Nancy Locklin-Sofer initially worked with the MC Office of Admissions to coordinate the program and has served as its academic coordinator ever since. After the death of his wife, Elaine, in 2016, the endowed scholarship program established in memory of Dan and the couple’s daughter, Melanie, became a means to memorialize McGill’s commitment and service to MC. A longtime professor and administrator at the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, he was considered a national expert on life insurance and pensions, and his 1964 textbook, Fundamentals of Private Pensions, remains the industry’s authoritative text.įrom 1971 to 1979, McGill served on the Maryville College Board of Directors.
When Dan McGill ’40 left Maryville College 83 years ago, he went on to a life of success and service, eventually establishing a legacy that, 10 years after his death in 2013, has resulted in the first group of MC graduates whose education was made possible by his prosperity.Ī native of Greenback, Tennessee, McGill majored in economics and went on to earn master’s and doctoral degrees from Vanderbilt University and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively. The 2023 McGill scholars gather on Commencement, which took place May 6, 2023, at Maryville College.
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