The University of Southern Indiana Foundation received a $2.55 million gift from the Lois M. Collier Charitable Trust. This leadership gift establishes the Lois M. and Reginald B. Collier Family Presidential Scholarship Fund, which provides permanent scholarships to USI Presidential Scholars, effective immediately.
In 1974, Colliers founded Research Systems Corporation in Evansville, Indiana, with Reginald as chairman. Their advertising research organization was known worldwide as the ARS Group. Lois is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Reginald is a graduate of Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.
“Lois Collier and Reginald Collier valued higher education and understood the difference it made in lives,” said USI President Dr. Ronald Rochon. “The Collier family’s investment in our university will impact current and future generations of students. We are grateful for their generosity, but most of all, for their faith in a USI education. I am grateful.”
The Lois M. Collier Charitable Trust also supports the New York City Trickle Up Program, the Salvation Army, Bryn Mawr College, Harvard Business School, and City Harvest.
“The University of Southern Indiana Foundation is deeply grateful to Robert W. Swan and Daniel Hanley, co-trustees of the Lois M. Collier Charitable Trust,” said USI Foundation President David A. Bower. Ta.
The USI Presidential Scholarship is a competitive award for Indiana residents that provides recipients with a prize that covers the full cost of tuition and housing for the fall and spring semesters, as well as books and meals. Annual scholarships are offered. At the beginning of each fall semester he selects 10 Presidential Scholars.
