Dr. Lisa Roy-Davis

Mr. Lebrecht was born in Denison, Texas and attended the University of North Texas. He served as a major during World War II as a pilot in some of the most dangerous missions. Mr. Lebrecht built many successful business ventures in Tucson, Arizona and became a noted real estate entrepreneur.

Dr. Lisa Roy-Davis has been a professor of English at Collin County Community College District since August 2003. She holds a bachelor of arts in English from Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Mass., a master of arts in English from La Sierra University in Riverside, Calif. and a doctorate with a specialty in 20th Century American Literature, U.S. Latina Writers from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Roy-Davis was given the 2005 Ambassador Award from the college’s Center for Scholarly and Civic Engagement and was named Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year for the Communications and Humanities Division for 2003-04. She is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English (NTCE), NCTE’s Latino/a Caucus, the College English Association and the Modern Language Association. Currently, Dr. Roy-Davis is the chair of the Mexican-American Field of Study Task Force.

The Dickinson Endowed Chair in Nursing was established by the late Richard Dickinson and his wife Barbara on behalf of his mother, Florence Marie. The endowment will further the attraction and retention of highly qualified nursing faculty as well as support student scholarships.

Mrs. Dickinson was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1902 to Swedish immigrants. By the time she was 10, both of her parents were deceased leaving Mrs. Dickinson and many of her siblings in the care of an orphanage. Mrs. Dickinson studied nursing at the Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut. During her career as a nurse, Mrs. Dickinson worked for a well-known family in Orange County, California and in a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients.

Dr. Joyce Swegle

Dr. Joyce Swegle received her Ph.D in Nursing from Texas Woman's University. Her initial nursing education was from an associate degree nursing program in Kansas City, Kansas. She received her bachelor's degree in psychiatric rehabilitation from Central Missouri State and her master's education in nursing from Vanderbilt University.

She came to Collin in the fall of 2002 with a varied experience background in nursing, including home health, long term care, and community mental health. Her teaching experience includes clinical staff development and quality management for health care institutions and baccalaureate nursing education at Texas Woman's University. Her expertise in quality management, clinical service and nursing education makes her an effective role model and teacher for the last semester nursing courses at Collin.

The purpose of the Endowed Chair program is to recognize and promote academic excellence of faculty and students at Collin. The program enables the college to honor outstanding members of Collin’s teaching faculty and provides resources for students to pursue their academic goals. In contrast to the endowed chair programs at four-year universities which aim to attract preeminent researchers, our program recognizes and supports preeminence in teaching and student learning.

An endowed chair can be focused on an academic discipline, career program or area of study.  An endowed chair carries considerable prestige and demonstrates the strongest commitment on the part of the donor and the college to a particular program. The Collin College Foundation will work with the donor to identify and match donor interests and college programs. Collin will provide resources to fund the endowed chair’s salary, release time and professional development while investment earnings allow for an annual payout from the endowment to support student scholarships.