Recreation/Athletic Center Named For Lied

The recreation/athletic center has been named the Ernst F. 
Lied Recreation/Athletic Center in recognition of a $5 
million cash gift to ISU from the Ernst F. Lied Trust, Las 
Vegas, Nev. The gift is funding the Christina Hixson 
Opportunity Awards. The $2,500 scholarships will be given 
annually to 100 Iowans who, if not for the awards, might not 
be able to attend ISU.

Hixson, a native of Clarinda and Lied's longtime business 
associate, is the sole trustee of the Lied Foundation Trust. 
The $5 million donation is the largest single cash gift in 
one year to an Iowa public university, said Murray 
Blackwelder, president of the ISU Foundation.

Lied, who died in 1980, was a successful businessman who 
moved from Omaha to Las Vegas in 1959. His estate created the 
Lied trust.

The recreation/athletic center was completed in 1990.

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updated:  03-24-95