The Public Relations Foundation of Texas is a nonprofit subsidiary organization of TPRA founded in 1979. Its primary mission is to support public relations education in Texas.
2009 Public Relations Foundation of Texas Joe Riordan Scholars
Two Texas college students have been named Joe Riordan Scholars by the Public Relations Foundation of Texas (PRFT) and received full or partial registration for the 2009Texas Public Relations Association (TPRA) annual conference in Frisco Feb. 27 - March 1. Joe Riordan was a long-time member of TPRA who died in 2007, and his family designated PRFT as the beneficiary of memorials in his name. The memorials have made the Joe Riordan Scholars project possible.
The 2009 Joe Riordan Scholars are
Monica Perkins, Texas Weslayan University
Ania Czarnecka, University of Houston
Contributions
Three types of contributions can be made online using a credit card:
Celebrations
PRFT is pleased to introduce a new way to honor people on special occasions including awards such as Public Relations Accreditation. Celebration gifts also recognize birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Grandparents Day and other events.
Celebration donations are intended to honor friends, relatives and others, whether or not they're members of TPRA. It's a great idea for a gift to those who "have everything." Each person honored will receive a Celebration card notifying them of the gift in their honor, and the contributor will receive a similar card recognizing the donation.
Regular Donations
Regular donations can be one-time gifts or recurring monthly, quarterly or annual contributions.
Memorials
Memorial gifts honor deceased persons and are especially appropriate for honoring public relations practitioners and educators. Designated loved ones will receive appropriate cards making them aware of the gift, and the contributor will receive a similar card.
What Happens to My Donations?
All contributions to PRFT-and that means 100%-go into the Permanent Endowment Fund. Earnings from the fund will be used for scholarships, so your contributions will continue indefinitely to provide benefits to the Public Relations profession. And because PRFT is a 501(c)(3) organization, all contributions are tax-exempt under IRS regulations.
Board of Trustees
| Chairman |
Julie Fix, APR |
Vice Chairman / Treasurer
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Marilyn Pippin, APR |
| Secretary |
George Arnold |
| Trustees |
George Arnold |
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Bob McCullough, APR |
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Graham Painter, APR, TPRA Liaison |
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Elizabeth Clark |
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Ex-Officio Members
|
Jennifer George |
Charter Life Members
(original contributors, in certificate-number order, to the Foundation's first fund-raising effort)
| Dr. Alan Scott, APR, Fellow PRSA |
Wayne Matthews |
James R. Young |
Michael L. Cooper |
| Jim Haynes, APR |
Beal Box |
Derrill deS. Trenholm |
W. Dale Yarbrough |
| Robert T. Binder, APR |
Philip Barker |
Cherri Oakley |
Alta Carroll |
| Douglas Ann Newsom, Ph.D., APR |
Curtis Doolan |
James Blackmore, APR |
Esther Curnutt |
| (Mrs.) Pat Harris |
Hubbard C. Miller |
Ruth Ann Kearley |
Ginger Freeman |
| George L. Arnold |
Larry Wheeler |
Joe A. Gaston |
Marvin Hodges |
| Mel Prather |
G. Irvin Lipp |
Larry Todd |
Clint Dare |
| John Henry |
Lorraine Hughes |
Donald V. Williams |
Harry (Jerry) Dalton, APR, Fellow PRSA |
| Clark Councill |
John McCarty |
Clinton P. White |
Warren Quinlan |
| Paul W. Justice |
Kenneth D. Key |
Jimmie S. Payne |
Edwin S. Hughes, APR |
| James H. Case |
Douglass Y. Nichols |
Rhoda Spuhler |
Walter L. Ferguson, Jr. |
| Judith A. Newby, APR |
Dona J.M. Newman |
Jean G. Ryon |
Ralph L. Sellmeyer |
| Thomas (Beau) Miller |
Helen Varner, Ed. D. |
Kenn Kopp |
Robert G. McCullough, APR |
| Wellington F. Osterloh, APR, Fellow PRSA |
Ron Gossen, APR |
Don Newquist |
Steve Lee, APR |
| Beckie Ray |
Jon R. Hornaday |
Herb Reed |
James W. Goodwin |
| Blanche Steinberg |
Howard Chalmers |
Philip W. Bode, III |
V. Glenn Cootes |
