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A $40M gift to LeMoyne-Owen was ‘the right thing at the right time’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 09, 2020 5:50 AM CT | Published: July 09, 2020 4:00 AM CT
Otis Sanford
Daily Memphian

Otis Sanford

Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. 

College President Carol Johnson-Dean took the call announcing the largest endowment the 158-year-old school had ever received: “I literally began to cry.”

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LeMoyne-Owen College Carol Johnson-Dean Bob Fockler Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

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