By Parker Fish
Lou Beggs ’43 recently made plans to give to Wentworth through his estate, but this is hardly the first time he has taken steps to help others. From military service to philanthropic support, Beggs has always based his life on doing his part to give back.
Beggs received a full scholarship to attend Wentworth in 1941 and earned his degree while in basic training during World War II. His education in Machine Construction and Tool Design earned him a position as a flight engineer flying B-24 Liberators in combat missions all over North Africa and Europe.
After serving his country, Beggs found a successful career as an engineer at Texas Instruments. He remained with the company for 42 years with 17 patents to his credit. In retirement, he shifted his focus to supporting Wentworth students the same way he was helped in 1941. “I just figured that I ought to pay back whatever I could,” Beggs explains. He established the Louis Beggs ’43 Memorial Scholarship Fund and, in 2020, made plans for an estate gift to Wentworth.
“I call it God’s work,” he says, “and it seemed like paying to send students to Wentworth was certainly God’s work.”
This planned gift secures Beggs’ membership in the 1904 Society among some of the university’s most esteemed donors. His estate gift will go directly toward his endowed scholarship fund, where it will help ease the financial burden for Wentworth students in perpetuity.
FOR MORE INFORMATION on Wentworth’s 1904 Society and how you can make a planned gift to Wentworth, contact Crate Herbert, vice president, Institutional Advancement & External Relations, at 617-989-5351 or herbertc1@wit.edu.
