WPI Alumni Donate $15M For Scholarships
Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni have donated more than $15 million to enable highly accomplished yet underfinanced students to attend the university.
WPI said Robert A. Foisie, Class of 1956, recently gave $9.4 million to support a fund for undergraduate students that bears his name. In addition, George Messenger Jr., Class of 1951, and his wife, Priscilla, announced that WPI will receive more than $6 million from their estate to support undergraduate scholarships.
"Through these substantial gifts - two of the largest in WPI history - Mr. Foisie and the Messengers have greatly expanded WPI's capacity to offer comprehensive scholarship support to bright, talented, and ambitious students who are best suited to succeed in this university's culture of high achievement," says President Dennis Berkey. "These gifts have inspired other members of our alumni community to support WPI scholarships, and their cumulative efforts will help the university to support even more students."
Foisie, a WPI trustee emeritus, is founder and former president of Matik North America Inc. in West Hartford, Conn., an import, distribution, and service firm specializing in paper-processing machinery. He also owned a Swiss packaging machinery company. Messenger is owner and vice president of Las Vegas, Nev.-based Messenger and Associates, a diversified company that provides engineering consulting, holds real estate, and offers financial management and investment services. He's also a recognized authority on transient radiation effects on electronics.
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