Amway co-founder Richard DeVos and his wife, Helen, have pledged to match up to $5 million in private donations for Michigan State University's new College of Human Medicine building in downtown Grand Rapids.
The Secchia Center along Michigan Avenue's medical mile is set to open September 14 with an initial class of 100 first-year medical students and 50 second-year students. This is addition to 100 first-year medical students and 100 second-year students that are enrolled at MSU's main campus in East Lansing.
According to excerpts from the story:
The $90 million project is being funded with $50 million in private funds, led by Grand Rapids businessman and MSU alumni Peter and Joan Secchia. To date, the college has received $39.1 million in private donations. The rest of the cost is being covered in part by a multimillion pledge from Spectrum Health to cover debt payments.
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