Lloyd and Maureen Devereaux

Lloyd and Maureen Devereaux both have endowed scholarships at NIU as a way of giving back. ?The university did so much for us when we were in school, that this is one way we felt we could repay the favor,? Lloyd said. ?We got an education there, got jobs because of our degrees and we made some money. We might as well give it back.?Maureen was studying elementary education in 1940 but left school when she married Lloyd. Maureen returned to school and earned her degree in 1962.Lloyd was a student-athlete at NIU. He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in education in 1941 after competing with the Huskie ?B? football team as quarterback and earned letters in tennis and track. He later continued his education in 1962 graduating with an M.B.A. degree.