Mission
The McNeese State University Foundation’s purpose is to support the University by providing endowed scholarships, professorships and chairs, and ancillary funding to ensure achievement of the institution’s four core values. The Foundation is composed of business, industry, and community leaders whose support and guidance facilitate the achievement of the University’s mission. The beneficiaries of the McNeese Foundation include students, faculty, and staff, and the community of Southwest Louisiana and beyond.
History
The McNeese Foundation was incorporated in 1965 as a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization established to support student scholarships through endowments. Since 1965, the Foundation’s mission has broadened to include support for endowed faculty professorships and chairs. Centers for teaching excellence, cultural programming, athletic enhancement and other projects linked to the University’s interests are also supported through the Foundation.
The McNeese Foundation’s purpose is to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward private gifts, including cash, real and personal property, limited or conditional gifts, grants, planned gifts or any other bequests offered toward advancement of the institution. The Foundation’s trust fund awards over $1 million in student scholarships, faculty development awards, campus improvements, state-of-the-art technology and academic enhancements.
The Foundation Office, located in the Burton Business Center, Suite 439, may be contacted by calling (337)475-5588. The Foundation website may be accessed at www.mcneesefoundation.org.
McNeese Foundation Federal Tax Identification- 72-6029144; McNeese State Tax ID- 101-90-2409
Office of Planned Giving and Donor Research
The Office of Planned Giving and Donor Research supports the University’s mission through development of legacy gifts. The Office is responsible for stewarding current planned giving donors, cultivating prospective planned giving donors, and conducting prospect research to determine if there is a link between a donor’s philanthropic interests and the priorities of the University. The goals of the Office of Planned Giving and Donor Research include the following:
- Raise awareness of the Foundation’s mission among campus and community members.
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individuals whose philanthropic interests match the interests of the University.
- Market foundation activities through the Foundation’s website, publications, brochures or other materials and media.
The Office of Planned Giving and Donor Research, located in the Burton Business Center, Suite 426, may be contacted at (337)562-4191. The Planned Giving website may be accessed at www.mcneesefoundation.org/plannedgiving.
Named Endowments
The Foundation offers many opportunities to pay tribute to a family member, friend or business by making a commemorative gift. These Named Endowments include:
| Named Distinguished Writer Series |
Named Music Concert Series |
| Named Faculty Chair |
Named Research Fellowship |
| Named Faculty Development Award |
Named Scholarships |
| Named Fund for Library Acquisitions |
Named Professorships
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Endowed Professorships and Chairs
Endowed professorships and chairs provide McNeese with a way to reward excellence in the classroom and in scientific and creative research. These awards ensure that professors remain intellectually vigorous, current and enthusiastic about the subjects they teach. Established through the Foundation, endowed professorships are supported by a $100,000 endowment, and endowed chairs are supported by a $1,000,000 endowment. Each professorship consists of a $60,000 private contribution and a $40,000 match awarded by the Louisiana State Board of Regents. Each chair consists of a $600,000 private contribution and a $400,000 grant awarded by the Louisiana State Board of Regents.
