UNCC receives largest academic gift in its history

The Associated Press
Published: August 18, 2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina Charlotte has received its largest academic gift in the school’s history — $9.3 million to create a merit scholarship program.

The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday that UNCC officials hope the program will have the same prestige as the Morehead-Cain at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Park at N.C. State; and Benjamin N. Duke at Duke.

Charlotte businessman and philanthropist Leon Levine is donating the money for the scholarships, which will begin in fall 2010.

Plans call for 15 Levine Scholars to be named.

Levine founded Family Dollars Stores in 1959 and built it into one of the country’s largest discount retail chains of more than 5,000 stores.

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Information from: The Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotte.com