UF’s Department of Pediatrics & School of Building Construction receive $2 million

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<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A $2 million gift made to the College of Medicine and the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida will help mend buildings, construct hearts and reduce pediatric diabetes.</p>

<p>William G. Lassiter Jr. and his wife Aneice of West Palm Beach, Fla., have given $1 million to UF’s M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction and $1 million to UF’s College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. </p>

<p>“I wanted to put back something into the university that would help a lot of young people in building construction,” said William Lassiter, alumnus of the building construction program at UF and director of W.G. Lassiter Properties Inc., a major real estate development company in Palm Beach, Fla. “My wife wanted to do something for kids, so we also decided to give to the Department of Pediatrics.” </p>

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