Thursday, December 28, 2017
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
Bruce and Nancy Beeghly, longtime supporters of Youngstown State University, have pledged $1.5 million to the university’s historic “We See Tomorrow” fundraising campaign.
The gift will be used for continued support of the Beeghly College of Education, including creation of a new endowment for the college, and creation of two graduate fellowships – the Bruce R. Beeghly Graduate Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the R. Thornton Beeghly Graduate Fellowship in Business Administration.
Two buildings at YSU – Beeghly Hall, home of the Beeghly College of Education, and Beeghly Center – currently bear the Beeghly name.
Bruce Beeghly, retired president of Altronic Inc. in Girard, is a former member and chairman of the YSU Board of Trustees, the Ohio Board of Regents and the Liberty Board of Education. He also is a former trustee of the YSU Foundation, served as board president and campaign chairman of the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, served on the board of directors of the Youngstown Business Incubator, and was honored as 2002 Business Professional of the Year by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Nancy Beeghly, a writer and community volunteer, previously taught English in the Boardman schools and was a columnist for The Vindicator in Youngstown.
The gift is the latest in a long line of philanthropic initiatives by the Beeghly family dating back more than 100 years.
The “We See Tomorrow” campaign is the largest in YSU’s 109-year history, with more than $50 million already raised. For information, visit ysufoundation.org.