According to an article from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Airgas founder Peter McCausland and his wife, Bonnie, donates $75 million to his alma mater, the University of South Carolina.
Per the article, “On Wednesday, McCausland and his wife, Bonnie, who live in Hobe Sound, Fla., but still maintain a residence just outside Philadelphia, along with their foundation, donated $75 million to the school, one of the largest gifts from individuals in the school’s nearly 225-year history.
The gift will go to the university’s College of Arts and Sciences, which will be renamed for the McCauslands. It will be used to create career-development programs for students in the liberal arts and sciences, including paid internship stipends for up to 150 students per year. It also will expand research and teaching in neuroscience and support faculty, the college said. The university previously named its brain-imaging center for the McCauslands.
“I loved the school when I went there, and I reconnected with it about 25 years ago,” McCausland, 75, who earned his bachelor’s degree in history in 1971, said in an interview. “I started giving to the school for different programs, and the school has been such a good steward of the funds … and the programs that we funded have been very successful.”
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