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Source: Washington Post
The George Mason School of Law will be renamed in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died earlier this year, the university announced Thursday afternoon.
The school announced $30 million in combined gifts to the George Mason Foundation to support the law school, the largest gift in the universitys history. The donations make possible three new scholarship programs. Twenty million dollars came from an anonymous donor, and $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, which has given millions of dollars to colleges in the U.S. The family is well known for its support of conservative political groups, sometimes stirring controversy.
The Board of Visitors approved the renaming of the school to The Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University. This is a milestone moment for the university, Ángel Cabrera, the universitys president, said in a statement. These gifts will create opportunities to attract and retain the best and brightest students, deliver on our mission of inclusive excellence, and continue our goal to make Mason one of the preeminent law schools in the country.
Leonard A. Leo, a member of the Federalist Society who was close with Scalia and his family, was approached by a donor who asked that the university name the law school in honor of the late Justice, and offered a $20 million donation.
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By Susan Svrluga March 31 at 4:12 PM