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Adams’ matched gift creates fund

December 15, 2015

Resources will be used to provide undergraduates with need-based support.| Short Read

Paul R. Adams (BSE Aero ’83), Glastonbury, Connecticut, has established the Paul R. Adams Endowed Undergraduate Student Support Fund. Resources will be used to provide undergraduates with need-based support. This gift will take advantage of the United Technologies Company’s (UTC) dollar-for-dollar employee gift matching program and the University’s Michigan Matching Initiative for Student Support. Mr. Adams is president, Pratt & Whitney.

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