Rose-Hulman receives multimillion-dollar gift for STEM education
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A campus building at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is getting a new name and a financial boost.
The institute announced Thursday that it received a multimillion-dollar cash and estate gift from alumnus Pete Fowler and his wife, Joane. The school would not disclose the exact amount to Inside INdiana Business but said it’s one of the largest gifts in recent history.
The academic building, which opened in 2021, is now named the Fowler Academic Building. It’s home to various facilities, including design, fabrication, and rapid prototyping areas, chemistry and biochemistry laboratories, a food science research lab and student-faculty collaborative workspaces.
The building has already helped Rose-Hulman earn top-20 national rankings for science lab facilities and became the first building in Indiana to earn full WELL Certification.
“Rose-Hulman has been instrumental in shaping my personal and professional journeys, and education holds a deep significance for Joane and me,” Pete Fowler said in a news release. “We are honored to have our family’s name associated with an academic building where future STEM leaders will be nurtured and inspired.”
Pete Fowler is a 1969 electrical engineering graduate and contributed to the growth of firms like Texas Instruments and Silanna Semiconductor, where he is listed as co-inventor on nine patents.