Post by Logan on Oct 12, 2016 2:33:37 GMT -6
The University of Montana may soon receive its largest donation ever – a $24 million pledge for the College of Forestry and Conservation and the Global Leadership Initiative – from airline magnate and investor Bill Franke and his family.
Both programs would be renamed in honor of the Franke family.
"This will become the largest single gift ever received by the University of Montana, pending Montana University System Board of Regents approval," UM President Royce Engstrom said in a memo released Tuesday.
It would be more than twice the largest single gift to date – a $10 million donation to the law school in 2015, according to the UM Foundation.
Read more: missoulian.com/news/local/um-gets-largest-donation-in-history-for-college-of-forestry/article_17ecb8f5-25b6-5cd0-a921-42a7cdd17a17.html
Both programs would be renamed in honor of the Franke family.
"This will become the largest single gift ever received by the University of Montana, pending Montana University System Board of Regents approval," UM President Royce Engstrom said in a memo released Tuesday.
It would be more than twice the largest single gift to date – a $10 million donation to the law school in 2015, according to the UM Foundation.
Read more: missoulian.com/news/local/um-gets-largest-donation-in-history-for-college-of-forestry/article_17ecb8f5-25b6-5cd0-a921-42a7cdd17a17.html