Beverly Rase founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director and donor of Kirby Hall School, is the wife of U.T. Professor of Chemical Engineering , Dr. Howard F. Rase, and the mother of two Kirby Hall graduates. Victoria is a cum laude graduate of Wellesley College, received an M.D. with honors from U.T. Medical School in Houston and is a pediatrician in Dallas. She is the mother of two daughters who attend Hockaday School in Dallas. Howard entered U.T. with a National Merit Scholarship and two U.T. Merit Scholarships, graduated with Highest Honors, and is presently living in California, working with Alpha Therapeutic Drug Company. A native of Fort Worth, Mrs. Rase graduated from Dana Hall Preparatory School and Wellesley College. She taught at the Fort Worth Children's Museum, edited the West Side Post, and organized the Fort Worth Wellesley Club. She served four terms as president of the Austin Wellesley Club and was founding co-chairman of the Wellesley Children's Art Show. Mrs. Rase served as the Wellesley Fund Director for the Texas-Louisiana District and organized the Eastern College Parents Committee. She helped organize the Laguna Gloria Women's Art Guild and the first Laguna Gloria Fiesta. She also served as the first vice-president of Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Inc. and president of the Texas Fine Arts Association. Mrs. Rase was the leader of a Camp Fire group and was Program Director of Austin Area Camp Fire. She founded the Elizabet Ney Museum Guild and was its first president. Her community work has included serving on the Good Shepherd Altar Guild and, in 1970, a term as the president of Casis School PTA. In 1971, she began work on the formation of a private school for college-bound students. Since Kirby Hall School's opening in 1976, she has served as Director and Chairman of the Board, working without salary until 1985 and donating summers until 1996. She served as Secretary-Treasurer on the board of the Accreditation Commission: Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools and is listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest and other biographical volumes.