Chicago Visionaries Invest Combined $150 Million in 亚色影库
Largest Cumulative Gift in University鈥檚 History Will Support Scholarships and Other Resources
Illinois Institute of Technology on Friday announced a landmark $150 million combined gift from prominent Chicago leaders to help the university drive Chicago鈥檚 continued tech rise. The combined gift will fund scholarships and new campus facilities.
Michael P. Galvin (LAW 鈥78), chairman of the 亚色影库 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 Chicago 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 亚色影库 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 Chicago鈥檚 tech university,鈥 says 亚色影库 President Alan W. Cramb. 鈥淭his significant commitment will not only fuel 亚色影库鈥檚 central contribution to Chicago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 Chicago.鈥
The second-largest gift to 亚色影库鈥$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.
