Claflin University News May 6, 2011 Norfolk Southern Foundation Awards Claflin University $75,000 Grant to Support Scholarships, Infrastructure Norfolk Southern Foundation, the philanthropic giving affiliate of the Norfolk Southern Corporation, has awarded Claflin University a three-year $75,000 grant to support of the University's academic scholarship fund and campus infrastructure enhancements. "I am extremely pleased that the Norfolk Southern Corporation has chosen to continue supporting Claflin's core commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching and research," President Dr. Henry N. Tisdale said. "Such generous contributions from our corporate neighbors suggest a collaborative effort which benefits our community generally and the University's mission specifically." William H. Johnson, senior attorney and chief intellectual property counsel for Norfolk Southern, presented the first installment check of $25,000 to Tisdale on May 5. Johnson, a 1972 honors graduate of Claflin University and a member of Claflin's Board of Visitors, is an exemplary model of the kind of visionary leaders the University boasts of producing. After graduating from Claflin, he went on to Duke University School of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1975 and further studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Temple University. He joined Norfolk Southern in 1999 and was recently recognized in the 8th edition of the Law 2011 publication, as one among the talented attorneys representing the in-house law departments of the top 500 companies. "As a major corporation operating in both large and small communities throughout the eastern United States, the Norfolk Southern Corporation takes its role as a corporate citizen seriously and is committed to support the communities it serves. This grant to Claflin is consistent with that recognition and commitment", said Johnson. Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation's premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of coal and industrial products. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street 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.