Lawrence University gets $10M donation

APPLETON - A Lawrence University graduate has donated $10 million to the school, officials announced Monday.

The anonymous gift is the second largest in the university’s history, after the $16 million gift from an anonymous donor in 2006 for the construction of the Warch Campus Center.

The $10 million future gift will support the college's endowment, including the establishment of a new endowed professorship in Lawrence's conservatory of music. A portion of the gift also will be used to bolster the endowment for Bjorklunden, Lawrence's 425-acre "northern campus" in Door County, with additional funds from the gift designated for campus facilities maintenance and general operations.

Lawrence is in the fourth year of six-year $150 million capital campaign that was publicly announced last October. The "More Light!" Campaign, which will conclude in October 2011, has raised $120 million to date toward its goal. Half of the campaign's goal, $75 million, will be directed to Lawrence's endowment.