A $20,000 donation has been made to McNeese State University through the McNeese Foundation to establish the Samuel Y. Pruitt Scholarship. Virginia K. Pruitt has donated $15,000 to the scholarship and Samuel Y. “Sam” and Susan Pruitt have donated $5,000 to this scholarship. On hand for the presentation are, from left to right: Richard Reid, vice president for university advancement and executive vice president for the McNeese Foundation, Susan Pruitt, Virginia K. Pruitt and Sam Y. Pruitt.
