Playing in a game televised nationwide by ESPN, St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) put on a show. St. Thomas Aquinas, the No. 12
St. Joseph’s Prep receives $5 million gift, its largest ever
Nick Howley, St. Joseph’s Prep class of 1970, founder with his wife Lorie of the Howley Foundation.
Posted February 17, 2021
St. Joseph’s Prep announced a gift of $5 million Feb. 4 from the Howley Foundation to support the Prep’s “For Others Forever” capital campaign as well as scholarships for dozens of students. It is the largest gift ever made in the school’s 170-year history.
The mission of the Howley Foundation established by Lorie and Nick Howley ’70 with their daughter Meg Mitkus Howley serving as executive director is to provide high-quality, educational opportunities to economically disadvantaged students as an integral part of addressing issues of equality and promoting upward social and economic mobility.