An player coach Paul W. Bryant’s 1964 national championship football team and his wife have donated more than $5 million to the University of Alabama. The donation will be used to establish a premedical scholars program and art exhibition for current students and alumni.
“This is a very exciting day for the University of Alabama and the College of Arts and Sciences,” Dean Robert Olin said. “This gift has a broad purpose.”
The endowment will establish the Dr. E. Gaylon McCollough Institute for Pre-Medical Scholars and the Susan N. McCollough Art Biennale. Both McColloughs are alumni of UA. The gift was officially announced on Friday at the university with the McColloughs joined by UA officials.
Gaylon McCollough is a 1965 UA honors graduate and academic All-American who went on to become prominent facial plastic surgeon. He is president and CEO of McCollough Plastic Surgery Clinic and founder of the McCollough Institute for Appearance and Health in Gulf Shores. His wife, Susan Nomberg McCollough is an internationally-acclaimed abstract and impressionistic artist.
“I realize it is truly rare that a family gets an opportunity to partner with its alma mater to establish a program that potentially has lasting impact on humanity,” Gaylon McCollough said.
The institute must still be approved by the UA System board of trustees, which is scheduled to consider a proposal at its June meeting. If approved, the first class of students would be in 2019.
There's more here from the Tuscaloosa News.
“This is a very exciting day for the University of Alabama and the College of Arts and Sciences,” Dean Robert Olin said. “This gift has a broad purpose.”
The endowment will establish the Dr. E. Gaylon McCollough Institute for Pre-Medical Scholars and the Susan N. McCollough Art Biennale. Both McColloughs are alumni of UA. The gift was officially announced on Friday at the university with the McColloughs joined by UA officials.
Gaylon McCollough is a 1965 UA honors graduate and academic All-American who went on to become prominent facial plastic surgeon. He is president and CEO of McCollough Plastic Surgery Clinic and founder of the McCollough Institute for Appearance and Health in Gulf Shores. His wife, Susan Nomberg McCollough is an internationally-acclaimed abstract and impressionistic artist.
“I realize it is truly rare that a family gets an opportunity to partner with its alma mater to establish a program that potentially has lasting impact on humanity,” Gaylon McCollough said.
The institute must still be approved by the UA System board of trustees, which is scheduled to consider a proposal at its June meeting. If approved, the first class of students would be in 2019.
There's more here from the Tuscaloosa News.
