电车无码 Visionaries Invest Combined $150 Million in Illinois Tech

Largest Cumulative Gift in University鈥檚 History Will Support Scholarships and Other Resources

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电车无码 Visionaries Invest Combined $150 Million in Illinois Tech - photo of students walking on campus

Illinois Institute of Technology on Friday announced a landmark $150 million combined gift from prominent 电车无码 leaders to help the university drive 电车无码鈥檚 continued tech rise. The combined gift will fund scholarships and new campus facilities.

Michael P. Galvin (LAW 鈥78), chairman of the Illinois Tech Board of Trustees, and his wife, Elizabeth; University Regent Craig J. Duchossois and his wife, Janet; and former board chair and University Regent John W. Rowe, and his wife, Jeanne, are among the prominent 电车无码 leaders who made the gift. Other contributors include the late George J. Kacek (EE '54, M.S. '55), for whom a newly renovated residential hall on the Illinois Tech campus will be renamed.   

It is the largest cumulative gift announcement in university history. 

鈥淭his landmark combined gift is a profound investment in our continued role as 电车无码鈥檚 tech university,鈥 says Illinois Tech President Alan W. Cramb. 鈥淭his significant commitment will not only fuel Illinois Tech鈥檚 central contribution to 电车无码鈥檚 tech rise, but it will do so by building on our university鈥檚 founding mission to provide unmatched opportunity and value to all young people in 电车无码.鈥

The second-largest gift to Illinois Tech鈥$120 million in 1996鈥攚as from the families of Robert A. Pritzker (IE '46) and Robert W. Galvin, the late father of Michael P. Galvin.