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ALUMNI COUPLE DONATES $5.5 MILLION TO COLLEGE |
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January 18, 2007
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Grove City College alumni Ed and Lynn Breen, both from the class of 1978, have donated $5.5 million to their alma mater. The gift closes the College’s Change & Commitment Campaign at $68 million, $8 million above the original goal. On campus, the Student Union will be named in the Breens’ honor.
Ed and Lynn Branstner Breen met on the Grove City College campus, where Ed was a business/economics major, a wrestler and a brother in the Beta Sigma fraternity. Lynn, also an economics major, sang in the Chapel Choir and was a sister in the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. The Breens have three children and live in New Hope, Pa.
Ed Breen is the chairman and chief executive officer of Tyco International Ltd., a leader in electronics; fire and security; healthcare; and engineered products and services. Breen stepped in as CEO of Tyco following the company’s 2002 financial scandal and made bold business decisions quickly. Constituents and investors took notice. Stocks rose, net income increased and employee morale soared.
Prior to his appointment at Tyco, Breen served Motorola beginning in January 2000 as executive vice president of Motorola and president of Motorola’s Broadband Communications Sector. Two years later, he was named Motorola president and COO. Breen had joined General Instrument in 1978, immediately after graduation from Grove City College. Breen has been a member of the Grove City College Board of Trustees since 2001.
The Breen Student Union is the central gathering place and communication center for Grove City College’s almost 2,500 students. The multi-million center houses the campus bookstore, food court and various student life-related offices and gathering spaces for resident and commuting students. This facility also offers wireless computer access.
The Change & Commitment Campaign was the College’s first major public campaign in its 130-year history. During this effort, donor participation among the College’s 23,000 alumni grew by more than 55 percent. In addition to the Student Union, which was officially dedicated in October 2004, the Campaign funded a new $20 million academic building, a $4.5 million expansion of the J. Howard Pew fine Arts Center, a planned multi-million dollar renovation and expansion of the Carnegie Alumni Center and added $26 million to the endowment earmarked for scholarship aid.
“This is a wonderful close to a record-breaking campaign,” said College President Richard G. Jewell ’67. “Not only does this gift have an immediate impact on our students, this type of generosity is transforming and it will inspire others to partner with us.”
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