Hendrix College receives $26M, largest gift in its history

CONWAY — Hendrix College has received a $26 million donation, the largest gift in the school's history.

College officials announced the donation from the estate of Mary Ann Dawkins at a campus event Wednesday. Dawkins, whose parents founded Coulson Oil Co., died in December.

Hendrix officials say the gift will be used to support scholarships and to start the college's fundraising campaign to build a new welcome center.

According to the college, Dawkins previously established an endowed scholarship fund in her late husband's name after attending a candlelight carol service performance by the Hendrix College Choir in North Little Rock in 1986.

The previous largest gift to Hendrix was a $10.9 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation in 1998.

Read Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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