WVU Gets $5M from 1964 Graduate and His Wife

[TexasTowelie]

West Virginia University says a 1964 graduate and his wife are giving the school $5 million.

Most will go to the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources for scholarships, faculty fellowships and a faculty chair.

Verl Purdy earned a WVU degree in chemical engineering and later earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He worked in management for several major chemical companies then founded an agricultural data analysis and marketing company that he sold in 2010.

The Poca native is currently president of Cadrillion Capital.

Read more: http://wvpublic.org/post/wvu-gets-5m-1964-graduate-and-his-wife

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Whoa! Nice.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I'm certain that their generosity will be appreciated.

Over the next couple of decades I'm hoping to see more philanthropy shown by those who managed to accumulate so much. While I understand the desire to secure the financial well-being of family, there are some who have such wealth that they can also part with a portion of it with nominal sacrifice.

[sprinkleeninow]

3. This is stewardship! eom

[dlwickham]

4. President Gee has done such a fantastic job getting money for the school

the last campaign raised over a billion for the school; that's never been done at WVU

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. He's from Poca, home of the famous Poca Dots.