Marquette law school gets $30 million as part of Milwaukee initiative

Published: 2007-09-04

MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- Marquette University's law school will get $30 million in the next few months from Joseph Zilber, a Milwaukee real estate magnate who graduated from the law school in 1941. Zilber, 89, said he would contribute another $20 million to other Milwaukee organizations yet to be identified as part of his "New Potential for Milwaukee" initiative. "The city of Milwaukee has been very good to me, my company and my employees," Zilber said at an Aug. 21 press conference on the site of the planned new law school building. "These commitments are my attempt to return to the community of my birth the investment that it made in me." Of the $30 million gift, $5 million will be for a new law school building and $25 million is earmarked for scholarships. Zilber established a scholarship program in 1984 to provide financial aid for Marquette law students. Joseph Kearney, the law school dean, said the $25 million represents a "massive expansion" of the program.

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