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Baylor University philanthropist dies
Baylor University sent out a news release that BU alumnus, former trustee and longtime philanthropist Milfred Lewis of Missouri City, Texas, died Tuesday in Houston.
He served nine years on the board of trustees and made the naming gift for the Lewis Art Building of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center in the late 1970s. That gift provided Baylor art students with much-needed studio, gallery and museum space.
“Their gift has meant so much to the art department over the years, because it allowed us to prosper and grow,” said John McClanahan, professor and chair of the department of art, who has seen the number of department faculty more than double since the Lewis’s gift. “I don’t think we could’ve grown at such a rate without the Lewises.”
Lewis earned his bachelor of business administration degree at Baylor in 1955. A charter member of Baylor’s Endowed Scholarship Society with his wife, Mary Lee (BBA ’55), the couple established scholarships for athletes as well as business students and has been recognized at the Golden Bear Circle level of the society.
“Milfred Lewis selflessly gave of his time and resources to promote Baylor’s bright future,” said Dr. David E. Garland, Baylor’s interim president and dean of George W. Truett Theological Seminary. “In sharing his blessings with Baylor art and business students, athletes and beyond, he touched countless lives.”
For more information, go to this story on Baylor’s Web site.
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