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Marvin Stichler: The Unassuming Philanthropist -
Stan Quiring of Sugar Land oversaw Marvin’s bequests for the Schulenburg Independent School District and the University of Texas at Austin. The classroom named in his honor at UT is in the Graduate School of Business - Robert B. Rowling Hall at the McCombs School of Business. Stan and his wife, Darlene, who was Marvin’s cousin, are proud that the Fayette County native’s generosity will be remembered. -
A thrifty, humble man, Marvin O. Stichler graduated from Schulenburg High School in 1940, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and, using his GI Bill benefits, graduated from the University of Texas in Austin in 1950. After he retired, Marvin built a significant legacy, part of which he shared with two educational institutions that had shaped his life. -
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When his modest retirement income morphed into a multimillion dollar investment portfolio, perhaps no one was more surprised than Fayette County native Marvin Stichler.
A plaque honoring Marvin O. Stichler hangs in the hallway of Schulenburg High School. At the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin, a second nameplate is mounted beside a classroom door. Each…
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