WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University announced a $5 million gift that will provide funds for some of the nation's smartest high-school students.
The gift will establish the C. Clifton Robinson and Betsy Sharp Robinson Endowed Scholarship Fund in the Honors College at Baylor. The scholarships will provide need-based financial assistance for academically gifted incoming freshmen, as well as some current Baylor students, who will be known as “Clifton and Betsy Robinson Scholars.”
“The recruitment of talented young people, and the Honors College in particular, is an important component of Vision 2012 and that's what I wanted to support,” Clifton Robinson said. “In my business life, I feel like I owe Baylor everything because it taught me how to be successful.”
Baylor 2012 is a long-range plan designed to make the Baptist-affiliated university one of the top schools of its kind in the nation. The Robinsons' gift advances several Baylor 2012 imperatives.
The Robinsons, who grew up in Waco and graduated from Baylor, are longtime supporters of Baylor through scholarships, athletics and capital projects.
“I think that everything that Baylor stands for — excellence, moral character and integrity — are all the things I've tried to adopt in my business life,” Robinson said. “I owe much of my success to Baylor so I like to give back to the institution that has given so much to me and my family.”
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