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$2M gift funds new program
A $2.3 million estate gift will help fund a proposed doctoral program
for KU’s top-ranked public administration program.
The gift to the KU Endowment Association is from the late Thomas Page
and the late Barbara Kester Page, both KU alumni from Urbana, Ill.
Of the bequest, $1.7 million established the Thomas and Barbara Page Scholarly
Activities Fund.
The fund supports the Edwin O. Stene Graduate Program in Public Administration,
which U.S. News and World Report ranked the No. 1 public administration
graduate program in the United States.
An additional $309,000 supports the Ethan Allen Scholarship, which is
awarded to graduate students in public administration who are studying
local government management.
The Pages also contributed $309,000 in unrestricted funds.
John Nalbandian, chair of public administration, said the gift would help
the department develop a doctoral program for public administration.