Marathon Oil Corp. Donates $145,500 to Texas A&M
Texas A&M University announced today that it has received a $145,500 donation from Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO). The donation, presented to the Texas A&M Foundation at its campus headquarters, will fund scholarships and assist 11 academic departments in the business, engineering and geoscience fields.
Marathon has donated approximately $1.5 million to Texas A&M since 1980. “Marathon has generously supported Texas A&M’s business, engineering and geosciences programs as well as the Foundation Excellence Award scholarship program of the Texas A&M Foundation,” said Dr. Ed Davis, Foundation president. “In today’s volatile economy, it’s comforting for Aggies to receive help from corporations such as Marathon, which clearly understands the importance of investing in higher education.”
William D. Gillespie ’80, Marathon’s director of Upstream business development — the Americas, said the company is “very pleased to make this contribution to Texas A&M in support of scholarships and key programs that support and encourage students in disciplines that are critical to our future.”
Marathon is an integrated international energy company engaged in exploration and production; oil sands mining; integrated gas; and refining, marketing and transportation operations. Marathon, which is based in Houston, has principal operations in the United States, Angola, Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Libya, Norway and the United Kingdom. Marathon is the fourth-largest U.S.-based integrated oil company and the nation’s fifth-largest refiner.
The Texas A&M Foundation is a private nonprofit organization that solicits and manages investments in academics and leadership programs to enhance Texas A&M’s capability to be among the best universities. The Foundation leads Operation Spirit and MindSM multiyear $300 million scholarship initiative for Texas A&M.
To learn more about scholarships, fellowships, faculty chairs, and other academic- and student program-focused giving to benefit Texas A&M’s Operation Spirit and Mind fundraising initiative, contact Jody Ford ’99 at the Texas A&M Foundation: (800) 392-3310, (979) 845-8161.
