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January 16, 2006: St. Vincent College Given $1 Million
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: "A Derry Township family's $1 million gift will be used to fund improvements to the St. Vincent College Library, which will be renamed in their honor."
"College officials announced the gift from Dale and Darlene Latimer at a news conference Friday morning. The gift will fund a number of programs at the library, which will be known as the Latimer Family Library."
"'This gift will recognize the treasured role that the library has in our Benedictine educational tradition, and it will provide substantial enhancements and resources to ensure that the library continues to meet the needs of current and future students at St. Vincent," said James F. Will, vice chancellor and president of the college near Latrobe. "It will provide immediate support for physical enhancements, as well as provide endowment funding to meet long-term, critical needs and to maintain and expand the library's electronic resources.'"


