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Mead Witter Foundation Gives $25 Million To UW-Madison

The Witter and Mead families have been connected to the State of Wisconsin and to the University of Wisconsin since before the notes of “On, Wisconsin” were ever heard. For more than a century, the University’s expansion and achievements have played like an accompaniment to the accomplishments of the industrialist family that developed the coated-paper industry in the state and the nation. This fall, their 64-year-old Mead Witter Foundation commemorated that long and mellifluous history with a $25 million legacy gift to the University of Wisconsin.

Announcing a New Era for the UW

Thursday, October 15, 2015 marks the official launch of All Ways Forward, the fourth comprehensive fundraising campaign in the history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.