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Article: Michigan State U. expands with new land
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- February 16, 2000
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Tony Paul
University Wire
02-16-2000
(The State News) (U-WIRE) EAST LANSING, Mich. -- On a day when Michigan State University President M. Peter McPherson called for outreach expansion during his annual campus address, the university made a bold step in that direction.
The MSU Board of Trustees accepted a land and building gift -- valued at nearly $7 million -- during its meeting Tuesday.
New Jersey-based Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., a global pharmaceutical company, donated the gift that includes Brook Lodge, an 80-acre concoction of cottages and meeting rooms.
Almost 577 acres of largely undeveloped land, located adjacent to Brook Lodge, was also donated to MSU. The property sits south of ...