NEW ORLEANS – Delgado Community College, in partnership with the Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation, has announced the launch of “The Tradition Campaign” for Delgado Athletics.
On Thursday, Mrs. Gayle Benson and members of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans organization joined Delgado Chancellor Larissa Littleton-Steib and the Delgado community to formally announce a one million dollar gift to kick start the campaign, which will culminate in the opening of The Gayle and Tom Benson Athletic Complex adjacent to historic “Rags” Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium on Delgado’s City Park campus.
The ceremony consisted of remarks from Chancellor Steib, Coach Joe Scheuermann, Delgado Foundation Chairman Lee Giorgio, and Mrs.