Scholarship Established in Memory of Sam Logan, Michigan Chronicle Publisher

DETROIT, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The family of Samuel (Sam) Logan has created a scholarship in his name at University of Detroit Mercy. He graduated from the University's College of Business Administration in 1973.

Logan served as publisher of the Michigan Chronicle for 40 years and was co-owner of Real Times, the parent company of the Chronicle and FrontPage, Chicago Defender, New Pittsburgh Courier and Memphis Tri-State Defender newspapers.

Named Publisher of the Year three times by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), he was also inducted in the Hall of Fames of Joe Louis Arena, Cobo Hall, Junior Achievement, the International Institute Foundation, and most recently, UDM's College of Business Hall of Honor.

The Samuel Logan Scholarship at UDM will afford students with limited financial resources to attend the institution that he personally felt so strongly about. Diane Taylor, one of Logan's daughters, also graduated from UDM with a degree from the College of Health Professions. Taylor explained, "He was extremely proud of his education here and showed off his ring proudly to everyone."

Donations to the Samuel Logan Scholarship can be sent to: University of Detroit Mercy, c/o Anita-Joyce Barnes, 4001 W. McNichols Rd., Detroit, MI 48221-3038 or by contacting her at [email protected] or 313-993-1250.

The University of Detroit Mercy is Michigan's largest private Catholic University, with approximately 100 academic majors and programs. Sponsored by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the University has campuses located in downtown and northwest Detroit.

UDM is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and the largest of 18 Mercy institutions of higher education in the United States. For the ninth consecutive year, University of Detroit Mercy is listed in the top tier of Midwestern Regional Universities in the 2012 edition of the U.S.News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges."

CONTACT:  Gary D. Lichtman
Media Relations Director
313-993-1254

SOURCE University of Detroit Mercy

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