The UL Lafayette Foundation honored distinguished donors at a reception held Tuesday night at the Petroleum Club of Lafayette.
The annual event recognizes donors who make gifts of $10,000 or more to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
In addition, the Foundation will commemorate 26 endowed gifts of $50,000 or more with plaques hung in the Hall of Honor in Martin Hall on UL Lafayette’s campus. These endowments to be added to the Hall of Honor have a combined value of more than $4.1 million:
Frank and Jessie Mosing Endowed Engineering Student Career Development Center;
American Institute of Architects South Louisiana Endowed Scholarship;
Ken and Dave and Jill Ardoin Endowed 1st Generation Business Scholarship;
Maurice and Rosalie Bienvenu Memorial Endowed 1st Generation Scholarship in Education;
Maurice and Rosalie Bienvenu Memorial Endowed 1st Generation Scholarship in Engineering;
Ira and Judith Dearing Endowed 1st Generation Scholarship in Business;
Delhomme LeBlanc and Associates, LLC Endowed 1st Generation Scholarship in Accounting;
J.E. Fike Memorial Endowed 1st Generation Scholarship in Accounting;
Cabot Corporation Endowed Chemical Engineering Scholarship;
Charles J. D. Gerrets, III Memorial Endowed Business Administration Scholarship;
Chevron Endowed Petroleum Engineering Scholarship;
Lester J. Dunlap Louisiana Department of Insurance Scholarship;
Merlin Oil and Gas Endowed Scholarship in Professional Land and Resource Management;
Northwestern Mutual of Louisiana 1st Generation Scholarship in Market and Sales;
Beryl Shipley Mended Hearts Endowed Scholarship;
Alex and Loretta Durand Theriot, Jr. Endowed 1st Generation Scholarship in Business;
Yentzen Family Endowed 1st Generation Scholarship in Business;
Honeywell Endowed Scholarship;
Philip and Cheryl Burguieres Fund;
Roger D. and Evelyn Linder Endowed Geology Fund;
Bill Paine Lafayette Geological Society Faculty Development Fund;
Petroleum Engineering Endowed Fleur-de-Lis Fund;
Paul Callais Memorial Endowed Professorship in Economics and Finance II;
Marc and Alcide Judice of Judice Inn Endowed Professorship in Business;
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. “Pat” Nalley Endowed Professorship in Business Administration; and
Connie Roque Steward Endowed Professorship in Business Administration.
Endowed gifts generate funds in perpetuity. The principal is invested; only earned income is spent.
For more information about giving opportunities, contact the UL Lafayette Foundation at (337) 482-0700 or go to its website, ullafayettefoundation.org