T.L.L. Temple Foundation endows SFA scholarships

The A. Wayne Corley Scholarship has been established at Stephen F. Austin State University by the T.L.L. Temple Foundation. Pictured are, from left, Buddy Zeagler, executive director of the foundation; Jill Still, SFA vice president for university advancement; Buddy Temple, chair of the foundation board; and Corley.

The T.L.L. Temple Foundation has established a Stephen F. Austin State University scholarship in honor of Wayne Corley, who recently retired after 14 years as executive director of the foundation. The A. Wayne Corley Scholarship will provide full scholarships to two students each year in the Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy beginning fall 2014. Corley, a Garrison High School graduate, earned an accounting degree from SFA, where he played football for four years, lettering for three years and serving as co-captain his senior year.

The T. L. L. Temple Foundation was established in 1962 by Georgia Temple Munz in honor of her father, Thomas Lewis Latané Temple, an East Texas lumberman and founder of Southern Pine Lumber Company, which later became Temple Industries. It is a nonprofit organization operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, primarily in areas of the deep East Texas pine timber belt.