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First Endowed Deanship at RPI Honors Alumnus’ Formative Student Experience

A $5 million gift from Thomas and Patricia Farino will support new initiatives in the RPI School of Engineering
TROY, N.Y. — Thomas R. Farino Jr. ’67 and his wife Patricia Farino have made a $5 million gift to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) School of Engineering to establish the university’s first endowed deanship. Their gift marks another milestone in RPI’s yearlong Bicentennial celebration of the Institute’s past, present, and future.