Mr. and Mrs. James and Margaret Fornear

The Fornears established the Seymour Bryson Men’s Basketball Endowed Scholarship to honor Dr. Seymour Bryson and his legacy as a Saluki. Bryson was an All-Conference selection and the team’s MVP all four years he competed (1955-59). He set a then school record for career points with 1,535, and his total of 1,244 career rebounds may never be surpassed at SIU. Dr. Bryson was inducted into the Southern Illinois University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979.