UF RECEIVES $4.2 MILLION GIFT FOR NEW LEPIDOPTERA CENTER

[Chris J. Durden]

>GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Butterflies by the millions will have a new place to
>call home at the University of Florida, thanks to a major gift to construct
>two new buildings for Lepidoptera research and public exhibits, university
>officials announced today (1/5).
>
>William and Nadine McGuire of Wayzata, Minn., have given $4.2 million to the
>University of Florida for the facilities and to establish the William W. and
>Nadine M. McGuire Center for Lepidoptera Research. The gift is one of the
>largest private gifts ever given to foster research on insects and is
>eligible for an equal match from the state of Florida Alec Courtelis
>Facilities Enhancement Challenge Grant Program, which would bring the total
>amount of the gift to $8.4 million.
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Thank you Bill and Nadine!
................Chris Durden
 
Bill discovered *Euphyes mcguirei* at Lake Benbow near Fort Worth. He did a
lot of nice life-history work on Texas species of *Hesperia*. I have good
memories of collecting in Mexico with Bill and Nadine in the seventies.
 
 
 
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