Community News: Carleton receives $20 mil gift

Carleton newsNorthfield, Minn.—Carleton College has announced Barbara ’70 andWally ’70 Weitz and family—including children Katie ’96, Roger ’99, andDrew ’02 and their spouses—have made a $20 million gift for matching new need based scholarship endowment gifts on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

The Weitz family is encouraging other Carleton donors to commit new…

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