Donor: $5 million gift to USM business college an investment — not a payback
by Ted Carter
Published: February 12,2012
Tags: Bay St. Louis, Chuck Scianna, Dr. James Tisdale, Dr. Lance Nail, Houston Texas, M.M. Roberts Stadium, Mississippi, Mississippi Business School, Scianna Hall, Sim-Tex, University of Southern Mississippi
Chuck Scianna says he and his family had $5 million to invest. The stock market was an option but carried too little return for the risk, Scianna says. So they settled on investing the money in Scianna’s alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, specifically the College of Business. “It will be returned directly to [...]
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