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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