Founding Donors 1982-1986

The Straz Center honors the following donors whose leadership gifts of $50,000 or more to our Founding Campaign helped build our facility and establish our Endowment. We are proud to recognize their extraordinary vision and generosity.

Arthur Andersen
Arthur Young and Company
B & R Foods, Inc.
Beverly A. and Alfred S. Austin
Barnett of Tampa, N.A.
Judy and Bob Blanchard, Kathleen Rozier, Jeanne and Jack Winter
Burdines
Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A.
The Chase Manhattan Bank of Florida, N.A.
Citicorp/Citibank
Conn Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett
Ted Couch
Critikon, Inc.
Glen E. and Sandy Cross
Crown Industries, Inc./A Florida Progress Company
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Culbreath
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Culverhouse and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Davis
Mary and Edwin A. Dunn, Jr. and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Falk
Chester and Louise Ferguson and Family
The Ferman Family
First Florida Bank, N.A.
First Union National Bank of Florida
The W. S. Farish Fund
Julia M. Flom
State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs
Fowler White Boggs Banker
Robert and Jo Franzblau
GTE
Mr. and Mrs. Ghioto, Jr./Century Buick/Izusu
The Marvin D. Gill Family
Great Southwest Corporation
Mr. John H. Hater
Heidt & Associates, Inc.
Hillsborough County
Mr. Harold Holder
Holland and Knight
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Hooper
In Honor of Alonzo Charles, Amelia Munro Clewis, George Blaine and Mary Trice Clewis Howell
David and Marie Hyman
IBM Corporation
Robert and Lorena Jaeb
George W. Jenkins
The Junior League of Tampa, Inc.
George and Bobbe Karpay
Diane G. and John W. Kercher, III
Walter H. and Leonore R. Kessler
The Kidder Peabody Foundation
Girlie and Peter O. Knight, Jr.
Louise and Arnold C. Kotler
Elmer J. Krauss
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Krusen
The Lacerte and McKenna Family
The Landmarks Group
Lincoln Property Company of Florida, Inc.
Lykes Bros., Inc.
Maas Brothers/Jordan Marsh
MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison and Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. William C. MacInnes
Samuel J. Mack, by the Mack Family and Phillip and Aida Dressler
Peter and Carol Mathews
Van and Diane McNeel
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mendez, Jr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mendez
Metropolitan Life Foundation
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Paragon Group
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Morsani and Precision Enterprises, Inc.
NCNB National Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur K. Neuman
John and Leslie Osterweil
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross Parker
Peat Marwick
Peoples Gas System, Inc.
Price Waterhouse
Publix Super Markets Charities
Raybro Electric Supplies, Inc.
Reeves Southeastern Corporation
Joe D. and Lillian Rosenthal
Jack and Ann Sahlman and Sahlman Seafoods, Inc.
St. Petersburg Times
The Saunders Foundation
Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans - Attorneys at Law
Casey and L. David Shear
Jim and Amy Shimberg
Mandell “Hinks” and Elaine Shimberg
J. Robert and Mary Sierra
Southeast Banking Corporation Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. George Steinbrenner and The American Ship Building Company
Sun Bank
City of Tampa
Tampa Cable Television Trust
Tampa Palms Development Corp. and Mr. Kenneth M. Good
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Taub
TECO Energy, Inc.
J. Thomas and Lavinia Witt Touchton
The Trammell Crow Company
Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O’Neill & Mullis
The Tribune Company
The James Arthur Turner Family
Vantage Companies
Bill and Ruth Wagner
The Walter Foundation/Walter Industries, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc.
Francis M. and Marie K. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Williams, Jr. and Family
The Wilson Company
Roslyn K. and Richard K. Wittcoff
Anonymous