Movie Gallery Inc. Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joe Malugen and his wife, Dena, of Dothan have given Samford University $1.5 million to endow a chair of law in the univeristy’s Cumberland School of Law, where both graduated.
Cumberland Dean John Carroll was invested as the first holder of the Ethel P. Malugen Chair of Law, which the gift established, Sept. 23. The chair is named for Malugen’s 83-year-old mother, who was present at the ceremony.
“The deep commitment of the Malugen family to the law and to high standards in their favorite law school is certainly evident in establishment of this endowed chair,” said Samford President Thomas E. Corts, who presided at the investiture.
Joe Malugen, a 1977 Cumberland graduate, was a practicing tax and corporate attorney in Alabama and Missouri from 1978 prior to co-founding Movie Gallery in 1985. He has been chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the company since then.
The publicly traded company operates 2,400 video stores in 50 states.
Dena Malugen, a 1995 Cumberland graduate, has practiced law since the year of her graduation. She also heads her family’s real estate development and design projects in Rosemary Beach, Fla.
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