A 1968 graduate once again gave back to the university.

Freeman Stamper recently donated $10,000 to the Friends of the Library Endowment in honor of his college mentors.

Cyndy Robertson, the coordinator of Special Collections, said interest from the Friends of the Library Endowment helps to buy materials that could not be bought otherwise.

Robertson the donation mean a great deal to the library.

“We love the history of our campus,” Robertson said.

Stamper said the reason he donated goes back to the fact that he feels as if his life started when he set foot on campus in 1963.

“The world just started to open to me,” Stamper said. “I have just been eternally grateful for the opportunities at ULM.”

Stamper made numerous contributions, such as the naming opportunity of the Charles Freeman Stamper Assistant Director’s Office in the SSC.

Stamper attributed his decision to attend college to his high school English teacher. Stamper established the Frances Morris Memorial Scholarship in 1992 in her memory.

He said that meeting the recipients of this scholarship gave him a feeling of completeness.

Stamper donated $10,000 to the college’s Internship Support Fund in 2012 and matched others’ donations to challenge other alumni to donate.

Ronald Berry, dean of the College of Business and Social Sciences, said that the college is proud and fortunate to have him as an alumnus.

“He has a genuine interest in helping students grow and to give them the opportunity to be more successful than they ever thought possible,” Berry said.

Stamper created a mantra from his college experience: “There is no useless knowledge.”