
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 15, 1991                   TAG: 9103150493
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

ENGINEERING COLLEGE GETS $766,686 GIFT

Virginia Tech's College of Engineering has received a gift of $766,686, an additional distribution from the estate of Gilbert L. Seay, an electrical engineering alumnus.

This latest installment brings the Seay bequest to a total of almost $1.5 million.

Seay, a founding partner of the engineering firm Hayes Seay Mattern & Mattern of Roanoke, died in 1981. His estate provided for the creation of the Gilbert L. Seay and Lucille C. Seay Scholarship Fund, to be used for scholarships or loans for needy and deserving engineering students.

Some 180 students already have received aid through the Seay bequest, said Pamela Kurstedt, assistant dean of the college of engineering.

During his lifetime, Seay, a member of the Class of 1934, received the University's Distinguished Service Award, served on the committee of the Virginia Tech Education Foundation, and was a member of the Alumni Fund Council.

by CNB