Lifelong Public Servants Ensure Quality Leadership for Nonprofit Leadership Studies
Donors
Dr. Robert F. Long, Jr. and Mrs. Patricia Mendez-Long
Gift
Establishment of the Patricia and Robert Long Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Nonprofit Leadership
Impact
This award supports the Program Director for the Nonprofit Leadership Studies Program and boosts Murray State鈥檚 ability to recruit and retain faculty with the expertise and commitment needed to lead this program.
Inspiration
Commitment to public service, leadership, and the nonprofit community run deep in the lives of both Dr. Robert Long and Patricia Mendez-Long as both came to Murray after long and successful careers in the nonprofit sector. In 2008, Dr. Long retired from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to serve as the Murray State University Visiting Distinguished Professor of Nonprofit Leadership. Through this faculty award, the couple has made a commitment that will ensure that generations of nonprofit leadership students will learn under the guidance of a program director with the talents and experience needed to ensure that they grow into effective leaders capable of making a difference in their communities.