Majerus Family Foundation gifts $1 million to Marquette University

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The Majerus Family Foundation has given a gift of $1 million to Marquette University to create the Rick Majerus Endowed Scholarship. It honors the late Marquette alumnus and college basketball coaching legend.

The scholarship will provide tuition support to first-generation students in Marquette’s Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences who demonstrate financial need. It is the largest scholarship gift in the Klingler College’s history.

Majerus graduated with a history degree in 1970. He spent the next 15 years as an assistant and head coach at Marquette -- and was among the first members of his family to attend college. Majerus also earned a master’s degree in education from Marquette in 1979.

Marquette and the Majerus family are challenging Rick’s friends, former players and all members of the greater Marquette community to provide additional donations to help the Majerus Scholarship reach as many students as possible. Interested donors to the Majerus Scholarship can do so online or by contacting Kelley McCaskill, director of development, at Kelley.McCaskill@marquette.edu or by phone at 414-288-1590.