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Ryan family’s record-setting $480 million Northwestern University donation will fund medical research, stadium renovation

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Posted September 22, 2021

Northwestern University announced Wednesday that it has received the school’s largest ever gift thanks to Chicago billionaires Patrick and Shirley Ryan.

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