By AP
EAST LANSING, MI –
Michigan State University says a secret admirer has donated $7 million to expand its geology department.
The East Lansing school announced the gift Tuesday. The university knows the donor, a Michigan State graduate who prefers to remain anonymous.
Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon says the money will pay for endowed professorships and endowed graduate fellowships.
The university says the search for three early career faculty members for the new endowed professorships is expected to start next year. Part of the money will complement funds from an earlier anonymous donor and will endow graduate fellowships.
Michigan State says another part of the gift completes funding for the Thomas Vogel Endowed Chair in Solid Earth. It was established in 2006 in honor of the retirement of longtime geology professor Thomas Vogel.