SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College on Tuesday announced its largest-ever alumni donation will place a name on its College of Arts and Sciences and benefit additional academic elements.
James (Jim) Carroll, who graduated from Le Moyne in 1966, has donated $12 million to the school, and the College of Arts and Sciences is now the Dr. James J. ’66 and Mary A. Carroll College of Arts and Sciences.
Le Moyne College President Linda LeMura announced the donation during a campus event Tuesday morning, the school said.
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During his days as a Le Moyne student, James Carroll was a double major in history and political science. Just last month, Carroll retired from Syracuse University’s (SU) Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, where he had served as a research associate professor since 1987.
“Coming from a modest background, I am humbled and proud to be able to contribute to the future success of Le Moyne, an institution that played an integral role in my personal and professional life,” Jim Carroll said. “The strong Jesuit education I received at Le Moyne stays with me to this day. My career in higher education has allowed me to understand the intrinsic value found in supporting faculty research and teaching and also the great need to provide resources for student scholarships.”
He credits “wise investments” for allowing him to support Le Moyne in such a “significant way.”
Additional donation impact
Besides placing the Carrolls’ name on the College of Arts and Sciences, portions of the donation will also support additional academic elements.
They include the Dr. James J. ‘66 and Mary A. Carroll Scholarship Fund, which will provide scholarships for students in need of financial assistance who enroll at Le Moyne as majors within the arts and sciences.
The funding will also benefit the Dr. James J. Carroll ‘66 Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences, with preference given for disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
It will also support the Mary A. Carroll Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences, with preference to a Jesuit who is a member of the faculty.
The donation will also support the creation of the Carroll Visiting Scholar program.
In addition, the Carrolls’ gift will help fund the William J. Bosch, S.J. Teaching and Learning Center, which the school announced last week.
