Distinguished donors honored

LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at 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. The foundation also will recognize 26 endowed gifts of $50,000 or more with plaques hung in the Hall of Honor in Martin Hall on campus.

The endowments have a combined value of more than $4.1 million.

Those endowments added to the Hall of Honor include:

• 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 Corp. 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.

For information about giving opportunities, contact the foundation at [phone] or visit www.ullafayettefoundation.org.