Gifts to Moore School
Sonoco gives $3 million to endow international business department
On October 12, 2004, Harris E. DeLoach, Jr.,
president and CEO of Sonoco, announced an historic gift of $3 million from the company to name the
Sonoco International Business Department at the Moore School of Business.
The gift represents the largest single corporate cash gift ever given to the University to
establish an endowed fund. The gift also marks a major mileston in the school's captial campaign to
improve its facilities and enhance its programs. See
news release for details.
Right, Harris E. DeLoach, CEO of Sonoco and an alumnus of the Moore School and USC Law School, announces gift at press conference.
Take a look at the computer illustration of the proposed Sonoco International Business Department.
Students representing some of the many countries
that comprise the diverse student body were present at the gift announcement. At left, some of the
students display their home country flags. View the
flags of all countries represented by students,
faculty, and staff of the Moore School.