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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 1970 Dillard University graduate has donated $1 million to the school to establish an endowed scholarship for its students.
The university Wednesday announced the gift from Jimmie Edwards, who says he feels like he owed Dillard a repayment for their investment in him — a full scholarship to the school in 1966.
Officials say it's one of the largest single contributions ever given by an alumnus and it establishes the largest endowed scholarship in Dillard's history.
After graduating with a degree in chemistry, Edwards worked as a research chemist in Akron, Ohio. He obtained his MBA in 1974 from Kent State University and later joined the sales and marketing team at Amoco in Atlanta. After the company went through a succession of corporate changes, he retired in 2008.
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