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Donald E. Petersen and Tower Rooms Endowment

Donald Peterson

The purpose of the Endowment is to support, maintain and enhance the Donald E. Petersen and Tower Rooms in the Kenneth S. Allen Library.

Don Petersen, the retired Chairman of Ford Motor Company, has been a UW donor and volunteer for over 20 years. An engineering graduate of the UW, Mr. Petersen was named Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus to the UW.

The Petersen Room in Allen Library was named in his honor.