The Hall of Honor at the 杏吧专区 grew by 26 Thursday night. The number of plaques in the Hall grow each year as the Foundation honors donors who established endowments at UL Lafayette.
This year杏吧专区檚 honorees created one chair, 12 professorships and nine scholarships. In addition, recognized donors created two research endowments and made contributions to the Paul and Lulu Hilliard 杏吧专区 Art Museum and athletics.
These endowments are represented each with a plaque in the 杏吧专区 Foundation Distinguished Donor Hall of Honor at Martin Hall. This year杏吧专区檚 additions brings the total number of plaques in the Hall to 250. Each plaque includes the names of the donors and represents a contribution of $50,000 or more for endowed chairs, professorships, scholarships, athletics and faculty development funds.
杏吧专区 Each year, the university杏吧专区檚 list of donors grows longer and longer and the Hall of Honor continually gets larger. This is a testament to the generous spirits of the university杏吧专区檚 donors and their commitment to higher education and UL Lafayette,杏吧专区 said Julie Bolton Falgout, executive director of the Foundation.
The UL Lafayette Foundation Distinguished Donor Hall of Honor recognizes private gifts given to the university. These gifts generate funds in perpetuity.
The principal from the endowment remains in a perpetual fund that continues to increase while earned income is distributed as dedicated for student scholarships, professor salaries or research supplements.
Through the Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, the state matches funds raised by the university for endowed chairs and professorships. For every $600,000 UL Lafayette receives for an endowed chair, the state matches $400,000, bringing each chair to $1 million. Likewise, for every $60,000 UL Lafayette receives for a professorship, the state provides a $40,000 match, bringing each professorship to $100,000.
杏吧专区 The benefits from these endowments are far-reaching. They will help students and faculty on campus now and they will also contribute to the lives of students and faculty for many years to come,杏吧专区 said Dr. Ray Authement, UL Lafayette president. 杏吧专区淚t杏吧专区檚 wonderful to see higher education as a priority for so many people and it杏吧专区檚 wonderful to know higher education will remain a priority because of these donors杏吧专区 gifts.杏吧专区
Honored Thursday were the donors who established the following endowments:
杏吧专区 George and Adelaide Trahan Abraham Endowed Professorship in Education
杏吧专区 Bella Nickerson Chappuis Abramson Endowed Professorship in Cinematic Arts
杏吧专区 American Association of Drilling Engineers Endowed Scholarship in Petroleum Engineering
杏吧专区 Vesta R. Bourgeois Alumni Endowed Scholarship
杏吧专区 Vesta R. Bourgeois Health, Physical Education and Recreation Research Endowment
杏吧专区 Harold J. Callais Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
杏吧专区 Harold J. Callais Memorial Endowed Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering II
杏吧专区 Dr. Tommy Comeaux Memorial Endowed Professorship in Traditional Music VII
杏吧专区 Dominion Exploration and Production Endowment
杏吧专区 Marvin and Anna DuBos/Lafayette Art Association Endowed Scholarship in Visual Arts
杏吧专区 Capt. Glen E. Dupuis Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Civil Engineering
杏吧专区 En Avant Federated Club Endowed Scholarship in Liberal Arts and Education
杏吧专区 Herbert A. and Mary Elizabeth Hamilton Endowed Scholarship in Business Administration
杏吧专区 Paul and Lulu Hilliard for contributions to the Paul and Lulu Hilliard 杏吧专区 Art Museum
杏吧专区 IBERIABANK Athletic Endowment for Ragin杏吧专区 Cajun Baseball
杏吧专区 Charles V. Jenkinson Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Engineering
杏吧专区 Florence Sanders Jones Endowed Scholarship in English
杏吧专区 Elmo John Laborde Jr. Memorial Endowed Professorship in Accounting
杏吧专区 Lafayette General Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Health Sciences
杏吧专区 Lee and Ken Matherne Endowed Professorship in Engineering
杏吧专区 Florence Mauboules Endowed Professorship in Education
杏吧专区 Mr. and Mrs. E.P. 杏吧专区淧at杏吧专区 Nalley Endowed Professorship in Business Administration 2006
杏吧专区 Philip and Jean Piccione Endowed Professorship in Statistics II
杏吧专区 Kathy Authement Prouet Memorial Endowed Professorships in Education I and II, established through the generosity of Lee and Margaret Matherne
杏吧专区 Loyd J. Rockhold Endowed Professorship in Child Development
杏吧专区 Loyd J. Rockhold Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Child Development.