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J.L. Bedsole Foundation Pledges $1 Million to Â鶹´«Ã½ Scholarships

Posted on December 18, 2014
Alice Jackson

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James Yance, a member of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Board of Trustees, reads the resolution accepting a $1 million donation from the J.L. Bedsole Foundation to its endowed scholarship program at Â鶹´«Ã½. Looking on are T. Bestor Ward III, chair of the foundation’s distribution committee, and University President Tony Waldrop.

The J.L. Bedsole Foundation, a long-time supporter of the Â鶹´«Ã½, has pledged $1 million to establish the J.L. Bedsole Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund at the University.

The Mitchell-Moulton Scholarship Initiative will match the $1 million J.L. Bedsole Foundation donation dollar-for-dollar to bring the total scholarship endowment to $2 million. This pledge will increase the number of J.L. Bedsole Foundation Scholars at Â鶹´«Ã½. The J.L. Bedsole Scholars Program awards scholarships to outstanding future leaders in five southwest Alabama counties.

The announcement was made at a recent University Board of Trustees meeting by T. Bestor Ward III, chair of the foundation’s distribution committee.

In the past, the J.L. Bedsole Foundation has made significant gifts to the University, including to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Archaeology Museum and the Super Mileage Project in the College of Engineering.

 

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