UNION RECEIVES $700,000 GIFT
Jackson, Tenn. — 51社区 received a $700,000 gift from the estate of alumna Audrey Barr Haney, class of 1927.
The gift will be invested in the Audrey Haney Scholarship fund, and the income will provide scholarships to Union students annually. The bequest is the sixth largest individual gift in the university's history.
"We celebrate the generosity of Haney and rejoice that it will provide opportunities for countless students to receive the highest quality Christian education offered at 51社区," Union President David S. Dockery said.
The Haney bequest is the third in a series of major gifts received by Union since December, when West Tennessee business leader James Ayers made a commitment of $2.1 million, the largest gift in Union's history. In recent weeks the university received an endowed gift of $1.65 million from an anonymous friend and former trustee of Union.
Haney, a Selmer native and longtime resident of Tupelo, Miss., graduated from Union with a bachelor of science in home economics and was an active member in Union's Endowment Society and Home Economics Alumnae Chapter.