In honor and memory of Dr. Louise Rintelmann Thompson (Class of ’60), Louise’s husband Dr. Raymond Thompson (Class of ’61) has established two funds through a major gift that will provide scholarship and program funds for years to come. Through donations of $100,000 to each, Dr. Thompson has set up the Louise Rintelmann Thompson “I […]

MacMurray Foundation & Alumni Association has announced the postponement of the planned October 15 – 17 Homecoming and Alumni gathering with the goal of hosting the event in Jacksonville in spring/summer of 2022. The Foundation’s Board of Directors, and others involved in planning the events, have been monitoring COVID and the Delta Variant over the […]

MacMurray Foundation & Alumni Association, which was formed following the announced closure of MacMurray College in 2020 with a mission to maintain and continue the legacy of MacMurray College, is pleased to announce that 33 individuals have been named MacMurray Scholars and will each receive $1,000 towards their college education. In keeping with MacMurray College’s […]

This Memorial Day we would like to remember and honor those MacMurray alumni, that we know of, who died while serving our country in the military. In a press release recently discovered while organizing the archives, we learned there was a tree planted in 1973 in honor of the five men who died while serving […]

MacMurray Foundation & Alumni Association extends the deadline for submitting MacMurray Scholar Scholarship applications to May 1, 2021. As many academic institutions have extended their admission application deadlines to May 1 because of the Covid 19 pandemic, the Foundation is also extending its application deadline. The Foundation hopes to award up to 15 $1,000 scholarships […]

The MacMurray Foundation & Alumni Association is pleased to announce the debut of its Scholarship program, MacMurray Scholars. In this first year, the Foundation intends to award at least fifteen $1000 scholarships, but hopes to increase the number of scholarships and the amount of the individual scholarships in future years. Priority is given to members […]

Dear Fellow MacMurray Alumni & Friends, It is always sad and grief comes to us upon the passing of loved ones. Such was the case when 174 year old MacMurray College was put in the position of having to close her doors and no longer be an active institution of higher education. Reaction from Alumni […]

By Marco Cartolano, [email protected] The archived collections of MacMurray College, which closed this spring after 174 years, will be in the care of the Jacksonville Heritage Cultural Center for at least 10 years after an agreement approved Monday by City Council. City Council has agreed to accept an archival collection of the now-shuttered MacMurray College […]

A small group of MacMurray College alumni and supporters working to ensure its legacy has announced the formation of the MacMurray Foundation & Alumni Association. After the MacMurray Board of Trustees voted in March to close the college at the end of the 2020 spring semester in the wake of declining enrollments and unsustainable competitive […]