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Largest Gift Ever for Monmouth College

Monmouth College has received the largest gift ever in its 164-year history. An anonymous donor has promised to give 20 million dollars - 15 million in "the near term," and 5 million as a deferred gift.

Officials will only say the gift comes from a couple, and they are long-time supporters of Monmouth College.

The money will be added to the college's endowment which now stands at 100 million dollars. And be used for student scholarships and financial aid, to support faculty and staff projects, and to pay for capital improvements.
 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.