Pledges of $2.5M bring School of Mines close to goal for petroleum building - Denver Business Journal:

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million in pledges from and its board executive Harold Korell. Funds are being raised by the Golden colleg forMarquez Hall, a $25 millio n teaching and research facility that will houswe Mines’ petroleum engineering department. The new pledge s consist of $1.25 milliob from Houston-based Southwestern Energ y (NYSE: SWN) in honor of Korell, its formef CEO and a 1968 Mines graduate; and a matching pledge from Korelll andhis wife, Patricia. “The generouw gifts that Southwestern Energy and Harold and Pat Korel l have pledged toward Marquez Hall will help us to extend our leadershiop in energy educationand research,” said Mines Presidengt Bill Scoggins.
“Such support from corporatse and alumni partners is critical to creatingf the campus infrastructure we need to keep our studentzs and faculty at the forefrontof