TAMIU Hosts $500,000 Charitable Gift Announcement from Johnson Trust
Written by admin, Mar 20, 2019, Comments Off
Courtesy Steve Harmon,
(Laredo, Texas)- Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) hosted the equal distribution of financial gifts totaling $500,000 from the Samuel N. Johnson, Jr. 2013 Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust to five community organizations.
On behalf of the Trust, Trustee Jim Moore announced the gifts to the Laredo Little Theatre, Laredo Theatre Guild International, St. Edward’s University, TAMIU’s Theatre Department and the Webb County Heritage Foundation.
Each had representatives present and offered group and personal insight into the Trust’s originators and the impact that the gifts would mean to their organization.
TAMIU president Dr. Pablo Arenaz welcomed conference guests to the Colonnade of the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library, and reminded all of the extensive legacy that the late Johnson and his sister Betsy Gill have had on TAMIU.
“We have the Sam Johnson Experimental Theatre on campus, and classroom, scholarship and programmatic support provided by Mrs. Gill, much of it focused on the A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business. Like the other entities selected to receive these gifts, we are enormously honored and proud to carry the Johnson and Gill legacy forward,” Dr. Arenaz said.
