Marquette Snags $51 Mil Gift

Raymond and Kathryn Eckstein donated $51 million to build Marquette University a new law school.  The gift is the single largest gift to a Wisconsin educational institution, topping the $50 million John Morgridge and his wife gave to the University of Wisconsin.

The Ecksteins met at Marquette where Mr Eckstein got a bachelor's and a law degree and Mrs. Eckstein got a bachelor's degree in speech.  He returned to his home town of Cassville, WI where he started a very successful barge business. (More big gifts stories.)