Gifts
AgFirst Commits $100,000 to Moore's Campaign
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, the largest financial institution headquartered in South Carolina, has
committed $100,000 to the Moore School's capital
campaign to fund a classroom in the
proposed new Graduate School.
F.A. "Andy" Lowrey, who earned his MBA in 1990 from the
Moore School and has been president and chief executive officer of AgFirst since 1998, announced
the gift. "We know the Moore School of Business makes AgFirst a better institution and adds value
for our stockholders," he said.
Lowrey, a trustee of the University of South Carolina-Business Partnership Foundation, praised the Moore School for its "outstanding MBA programs...and talent supplied from its undergraduate programs," adding that his bank is "fortunate to have the resources of a world-class business school at our disposal."
Moore School Dean Joel A. Smith III thanked Lowrey and AgFirst for their generosity, saying that the AgFirst classroom will be built for about 20 students.
With assets exceeding $16 billion, the Columbia-based bank is part of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of agricultural lenders and the largest single lender to agriculture in the United States. It serves 80,000 borrowers in 15 states and Puerto Rico.
Lowrey earned his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1974 at the University of Georgia. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, and also serves on the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. A member of the board of directors of the Education Foundation of the University of South Carolina, Lowrey is also a board member for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Columbia. He serves on the board of the Palmetto AgriBusiness Council and on the National 4-H Board, where he is chairman of the Finance Committee.
campaign to fund a classroom in the
proposed new Graduate School.
F.A. "Andy" Lowrey, who earned his MBA in 1990 from the
Moore School and has been president and chief executive officer of AgFirst since 1998, announced
the gift. "We know the Moore School of Business makes AgFirst a better institution and adds value
for our stockholders," he said.
Lowrey, a trustee of the University of South Carolina-Business Partnership Foundation, praised the Moore School for its "outstanding MBA programs...and talent supplied from its undergraduate programs," adding that his bank is "fortunate to have the resources of a world-class business school at our disposal."
Moore School Dean Joel A. Smith III thanked Lowrey and AgFirst for their generosity, saying that the AgFirst classroom will be built for about 20 students.
With assets exceeding $16 billion, the Columbia-based bank is part of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of agricultural lenders and the largest single lender to agriculture in the United States. It serves 80,000 borrowers in 15 states and Puerto Rico.
Lowrey earned his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1974 at the University of Georgia. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, and also serves on the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. A member of the board of directors of the Education Foundation of the University of South Carolina, Lowrey is also a board member for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Columbia. He serves on the board of the Palmetto AgriBusiness Council and on the National 4-H Board, where he is chairman of the Finance Committee.