Honorable Cecil B. Patterson, Jr. Scholarship Endowment
Honorable Cecil B. Patterson, Jr. Scholarship Endowment
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The Honorable Cecil B. Patterson, Jr Scholarship Endowment was founded in 2017 in honor of Cecil B. Patterson Jr., the first Black judge appointed to the Maricopa County Superior Court and the first practicing Black lawyer in Arizona’s Attorney General’s Office and the state’s appeals court. He was a community leader and mentor with a passion for community engagement and he worked to combat inequalities in poverty, housing, youth programs and the criminal justice system. Patterson once stated his greatest reward comes from mentoring young lawyers to be the next generation of leaders. When you make a gift to this ASU Law fund, you educate, empower and strengthen the legal community and foster positive change in the world.Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
Our family believes in giving back and sharing the blessings we have received financially and through our time."