Wolohan Fellowship

Richard V. Wolohan Fellowship in Leadership and Service

Founder of the Wolohan Lumber Company and the Wolohan Family Foundation, Richard V. (Dick) Wolohan was committed to improving his community and helping people. He served on the boards and committees of numerous nonprofit organizations, including the SVSU Board of Fellows, leading to his recognition with an honorary Doctor of Law Degree in 1985. He also provided years of guidance and counsel to Nouvel Catholic Central High School as an honorary chairman of their leadership circle.

The company and the Wolohan Family Foundation established a scholarship fund in 1995, and though Dick passed away in 2010, this program that grew into the Richard V. Wolohan Fellowship in Leadership and Service continues his legacy, encouraging students to demonstrate the kind of community leadership that characterized his life. In addition to receiving scholarship support, Wolohan Fellows participate in leadership development and service projects to improve their communities.

A recent service project assisted Saginaw’s Underground Railroad, an organization that provides shelter and support for survivors of domestic violence. Fellows led a project that included making renovations to the organization’s facility and conducting a supply drive to help the individuals they serve. In addition to making the facility more welcoming to their guests, the group also collected necessities like cleaning and laundry supplies, since many past guests of the Underground Railroad still need assistance with obtaining basic household products.

We appreciate Dick Wolohan’s vision and the Wolohan family’s continued generosity in helping the Fellows grow into the caring community leaders they are becoming.