William L. Silvia

The Pennington Biomedical Research provides funding to the Pennington Biomedical Research Center located at Louisiana State University. The Center was founded in 1988 by C.B. 'Doc' Pennington. The center provides funding for nutrition-based research to prevent premature death from chronic diseases. They focus on the causes of obesity and the diseases associated with it including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer

Founded in 1960, the LSU Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation composed of business, professional and civic leaders. The Foundation manages most of the investments and serves as trustee for most of the endowed funds and other private assets contributed for the benefit of the University.