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Wade siblings honor late Starkville brother with
scholarship
A new endowed scholarship established at Mississippi State is a memorial by his sisters to former Starkville businessman Clyde Patrick "Pat" Wade.
Mary Martha Morgan and Carol Lynn Crouse of Starkville, and Betty Hilton of Huntsville, Texas, created the endowment for students in the university’s College of Forest Resources.
Wade, a 1982 MSU business administration graduate, owned Starkville Fence Co. Following
his retirement in 1999, the Oktibbeha County native turned his attention to the tree farm he had begun in the early 1980s. He died in 2005 and also is survived by his parents, SFC founder Clyde and Martha Wade.
Though he had no children of his own, Pat Wade constantly worked to teach his nieces and
nephews the values of conservation, as well as the enjoyment of the land and its resources.
"Many good students do not have the financial resources to enable them to complete a university education," observed Jim Shepard, head of MSU’s Forestry Department. "This generous gift in memory of Mr. Wade will help a deserving student learn the knowledge and skills for a rewarding professional career in forestry."
The Wade Memorial Endowed Scholarship is available to majors in forestry or wildlife and
fisheries. Candidates also must have achieved at least sophomore classification with a 3.0 overall grade-point average (based on a 4.0 scale).
"Pat would be very pleased to know that he was lending a hand to a young person to study the subject he loved so dearly," a family member added.
For more information, contact Jeff Little, director of development for the College of Forest Resources at 662.325.8151 or jlittle@foundation.msstate.edu.
Make A Gift
Find out more ways to give by visiting the MSU Foundation at msufoundation.com
Thank you for your interest in giving to the College of Forest Resources. Establishing a scholarship is a 10-step process, outlined below. If you have any questions, please contact one of our Directors of Development.
- Contact the College of Forest Resources to discuss interest.
- Receive sample gift agreement from the College of Forest Resources and develop selection criteria.
- Return gift agreement to the College of Forest Resources with selection criteria and other information indicated. We will create a new gift agreement that indicates the donor's wishes. Academic area and scholarship office may proof and edit also.
- The College of Forest Resources will return the edited gift agreement to the donor for signature.
- Once the signed gift agreement is received from the donor, document is routed for academic signature (if appropriate) and MSU Foundation signature.
- MSU Foundation distributes copies of signed gift agreement to all parties (original is kept on file at the MSU Foundation).
- Donor contributions are received and designated to donor scholarship.
- After earnings accrue, or annual funds are available, the College of Forest Resources Scholarship Committee awards scholarship based on the gift agreement selection criteria.
- Students receive the scholarship through the university comptroller (scholarship money is applied to tuition, not awarded directly to student).
- Student is encouraged to write donor a letter of thanks.
There are numerous ways to give to Mississippi State and the College of Forest Resources:
- Outright gifts - generate the most immediate return for your contributions.
- Planned gifts - allow you to achieve personal benefits while simultaneously providing invaluable support to the university.
- Naming Opportunities - a variety of options exist for donors who wish to pursue naming opportunities.
- Donor Advised Fund - allows the donor to make recommendations on donation disbursement.
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