Voorhees College News November 4, 2014 Voorhees alum donates $100,000 to the institution Dr. Matthew A. Golson recently donated $100,000 to Voorhees College to assist the institution with providing more scholarship money to deserving students. Golson, a long-time trustee of the college who served for more than 20 years, currently resides in New York. He graduated from Voorhees High School and Voorhees Junior College. After attending South Carolina State College, now University, for one year, his education was interrupted by his military service during World War II. Unable to return to finish his degree, Golson entered the field of real estate as a broker and investor in New York City, N.Y. Golson is currently president of the 52-year-old Golswan Realty Corporation. Aside from serving on the Voorhees College Board of Trustees, Golson is a member of the board of governors and university board of the Hackensack University Medical Center. He has received a Presidential Citation from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. In addition, he was the first recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, which is awarded to individuals who demonstrate a strong philanthropic commitment and provide scholarships for highly motivated but economically disadvantaged young people. Golson has consistently been a benefactor of his alma mater and because of his continued support, Voorhees College honored him by naming the humanities building, Matthew A. Golson Humanities, Education and Fine Arts Building, after him during the 2004 Commencement Exercise. For more information, contact Teesa Brunson, communications director, at 803-780-1194 or at tbrunson@voorhees.edu. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.