About the Donors
Major funding for the McDonald Observatory Visitors Center building has been provided by Bill and Bettye Nowlin.

The following parts of the Visitors Center have been named in honor of contributors or their designees:

• The Helen S. Martin Star Amphitheater
• The Houston H. Harte Courtyard
• The Rebecca Louise Gale Telescope Park
• The Joan and Herb Kelleher Charitable Foundation Telescope
• The Sue Sellors Finley Telescope
• The Saralee Tiede Shade Structure Seating
• The Cullen Trust for Higher Education Entry Court
• The Cullen Foundation Auditorium
• The StarDate Cafe: Made possible through a gift from the Sterling-Turner Foundation
• The Mary Gibbs & Jesse H. Jones Classroom
• The Garland and Mollie Lasater Exhibition Hall

• G. Hughes Abell & Family
• The Beal Foundation, Midland
• Central & Southwest Corporation
• The Cimarron Foundation
• Collins M. Burton & Family
• Mrs. Virginia Endress
• The Florence Foundation, Dallas
• The Hillcrest Foundation
• Ardon Judd & Family
• Edgar & Laura Keltner
• The Allan & Gloria King Family, honoring David R. King
• The David & Julie King Family
• James W. McCartney
• Paul D. Meek & Family
• Joe M. Parsley & daughters Sandra Lynn Maxwell & Martha Jan Groebe
• Grant & Sheri Roane, Houston
• Karen Goetting Skelton & Family
• F. Ford & Lindsay Smith & Family
• Stratus Properties, Austin
• The J.M. West Endowment
• Nancy & Jim Wood
• Otto & Jane Wetzel