The EMU renovation has recently received a $1 million donation from UO alum Dave Petrone and his wife Nancy to help restore the historical Fishbowl.

The donation will add to the actively-raised fund in total of $2.5 million, halfway to the $5 million plan. Students will have to pay for the rest of the project through fees every term over the next 30 years, adding up to the total $90 million.

Dave Petrone is a UO alum who has always stayed financially engaged with the school even after his graduation in 1968. In 2001, the Petrones donated $1 million in 2001 to the School of Journalism and Communication, another $2.5 million in 2004, and most recently $1 million donation to the Women in Flight Program this February.

He also had experienced being apart of the UO Board of Trustees, the investment committee, the Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Council and the Lundquist College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council. In 1999, Petrone received the UO Presidential Medal.

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