honor. She was admitted<br />

to the State Bar <strong>of</strong> Texas the same year. She<br />

spent most <strong>of</strong> her legal career in the <strong>law</strong><br />

department at Gulf Oil Corporation, in which<br />

Sheffield in 1918.<br />

John Park Pearson, 2003<br />

Kent Pearson, 2002<br />

Lisa Lord Pearson, 1987<br />

Ralph J. Pearson Jr., 1974<br />

Shirley McGregor Pearson, 1978<br />

David Peavler, 1992<br />

Donna Cox Peavler, 1992<br />

Robert A. Peavy, 1966<br />

Bryan J. Pechersky, 1995<br />

David S. Peck, 1998<br />

John L. Peck, 1955<br />

Joseph H. Peck Jr., 1962<br />

Martin J. Peck, 1993<br />

Michael L. Peck, 1995<br />

James K. Peden III, 1970<br />

Christopher L. Peele, 1999<br />

Richard H. Peeples, 1974<br />

Peet's C<strong>of</strong>fee & Tea<br />

Pei Wei<br />

Carlos R. Pena, 1992<br />

Fernando (Xavier) Pena, 2001<br />

Holly Sherman Pena, 1990<br />

Oscar O. Pena, 1997<br />

Law Offices <strong>of</strong> Richard Pena<br />

Richard Pena, 1976<br />

Karen Harder Pennington, 1986<br />

Lisa H. Pennington, 1983<br />

John Peper, 1978<br />

Alfredo R. Perez<br />

Diana Perez, 2003<br />

Joseph Paul Perez, 1992<br />

Raquel G. Perez, 1992<br />

Stephen M. Perez, 2004<br />

Thomas J. Perich, 1975<br />

Joseph A. Perillo, 1997<br />

Vincent Walker Perini, 1966<br />

James I. Perkins, 1963<br />

Lloyd Wesley Perkins, 1953<br />

Robert A. Perkins, 1973<br />

Stephanie L. Perkins, 1999<br />

Doyle E. Perkinson, 1961<br />

Brett A. Perlman, 1984<br />

Allison K. Perry, 2003<br />

Charles L. Perry, 1976<br />

George J. Person, 1968<br />

Brian Peterman, 1993<br />

David S. Peterman, 1985<br />

Michael T. Peters, 1991<br />

Jamie R. Peterson, 2005<br />

Kennon L. Peterson, 2004<br />

L. John Peterson, 1968<br />

Russell D. Peterson, 1977<br />

Steve Peterson, 1999<br />

Karen Pettigrew, 1978<br />

Joseph Pevsner, 1982<br />

Jack Pew Jr., 1955<br />

Debra A. Pfeifer, 1992<br />

Gregory Joseph Pfeifer, 1992<br />

Constance L. Pfeiffer, 2004<br />

Fred N. Pfeiffer, 1962<br />

Jon C. Pfennig, 1967<br />

Robert T. Pfeuffer, 1962<br />

Lu Pham, 1990<br />

Dwight L. Phifer, 1976<br />

Paul A. Philbin & Associates<br />

Paul A. Philbin, 1966<br />

Verne D. J. Philips, 1948<br />

James M. Phillips, 1974<br />

Michael Phillips, 1969<br />

Ronald F. Phillips, 1965<br />

Charles Edward Phipps, 1995<br />

D. J. Pichinson, 1964<br />

she advanced to associate general counsel. She was the first<br />

UT Law alumna to actively practice <strong>law</strong>.<br />

Througho<strong>ut</strong> her life she participated in <strong>University</strong> activities.<br />

She was a lifetime member <strong>of</strong> the Chancellor’s Council and a<br />

member <strong>of</strong> the President’s Associates. She donated more than<br />

$500,000 to benefit <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Texas System during her<br />

lifetime and was responsible for matching gifts to the Law<br />

School Foundation from Gulf Oil and the Exxon Corporation. She<br />

also gave substantial gifts to fund Law School pr<strong>of</strong>essorships. In<br />

addition, Sheffield made gifts <strong>of</strong> valuable antiques, paintings, silver,<br />

and porcelain to the Harry Ransom<br />

Humanities Research Center.<br />

When Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield died at<br />

the age <strong>of</strong> 98 on December 10, 1984, she<br />

bequeathed $3.5 million to UT Law to establish<br />

multiple teaching endowments. <strong>The</strong>se included<br />

the Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents<br />

Chair, the Earl E. Sheffield Centennial Regents<br />

Chair, the Minerva House Drysdale Regents<br />

Chair, the Fannie Coplin Regents Chair, the<br />

Anne Green Centennial Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship, and the<br />

Alice McKean Young Regents<br />

Chair in Law, as well as<br />

funded multiple pr<strong>of</strong>essorships.<br />

To that date, she was<br />

the most generous alumnus<br />

in the history <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> Texas Law School.<br />

<strong>100</strong> YEARS OF<br />

WOMEN<br />

AT UT LAW<br />

Spring 2006 UTLAW 41

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