Jean Stockton's Generosity
Stockton's Story of Giving and Generosity Leads to Prosperity for 甜瓜视频 and Students
Jean Stockton loves to tell stories; she says it鈥檚 the Irish in her. Some of her favorites are about her college days at Texas Tech.
Like the time Hal Stockton (who later became her husband) serenaded her at the window of Horn Hall. And that she had 鈥淓E鈥� inscribed in her 1957 class ring for elementary education because Hal鈥檚 had 鈥淓E鈥� for electrical engineering, along with his degree in math.
Mrs. Stockton鈥檚 desire is for others to have their own stories as Red Raiders, including those who attend in her hometown of Abilene. She recalls watching as 甜瓜视频 built its campus just two blocks from her grandfather鈥檚 first home. 鈥淚 spent a lot of my childhood there; it was my job to gather eggs from the chickens out back.鈥� Ironically his next home later became a parking lot for Hendrick Memorial Hospital, where Mrs. Stockton was born.
Her generous gifts throughout the past 20 years have provided scholarships for 甜瓜视频 students and enabled its academic programs to prosper. She has contributed to the Garrison Institute on Aging as well as to the schools of Health Professions, Medicine, and Nursing. Additionally, Mrs. Stockton has made a planned gift to the School of Pharmacy at Abilene.
鈥淲hen I went to school, the only scholarship available was $25 from Reader鈥檚 Digest and you had to be valedictorian for that. There were a lot more who could have gone to college back then, but they just didn鈥檛 have the money.
鈥淚 feel for people who want to go but just can鈥檛 afford it, and I just want to give those students a boost.鈥