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Duquesne University IGNITES Ambitious Fundraising Campaign

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Monday, October 10, 2022
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duquesne University President Ken Gormley announced a $333 million goal for a comprehensive fundraising campaign on Saturday, Oct. 8, during a special event with University alumni, faculty, staff, students and other friends in its UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on campus. IGNITE: Forging the Future is the University's largest campaign in its history.

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  • PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duquesne University President Ken Gormley announced a $333 million goal for a comprehensive fundraising campaign on Saturday, Oct. 8, during a special event with University alumni, faculty, staff, students and other friends in its UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on campus.
  • "As the only Catholic Spiritan University in the U.S., Duquesne has been a leader in educating students to lead fulfilling lives, not only in their careers but also in their communities.
  • Earlier this month, Duquesne alumnus and famed trial lawyer Thomas R. Kline committed $50 million to the University's law school, which has been renamed the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
  • "The campaign will allow us to provide scholarships for students who want to be globally minded citizens," said Duquesne Provost Dr. David Dausey.

KLINE COMMITS $50 MILLION TO DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY TO NAME LAW SCHOOL

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas R. Kline, one of the nation's most influential and highly regarded trial lawyers, has committed $50 million to provide transformational support to Duquesne's 111-year-old law school. Duquesne University President Ken Gormley announced that the Pittsburgh university will recognize the gift by naming its law school the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

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  • Duquesne University President Ken Gormley announced that the Pittsburgh university will recognize the gift by naming its law school the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
  • The Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University was named for him in 2014, along with the Thomas R. Kline Institute for Trial Advocacy.
  • In naming the law school at Duquesne, Kline is energizing his alma mater on new fronts: This is the first school to be named at Duquesne University in over three decades.
  • Linking Tom Kline and Duquesne permanently in the name of the law school will empower future lawyers forgenerationsto come."