Roy S. Perdue Alumni Scholarship

When I was attending college in the 1960’s, I was fortunate to receive some generous scholarship assistance. I know how much this lifted the financial burden from my parents and me, so I didn’t have to work long hours while concentrating on my studies. Higher education has enabled me to achieve some success in life, so I decided some years ago I wanted to “give back” to help other deserving students.

While I was serving as Director of Alumni Relations for SU, I heard time and time again from alumni, as well as students, the difference a scholarship made in their education. In some cases, it meant the difference between being able to afford to attend classes or not. Shortly after I retired, I made a planned gift to SU to go towards scholarships for children of SU alumni. More recently, I decided to endow my scholarship fund to know that I’m helping SU students today and forever.

Many of my family members and friends have benefitted from the great education they received at Salisbury Teacher College, Salisbury State College, or Salisbury University, as it is known today. It is my pleasure to offer a scholarship to the son or daughter of an SU alum who meets the criteria. I hope I might, in some small way, help students achieve their goals, so we can all watch more Sea Gulls take successful flights into the world.