Southwest Louisiana Industries Professorship in Engineering and Technology
JPMorgan Chase Bank Professorship in Business
JPMorgan Chase Bank Professorship in Business Research
Shearman Professorship in Liberal Arts
Shearman Academic Professorship
Jack V. Doland Academic Professorship
Louisiana Real Estate Commission Professorship
Contractor’s Educational Trust Professorship
Arthur Hollins Professorship in Accounting
Franklin L. and Laura Chavanne Miller Professorship in Science
McElveen Insurance Agency Professorship in Science and Chemistry
Calcasieu Parish Medical Society Professorship in Pre-Medical Science
Palermo Professorship in Education
Shearman Professorship in Creative Writing
Lakeside National Bank Professorship in General Academics
Henry C. Alexander Professorship in Music (2 professorships)
Fanny Edith Winn Educational Trust Professorship in Nursing
Harrah’s Lake Charles Casino Professorship
Seaman Asahel Knapp Professorship Agriculture
Lake Charles American Press Professorship in Mass Communication
Calcasieu Parish Development Board Professorship for Industrial/Economic Development
JPMorgan Chase Bank Professorship in Finance
JPMorgan Chase Bank Professorship in Music
Fritz Lang Foundation Professorship in Agriculture
Fred and Ruth B. Zigler Foundation Professorship in Nursing
Violet Howell Professorship in Environmental Science
D. C. “Chick” Green Professorship in Mass Communication
JPMorgan Chase Bank Professorship
Emily J. and Charles W. Stokes Professorship in Nursing (6 professorships)
Violet Howell Professorship in Teaching Excellence
AT&T Professorship
Robert Jones Beauregard Parish Historic Fund College of Education Endowed Professorship
Robert Jones Beauregard Parish Historic Fund Visual Arts Endowed Professorship (2 professorships)
Thelma and Ray Dingler Professorship in Business
Professorship in Science (10 professorships)
Judge Edwin F. Hunter, Jr. Professorship in Health and Science (2 professorships)
Contractor’s Educational Trust Endowed Professorship in Mechanical Engineering
CITGO Petroleum Endowed Professorship in Engineering (5 professorships)
Hale Family Endowed Professorship in Education
Murphy/Leaton Professorship in Teaching Excellence
Lucretia M. Tupper Nursing Professorship
Capital One Bank Endowed Professorship
Olive M. Tupper Nursing Endowed Professorship
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Blake Endowed Professorship
McElveen Insurance Agency Professorship in Business
Katherine Krause Blake Endowed Professorship
Dr. O. C. Karkalits Professorship in Engineering and Technology
Mildred Scott Professorship in Math
Coca Cola Professorship in Teaching Excellence
Alice M. and Russell G. Chambers Professorship in Pre-Med
Delores and Tom Tuminello Professorship
Evelyn Shaddock Murray Professorship in History
First Federal Bank of Louisiana Professorship
Louie D. Barbe Endowed Professorship
Pearl and Harold Dripps Professorship in Agriculture (2 professorships)
Violet Howell Professorship for “Write to Excellence”
Walter Eugene Dripps Professorship in Music (2 professorships)
William McLeod Endowed Professorship
Terry and Vic Stelly Endowed Professorship in Health and Human Performance
John B. and Patricia Scofield Professorship
Shirley Kidd Hunter Professorship in Health and Sciences
Daniel and Ellen Goos Professorship
Juliet Hardtner Women in Science and Technology Professorship (10 professorships)
Juliet Hardtner Women in Arts and Humanities Professorship (10 professorships)
Endow an Oak
The legacy of the live oak on the McNeese campus was started in the 1940s. A live oak tree may be endowed to fund its perpetual care and protection. The endowment becomes a permanent source of funds for the selected oak and provides for the tree’s lifetime care, and if necessary, replacement. An endowment includes a customized, permanent bronze plaque installed near the base of the selected tree.
An endowed oak is a unique gift for a family member, friend or organization. It can be made in memory of or in honor of someone, or it can be named for the donor. The donor may be an individual, family, organization or company.
McNeese Athletic Foundation (MAF)
The McNeese Athletic Foundation augments the McNeese Foundation’s efforts by promoting fundraising efforts in support of student-athlete scholarships and athletic programming. The goal of the MAF is to equip student-athletes with the ability to succeed both academically and athletically, while preparing the student for successful careers in post-collegiate life. Beneficiaries of the MAF include students, faculty and staff and the community of Southwest Louisiana and beyond. The MAF maintains a separate board of directors from the McNeese Foundation but falls under the same 501(c)(3).
The MAF, located in the Jack V. Doland Field House, 700 East McNeese Street, may be contacted at (337)562-4141. The MAF website may be accessed at www.mcneeseathleticfoundation.org.
For further information, contact Richard H. Reid, Vice President for University Advancement, (337)475-5588, Box 91989, Lake Charles, LA 70609; or e-mail rreid@mcneese.edu.
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