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Tuskegee University received a grant from manufacturer 3M Corp.


Tuskegee University Tuskegee University, at Tuskegee, Ala.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1881 by Booker T. Washington as Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. It became Tuskegee Institute in 1937 and adopted its present name in 1985.  received a grant from manufacturer 3M Corp. toward the construction of a new $12 million College of Business and Information Science to be named after Andrew F. Brimmer Brim´mer

n. 1. A brimful bowl; a bumper.
, renowned economist and former Federal Reserve Board governor. The $1 million grant is not 3M's first contribution to Tuskegee but part of a longtime long·time  
adj.
Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit.


longtime
Adjective
 partnership. Brimmer is a member of the BLACK ENTERPRISE Board of Economists.
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Author:Davis, Meredith
Publication:Black Enterprise
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2006
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