Donations to UI, foundation total nearly $185 million
By Christine Des Garennes
Friday September 15, 2006
Robin Scholz
Doris Kelley Christopher, left, founder of The Pampered Chef, chats with friend Virginia Guthrie of Urbana following a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Doris Kelley Christopher Hall at the University of Illinois on Thursday. Christopher donated $10 million toward the construction of the building.
Donors were generous to the University of Illinois last year.
Private gifts to the UI and the UI Foundation, the university's fundraising arm, totaled nearly $185 million, up $33 million or 22 percent from the previous year.
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