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Thompson Hospitality Corporation has been providing nourishment to Lincoln University for the past two years. Now, Thompson Hospitality is providing financial nourishment to Lincoln University as well.
During a recent campus visit, Thompson Hospitality Chief Administrative Officer Fred Thompson (right) and Senior Vice President, Business Development Shawn O’Quinn (left), presented Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings (center) with a check for $25,000. However, the donation came about in a most unique way.
On April 24, 2012, the DC Metro Alumni Chapter hosted a gathering at the American Tap Room in Arlington, Virginia, a Thompson Hospitality property. President Jennings addressed the Lincoln alums and shared his vision for the University. Thompson Hospitality President and Chairman, Warren Thompson, who is Fred’s brother, was among the crowd and was very moved by what he heard.
“Dr. Jennings’ comments were so inspiring that just at the very end when (Warren) should have said, ‘Thank you Dr. Jennings and now on to the rest of our program,’ it moved him in such a fashion to say, ‘We want to make a donation tonight. We want to make a donation of $25,000,’” recalls Fred. “And he did not say it in a boastful way, but instead it was his way of saying ‘we want to help.’”
Thompson Hospitality Corporation is the nation’s largest minority-owned food service company. Two years ago, Black Enterprise magazine named Thompson Hospitality as the 2010 Company of the Year.