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Portrait by TROY alumnus honors memory of former Troy University Trustee Lamar P. Higgins

Troy University Chancellor, Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., and Mr. Higgins' sister, Phyllis Jackson, unveil portrait during ceremony on Thursday.

Troy University Chancellor, Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., and Mr. Higgins' sister, Phyllis Jackson, unveil portrait during ceremony on Thursday.

A portrait honoring the memory of former Troy University Trustee Lamar P. Higgins was unveiled on Thursday in the conference room bearing his name at the Rosa Parks Museum on Troy University’s Montgomery Campus.

The portrait was painted and gifted to the University by TROY alumnus Willie Austin, II, and was appropriately unveiled on Rosa…

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TROY to celebrate Lamar Higgins at memorial service Friday

The ceremony, which is open to the public, begins at 10 a.m. Friday in the Claudia Crosby Theater at the Troy Campus.

The ceremony, which is open to the public, begins at 10 a.m. Friday in the Claudia Crosby Theater at the Troy Campus.

A memorial service for Troy University Trustee Lamar P. Higgins will be held Friday, May 28, in the Claudia Crosby Theater on the Troy Campus. The service will begin at 10 a.m.

The ceremony is open to the public and can also be viewed online on the University’s Facebook page and www.troy.edu/live.

Higgins, who passed…

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Cam Ward appointed to Troy University’s Board of Trustees

The appointment of Cam Ward, a 1993 TROY graduate, to the University's Board of Trustees was approved by the Alabama Senate on Thursday.

The appointment of Cam Ward, a 1993 TROY graduate, to the University's Board of Trustees was approved by the Alabama Senate on Thursday.

Cam Ward, a 1993 graduate of Troy University, has been appointed to the University’s Board of Trustees by Gov. Kay Ivey.

Ward’s appointment was approved by the Alabama Senate on Thursday. He will succeed the Honorable Lamar P. Higgins, who passed away in April after an extended illness.

Since December, Ward has served as Director…

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Troy University to honor Lamar Higgins’ legacy with endowed scholarship

Troy Univeristy has created the Lamar P. Higgins Endowed Scholarship fund in memory of Trustee Lamar Higgins.

Troy Univeristy has created the Lamar P. Higgins Endowed Scholarship fund in memory of Trustee Lamar Higgins.

Troy University will honor the trailblazing legacy of Trustee Lamar Higgins with an endowed scholarship.

Higgins, who passed away in April, was TROY’s first African American Board of Trustee member, serving from 1996 until his passing. In addition, during his time as a student at TROY, Higgins became the first African American to be elected…

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