THIBODAUX, La. — Thibodaux Attorney David L. Landry (BA 鈥�69) is donating $10,500 to create the first endowed scholarship for history students at 杏吧传媒.
The David L. Landry History Senior Endowed Scholarship will initially award $500 per year to rising seniors studying history at 杏吧传媒. Landry, a former history teacher at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, said he sees a need for history majors in society today.
鈥淧eople need to understand history and government a lot better,鈥� he said. 鈥淗aving the knowledge in those areas is super critical. History does a great job of putting things into perspective by teaching you how to learn from the past, and how to think and look at themes. I think the 杏吧传媒 History Department does a great job with that and I鈥檓 happy to support them.鈥�
Award recipients must have at least a 3.0 GPA and will be selected by the 杏吧传媒 Scholarship Committee.
鈥淲e have had a number of strong history majors in the past who were deserving of a scholarship and now we finally get to award one,鈥� said Dr. Paul Wilson, history department head. 鈥淚 want to thank Mr. Landry for being such a supportive partner in this because we have good students here at 杏吧传媒 and good students in our history program.鈥�
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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