LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --Â St. Xavier High School received a bequest of more than $1.5 million from the estate of Robert "Bob" Burckel, a 1957 graduate and long-time benefactor.
The gift will create the school's largest endowed scholarship, funding six full-tuition awards each year on an annual basis.
Burckell died Dec. 10, 2023. He and his brother, Nick Burckel, previously established the Arthur and Irene Burckel Scholarship Fund to honor their parents and promote need-based access and diversity at the school.
"It is St. X alumni like Bob and Nick Burckel will propel a Xaverian education into parts of our community where people never dreamed such an education was possible,"Â St. X President Paul D. Colistra said in a news release. "We have the Burckel brothers to thank for their foresight in making scholarship support their top priority."
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