Marshall University Military and Veteran’s Affairs accepted the $20,000 The Jack Taylor Founding Values Award from Enterprise Holdings on Tuesday, April 5.
The award will go toward a newly constructed Veteran’s Lounge in Gullickson Hall, according to Kim White, director of Military and Veteran’s Affairs. “Enterprises’ generous contribution is going to be used in part for the construction itself and for decorating the lounge so that it’s a comfortable, modern, usable space for our veterans,” White said.
White said the new Veteran’s Lounge will open this summer, while an official ribbon cutting is slated for the fall.
Sean Devlin, Vice President and general manager for Enterprise Holdings, said the company has a “very strong military heritage” and saw an opportunity to help. “Our founder Jack Taylor was a fighter pilot during WWI on the USS Enterprise,” said Devlin. “We also have quite a few veterans that work with Enterprise.”
Enterprises’ long-standing relationship with Marshall includes recruitment for the management trainee program and providing rental services for the university and athletics department. The previous Jack Taylor Founding Values Award was given to Marshall for scholarship-based awards.
For more information about Marshall’s Military and Veteran’s Affairs programs, visit www.marshall.edu/military.
