The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire College of Business has received its largest endowment to date from a lifelong member of the community. The endowment will generate up to $80,000 annually in scholarships.
The William “Bill” Bingham Memorial Scholarship Fund, made to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation in memory of Anna K. Bingham, Dr. Roy W. Bingham and William A. Bingham, will provide numerous renewable scholarships to students in UW-Eau Claire’s College of Business. It is the single largest endowment ever established for the college.
The scholarships in this permanently endowed fund are renewable for up to four years, as long as students maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0, progress toward graduating in four years and continue study in a major within the College of Business.
The scholarship’s benefactor and namesake, William “Bill” Bingham, is remembered as someone who genuinely loved the Eau Claire community. Bingham, who died in April 2021, endowed the $2 million scholarship fund with the UW-Eau Claire Foundation as part of his estate. What also stands out about this generous gift is that Bingham was not a UW-Eau Claire alumnus. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
