{"id":248,"date":"2010-07-23T10:58:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T10:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/07\/23\/morganti-honored-with-presidents-award-at-bpac-2\/"},"modified":"2013-09-03T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:56:33","slug":"morganti-honored-with-presidents-award-at-bpac-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/07\/morganti-honored-with-presidents-award-at-bpac-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Morganti honored with President\u2019s Award at BPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Monday, May 08, 2006<\/DIV>

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David Dallas (left)<\/SPAN>, Executive Director of the <\/SPAN>Bologna<\/SPAN> Performing <\/SPAN>Arts<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Center<\/SPAN>, with Dr. Leroy Morganti. <\/SPAN><\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE>

Given annually in recognition of outstanding service to the Bologna<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Performing<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Arts<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Center<\/SPAN>, Dr. <\/SPAN>Leroy Morganti<\/SPAN> of Benoit, was recently named the 2006 President\u2019s Award Winner. <\/SPAN><\/P>

\u201cThis recognition is long overdue,\u201d <\/SPAN>David Dallas<\/SPAN>, Executive Director of the Bologna Performing Arts Center, offered. \u201cThis award honors the vision and dedication of Dr. Morganti.\u201d<\/SPAN><\/P>

As the Center neared completion in spring 1995, then Delta State University President, Dr. Kent Wyatt, decided he wanted the grand opening to be help in September. He, further, decided Morganti would direct the event and the operations of the Center, in addition to his role as Vice-President of Executive Affairs.

<\/SPAN>\u201cIt was in addition to all of his other duties,\u201d Wyatt said. \u201cLeroy had a vision of what the <\/SPAN>Performing<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Arts<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Center<\/SPAN> could become and do, not only for <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN>, but for the entire Delta region. He, more than anyone else, is responsible for the many successes of the Bologna Performing Arts Center.\u201d<\/SPAN><\/P>

Morganti worked closely with Pat Halloran of The Orpheum Theatre in <\/SPAN>Memphis<\/SPAN> in developing a box office management strategy, a technical team and a plan for selecting an Executive Director. Additionally, he formed an Advisory Board consisting of campus and community leaders. <\/SPAN><\/P>

The BPAC would become the centerpiece of the Delta State Foundation\u2019s then capital campaign, with Morganti determined to raise $2 million as an endowment to support BPAC programming.  Roger Malkin, of Delta and <\/SPAN>Pine<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>Land<\/SPAN>, gave $500,000 toward the campaign, while seats were sponsored at $1,000 each.<\/SPAN><\/P>

Most significant, though, still remains the call placed by Dr. Nino Bologna of <\/SPAN>Greenville<\/SPAN>, to Wyatt. <\/SPAN>Bologna<\/SPAN> inquired about the building, and soon after pledged $2 million to name the performing arts center in memory of his children. <\/SPAN><\/P>

Morganti served at the helm of the BPAC from its inception in 1995 until his retirement in 2002. He was instrumental in securing famed composer and songwriter Marvin Hamlisch as the BPAC\u2019s inaugural performer.  <\/SPAN><\/P>

Currently, Morganti is enjoying retirement and writes occasionally for The Delta Democrat Times<\/SPAN><\/I>.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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