NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Leah Jackson (jacksonl@nsula.edu)
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

9/06/2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES -A scholarship to benefit a Northwestern State University freshman pursing a degree in business has been established in memory of a Natchitoches businessman. A scholarship honoring the late S.T. Sibley III was established by his wife, Peggy Mathson Sibley, through a donation to the NSU Foundation. The scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $200 per year to a Louisiana resident. The recipient must maintain a 2.5 grade point average.

S. T. Sibley graduated from Natchitoches High School and attended Northwestern from 1946-49, as a business major. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Theatre. For 22 years, Sibley served as secretary/treasurer of the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury and later became president of S.T. Sibley III Enterprises, in which he operated several businesses. He was a Mason, a Shriner and a member of First Baptist Church. Sibley passed away in 1999.

"Mrs. Sibley created this scholarship to honor her late husband in the hopes that it would benefit a student with financial needs and help them find the road to success," said Dr. Chris Maggio, director of Alumni and Development.

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