Colorado State University Gets Record $53.3 Million Gift

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – Colorado State University has received the largest gift in its history, $53.3 million to the engineering college for scholarships, faculty and research.
CSU said Tuesday the gift is from Walter Scott Jr. of Omaha, Nebraska, a former board chairman of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications.
Scott is a 1953 graduate of CSU, then known as Colorado A&M. The engineering college will be renamed the Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering.
CSU said the donation will