Hartsville, SC — Coker College has received $23,500 from the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation for a scholarship to be awarded to students who have a demonstrated commitment to community service. The Foundation also made a $5,500 contribution to the College’s Algernon Sydney Sullivan Endowment, which was created in 1998 to provide continuous support for Sullivan Scholars at Coker.

Located in Oxford, Miss., the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation was chartered in New York in 1934 to promote service to others and the community. The Foundation gives grants to Southern colleges and universities to perpetuate the qualities reflected in the life of the 19^th century New Yorker after whom it is named. Algernon Sydney Sullivan, co-founder of the international law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, was a prominent attorney, mediator and orator particularly known for his humanity and philanthropy.

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