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Article: Alumna leaves Lawrence $10 million gift
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2009
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A graduate of Lawrence University has pledged to give the school
$10 million -- the second-largest gift in the school's history,
officials announced Monday.
The gift is a bequest in the donor's will that will go entirely
to support the college's endowment, including about $1.5 million to
establish a new endowed professorship in Lawrence's renowned
conservatory of music.
About $1 million will be used to bolster the endowment for
Bjorklunden, Lawrence's 425-acre "northern campus" in Door County,
with an additional $1 million designated for campus facilities
maintenance and general operations.
The rest of the gift is unrestricted.
University officials said the donor did not wish to be named ...