- William Schreyer
In 1997, William Allen Schreyer (
January 13 ,1928 ) and his wife, Joan (Legg), endowed theSchreyer Honors College atPennsylvania State University (from where he graduated, class of1948 ) through a gift of $30 million. The honors college was created in 1980 as the University Scholars Program. On November 17, 2006, the Schreyers pledged an additional gift of $25 million to the Schreyer Honors College. Having contributed more than $58 million to Penn State, they are the largest family donors in the school's history. [cite web
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accessdate =2007-08-16] Mr. Schreyer is chairman emeritus and former CEO ofMerrill Lynch & Co. He is also a past president of Penn State'sBoard of Trustees .William Schreyer was born in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania .In March 2007, Schreyer and his wife gifted $5 million toward Princeton HealthCare System's proposed Plainsboro hospital to fund a state-of-the-art community and professional education center.
In August 2007, Schreyer donated $5 million to the education foundation of the
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, of which he is an alumnus.References
External links
[http://www.smeal.psu.edu/traderoom/ltrader/liontraderv4.pdf The Trailblazing Life of William Schreyer]
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