Endowed Scholarship To Benefit Honors College

Baylor has announced a $5 million gift from Clifton, BBA '63, and Betsy Robinson, BA '71, of Waco that will provide the financial means for some of the nation's highest achieving high school students to obtain a top education at Baylor.
The gift will establish the C. Clifton Robinson and Betsy Sharp Robinson Endowed Scholarship Fund in the Honors College at Baylor. The scholarships will provide need-based financial assistance for academically gifted incoming freshmen, as well as some current Baylor students, who will be known as "Clifton and Betsy Robinson Scholars." 
"Clifton and Betsy Robinson continue to generously support the family legacy of embracing the Baylor mission and helping it to prosper locally, in Texas, across the nation and around the globe," said Baylor President John M. Lilley. "The Robinsons' endowed scholarships will make a Baylor education possible for talented students who also demonstrate the greatest need. I thank the Robinsons for supporting Baylor students, the Honors College and Baylor 2012 through this landmark gift."
"The recruitment of talented young people, and the Honors College in particular, is an important component of Vision 2012, and that's what I wanted to support," Clifton Robinson said. "In my business life, I feel like I owe Baylor everything because it taught me how to be successful. I think that everything that Baylor stands for--excellence, moral character and integrity--are all the things I've tried to adopt in my business life. I owe much of my success to Baylor, so I like to give back to the institution that has given so much to me and my family."
For the 2007-08 academic year, Baylor awarded more than $23 million in need-based scholarships to qualified students. With more than 75 percent of current students receiving some type of financial assistance, Baylor has focused on increasing endowed scholarships to help keep Baylor affordable for families, while providing students with the highest quality Christian education at Baylor.