Cornell parent, life trustee donates $1 million for admission center
March 19th, 2008MOUNT VERNON - A $1 million gift from Cornell parent and life trustee Peter Paul Luce will expand and modernize Cornell College’s admission center. Read More…
Matman founder leaves six-figure pension to Cornell
March 6th, 2008MOUNT VERNON —Warren DePrenger, the owner and founder of Matman Wrestling, a wrestling uniform and gear manufacturer, has donated proceeds of a pension plan valued at $700,000 to Cornell College. Read More…
Trauger featured in USA Today article
February 14th, 2008MOUNT VERNON — Aleta Grillow Trauger ’68 was quoted in a USA Today (click link for full article) article on prescription drug mistakes made at pharmacies. Read More…
Lively leaves $1.3 million gift to Cornell endowment
January 29th, 2008MOUNT VERNON — A $1.3 million living trust from an Iowa native will establish a Cornell College endowed scholarship fund for students who attended high school in and around Marshall County, Iowa.
Krouse Recieves Spencer Award
January 11th, 2008MOUNT VERNON — Cornell biology lecturer and lab instructor Laura Krouse will receive the 2007 Spencer Award for Sustainable Agriculture at the annual meeting of Practical Farmers of Iowa Jan. 11-12 in Des Moines. Read More…
Cornell alumnus’ $5 million gift helps launch center for economics, business, public policy
October 13th, 2006MOUNT VERNON — A Cornell College alumnus has donated $5 million to endow a program that will prepare future leaders in business and public policy, as a tribute to his grandfather who rose from meager beginnings to run one of the most successful businesses distributing industrial bearings. Read More…
Alumnus pledges $2 million challenge gift to renovate Cornell arts facilities
December 14th, 1999Jim McWethy, a Chicago-area businessman who rediscovered an affection for Cornell College some 25 years after graduation, has pledged $2 million toward the renovation of Cornell’s fine arts facilities if the college matches the gift 2-to-1 by Dec. 31, 2000. Fund raising for the $4 million balance has begun. Read More…