Brazilian beer magnate donates $16.5 million to UI

CHAMPAIGN – It isn't Carnaval, but things are looking pretty Brazilian at the University of Illinois this week.

Jorge Paulo Lemann, who took a Brazilian beer and soft drink maker through a merger with Europe's biggest beer company and then Anheuser-Busch, has committed $16.5 million to the Urbana campus.

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