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    Class of 2018 Yields Record Breaking Senior Class Legacy Gift

    May 29, 2018
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    As part of Stony Brook University’s 2018 Commencement on May 18, members of the graduating class presented University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD with a check for $23,659.64, a gift to the University from the Senior Class Legacy Campaign. With over 900 donors, this represents the largest gift ever raised by Stony Brook’s senior class, topping the $20,413.80 raised last year by the Class of 2017.

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