Dr. William P. Fleming Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Dr. William P. Fleming, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established by Jeffrey M. and Jane-Ann Fleming of The Woodlands, Texas. Bill, or “Doc,” as he was known to many, graduated from Findlay High School in 1958. He received his BBA from Sam Houston State Teacher’s College in 1965, his MA from Sam Houston in 1966, and his Ph.D. from the University of Toledo in 1972. Bill was hired as an Assistant Professor at Sam Houston State in 1972, to which he would dedicate his life for the next 49 years. He would be promoted to Associate Professor in 1982 and then Full Professor in 1990. A beloved teacher and colleague, Bill had so many accomplishments and so much impact on the university and its students during that time. He received the university’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 1998 and the Excellence in Service Award in 1996. His most significant contribution to the university, of which Bill was so very proud, was his creation and leadership of the Student Advising and Mentoring Center (SAM Center) in 2002. The SAM Center became a nationally recognized model for student advising, receiving visitors from more than 25 universities around the country, universities that looked to the SAM Center as a model that could be adopted for their own institutions.