Lozano Family Scholarship

The high school sweethearts married in San Antonio when Felix came home from tour of duty in Korea with the U.S. Air Force, spending the next six years together at air bases in Georgia and Texas. After Sergeant Lozano was honorably discharged, he and Blanca settled in Fort Worth and raised four sons and a daughter in a tightly-knit family. Through good times and hard times, they worked to provide their children with the best life they could — always believing the American Dream was what they made it. Helping build that dream, Blanca cared for other kids whose mothers worked, including those whose moms taught at the elementary school across the street or just needed a place to stash their offspring while they ran to the corner grocery. Together Felix and Blanca instilled in their children – as well as their proxy kids – the values of faith, hard work, education and the importance of giving back to their community through church, school and neighborhood activities. All five offspring grew up to become productive American citizens, successful leaders in business and politics, and continued their heritage by rewarding their parents with loving, happy families of their own. May those who benefit from this endowment reach their educational goals and achieve the success and happiness in life that Felix and Blanca created in theirs.
Charles W. Jones III’s philanthropy extends to SHSU with his support of athletics, the College of Business Administration, the College of Education, the Department of Theatre and Dance, the School of Music, the Alumni Association, and academic scholarships. He established and supports the Charles W. Jones III Endowed Scholarship for finance students, the Harold R. Bradley Music Scholarship at Sam Houston State, the Thelma Jean Barnes Townley Scholarship, the Charles W Jones and David E. Payne Violin Scholarship, and the Charles W. Jones III MBA Fellowship. He also sponsors a scholarship at Seminole Community College in Florida.
“Thanks to the opportunities given to me by the College of Business Administration, I have been able to positively impact my company and my community,” he states. Charles is a native Texan, born in Lufkin, Texas. He graduated from Houston E.L. Furr High School in 1977.