Auburn University has surpassed its $500 million “It Begins at Auburn” Campaign goal with a $5 million gift from Raymond and Kathryn Harbert of Birmingham. The gift brings the campaign total to $504,657,718, the largest amount of private dollars ever raised in the state of Alabama.

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During a ceremony attended by state and local dignitaries, faculty, students, alumni and friends, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University rededicated its aerospace engineering building this morning in honor of distinguished Auburn alumnus Charles E. “Buddy” Davis. The building, which houses the Department of Aerospace Engineering, will now be called the Charles E. Davis Aerospace Engineering Hall, or simply Davis Hall. Davis and his wife Charlotte recently committed a $4 million gift to the College of Engineering, the third largest individual gift in the history of the college.

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COSAM receives their largest ever gift from Don and Sandy Logan as a part of the current Campaign. Their gift will go towards creating an endowed chair and support graduate fellowships in the department…

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