Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? We chose to create the James D. Kiley ’74 Endowed Scholarship to remember Jim and to honor his dedication to scholarship and his love of Saint Leo. What would you want the recipient to know about the...

Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? Jim Heagerty was a 1948 graduate of Saint Leo Preparatory School. Throughout his life he spoke to his family of how much he benefitted from his five years of attendance—both academically and...

Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? Saint Leo has been a central part of my life for 50 years. I received a stellar education here that emphasized critical thinking and ethical behavior in business and in life. I am proud of my...

Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? It is a great university. What would you want the recipients to know about the person for whom this scholarship is named? Jinx Behnke was a dedicated teacher. What is your favorite Saint Leo story,...

John Fiengo ’69, onetime director of Alumni Relations and vice president of Development for Saint Leo College, passed away June 19, 2015. After earning his BA in English, he aspired to be a teacher, but that was not to be fulfilled until later in life. His interest...

Juliet Greer was ‘Miss Sunshine’. She traveled the world and made friends everywhere. She was a talented student, writer and journalist, and was, at the time of her passing, pursuing a master of business administration degree in Saint Leo University’s School of...

Larry Ruf first learned of Saint Leo University during a backyard conversation with a neighbor. Larry was 92 years old and was visiting with his neighbor about what to do with his estate. His wife, Marian, had died a few years earlier and they had no children. ...

Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? Maribeth and I established this scholarship to honor my father’s 27 year Air Force career and reflect Saint Leo University’s commitment to providing educational services to our military...

Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? I value and appreciate my past relationship with Saint Leo. What would you want the recipients to know about the person for whom this scholarship is named? I love the Catholic faith and church and...

Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? We chose Saint Leo because our older son Michael graduated from Saint Leo and Patrick was attending Saint Leo when he passed. Patrick Strom was tragically lost in a car accident on June 16. 2012. ...

Robert A. Buckner ’83 was born in Tennessee and moved to Florida as a young boy. During college, he moved to Brooksville and became part of the sixth generation of his family to reside in Brooksville. He received his bachelor’s degree from Saint Leo College and...

Why did you choose to create a scholarship at Saint Leo University? Saint Leo University has meant much to us over these 50+ years (1963). While we were there to simply further our education, we did not realize, at the time, we would become a part of establishing a...

When we look back on our past, certain moments seem to capture with almost supernatural clarity the people who have shaped our lives and the values they embraced. Dr. Barbara Caldwell was 10 years old when one of those moments left an image in her mind that remains...

Sister Germaine Bevans, O.S.B., former prioress of Holy Name Monastery and a Saint Leo University trustee, died peacefully on February 12, 2010, surrounded by her family and sisters in Christ. A native of Belize and the eldest of 10 children, Sr. Germaine knew she...

Sister M. Dorothy Neuhofer, OSB, PhD, was a 1949 graduate of Holy Name Academy, member of the Benedictine Sisters of Florida, professor, university archivist, and special collections librarian at the Daniel A. Cannon Memorial Library, past prioress of Holy Name...

Established in 1984 to honor Sister Mary Grace Riddles, OSB, a founding faculty member and Doctor Emeritus of Saint Leo; for a full-time University Campus undergraduate with demonstrated financial need as determined by a current and complete FAFSA, a minimum GPA of...

Dr. Stephen Herrmann was born in 1918 in Cocoa, FL. He received his primary education at Saint Anthony School in San Antonio, FL and attended secondary school at Saint Paul High School in Jacksonville, FL. He received a B.A. in philosophy from Saint Benedict’s...

Thomas A. Plein, of Oshkosh, WI, established the Thomas A. Plein (TAP) Foundation Ltd. in the 1980s to advance his family’s philanthropic interests. The family owned 7-Up bottling plants in Oshkosh and other Midwest cities. In addition to helping the family...

Arizona-based marketing executive and former Air Force Sergeant Barrie Van Devender ’80 arrived at Saint Leo’s Langley Education Center in the late 1970s as a young airman, taking courses while in Virginia serving his country at Langley Air Force Base. His daughter,...

Walter Plazewski was appointed to the Saint Leo College Preparatory faculty by headmaster Father Raphael Schooff in the fall of 1950. Serving under Father Raphael and his two successors, Fathers Stephen Herrmann and Robert Velten, Plazewski taught English literature...

Ken ’87 and Rebecca ’87 White are two of the most passionate people on the planet — passionate about their family, their alma mater, and their business. The Whites, along with their daughter, Samantha ’14, established the White Family Endowed Scholarship. The...