The legacy of William R. “Bill” Toller is being memorialized with a $1 million gift to the University of Arkansas from his wife, Jo Ella, and children, Bob Toller, Michelle Augustini and Greg Toller. The contribution, which is being made through a charitable lead trust, will provide $750,000 toward the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center, and the remaining $250,000 will establish a scholarship for the benefit of the Arkansas Alumni Association.
Bill Toller, a 1955 graduate of the Sam M. Walton College of Business, passed away in December 2011. The former chairman and CEO of Witco Chemical Company Inc. was an active volunteer and advocate of the University of Arkansas and served on the Walton College Dean’s Executive Advisory Board, the Campaign for the Twenty-First Century Steering Committee and the Board of Advisors. Read More
