Endowed Scholarship in Nursing—the gift of a lifetime

Dr. Louis Leggio spent over 40 years as a dedicated pediatrician. He has worked with countless healthcare professionals, including wonderful nurses, many who have been educated and formed at FranU. Because of this experience, and his dedicated years serving the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Heath System, and Our Lady of the Lake College (now FranU) as chair and member of the Board of Trustees, he and his wife, Lynn, were inspired to establish a Nursing Scholarship in 2009. The Leggios believed that students who were committed to patient care and desired to serve others should not have a financial burden as an obstacle to their education. They have graciously continued to support the scholarship, adding to it yearly, growing the scholarship to endowed status. Dr. and Mrs. Leggio further pledged an increase in their yearly gift to grow the scholarship even more, and have made FranU a priority with their bequest to continue growing the scholarship.

On a visit to tour the Simulated Environment Teaching Hospital (SETH) at FranU, Dr. Leggio shared that this new technology for future healthcare professionals is so innovative, was not something that was available when he was in medical school, and that he wished he had the opportunity to experience this way of teaching and learning. He commended FranU for investing in this meaningful way of educating students who choose healthcare as their vocation.

Today, Dr. and Mrs. Leggio continue their commitment to the mission of educating and forming Franciscan Servant Leaders with this generous gift that will live on for the next 100 years of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University.