Pictured, from left to right, are: Lauren Davis, a 2008 graduate of Le Moyne; Christine McNeil; David McNeil; Dan McNeil III, Lauren’s father and a 1977 graduate of Le Moyne; Dan McNeil Jr., who graduated from Le Moyne in 1951; Mary McNeil, who earned an MBA degree from Le Moyne in 2008; Brent McNeil, who will graduate from the college in 2021; and Derek Davis, a 2008 graduate of Le Moyne. (Photo credit: Le Moyne College website)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College will use a $7 million donation to launch a new undergraduate major in risk management and insurance.
The major will bring to the school a “new academic discipline in one of today’s fastest-growing career fields,” Le Moyne contends.
The McNeil family of Cortland, “one of Le Moyne College’s third-generation families,” donated the funding, the school said in a news release posted on the school’s website. Le Moyne announced the donation at its Founders’ Day Gala on Oct. 19
The McNeil gift is part of the college’s $100 million Always Forward campaign, which it publicly announced earlier this year. The donation will create a new endowment to establish three to four endowed…
