Understated Success

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The new wing was primarily paid for with an $8.5 million gift from the late Mary and Ed Meader of Kalamazoo. Generous U-M supporters--they also made major gifts to the renovation of Hill Auditorium, the music and medical schools, the chemistry department, and the Depression Center--they asked that the wing be named in honor of Mary's grandfather, pharmaceuticals pioneer William Upjohn.

The original 1891 Romanesque building is now used for classes and public programs. Its restored Tiffany window--one of only two in Ann Arbor--is now lit up at night for the pleasure of passersby on State Street.   

[Originally published in December, 2009.]