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Largest Single Gift in University of Montana History Supports Conservation, Global Leadership

November 21, 2016 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

On Nov. 18, the Montana University System Board of Regents approved the naming of the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation and the Franke Global Leadership Initiative in honor of Bill and Carolyn Franke and their family’s transformative $24 million gift to the University of Montana.

Directed toward UM’s nationally recognized College of Forestry and Conservation and the Global Leadership Initiative, this is the largest single donation the University has ever received.

Full Story: http://news.umt.edu/2016/11/111816frnk.php

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