Blacksmith leaves $3.5M for student scholarships
Jan 15th, 2009 | By tfedderson2 | Category: Campus News, Issue, January 15, 2009A lifelong resident of Gresham, Neb., has provided a $3.5 million gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation to create scholarships for students. Walter Schmitt, a blacksmith, died in January 2008. As the sole beneficiary of Schmitt’s estate, the foundation received $2 million in September 2008 and another $1.5 million by the end of the […]