In the largest monetary contribution ever made to Purdue’s School of Management/Business, the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation has committed $50 million to Purdue to name the undergraduate institute in the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business. The institute will be named the Bruce White Undergraduate Institute.
The Purdue Board of Trustees ratified a faculty naming and approved a new degree program, resolutions of appreciation, and work related to the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business building.
Lilly Endowment Inc. has approved grants totaling $100 million to Purdue Research Foundation to support two major Purdue University initiatives, including $50 million each to support the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and Purdue Computes. Together, these commitments represent the largest gift in the university’s history.
