November 8, 2002 UF gets $3-million gift for biodiversity institute

November 8, 2002

UF gets $3-million gift for biodiversity institute

The University of Florida has received a $3-million gift to create an institute to study the diversity of animals and plants plus the environment. The gift, from the Minnesota-based William W. McGuire and Nadine M. McGuire Family Foundation, will establish a program to be named the McGuire Institute for Biodiversity and the Environment.

It will be located in a new 46,000-square-foot center to be named McGuire Hall, which is expected to open next fall. In 2000, the McGuires' gift of $4.2-million established the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Environmental Research, which will house one of the world's largest collections of butterflies and moths. William McGuire currently is chairman and chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group.
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