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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 28, 2005 -  Contact: Sandra Faux or Joseph Giomboni King’s College Public Relations Office, (570) 208-5958.

M&T BANK CONTRIBUTES $50,000

TO KING'S COLLEGE FOR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS

July 28, 2005 – The Major Gifts Program of King’s College received a generous donation from M&T Bank. On behalf of the college, King’s President Rev. Thomas J. O’Hara, C.S.C., accepted the check for $50,000 from Eugene J. Walsh, vice president of Institutional and Government Banking for M&T Bank, and Terrence W. Casey, Vice President and Regional Manager for  M&T Investment Group. The money will used for campus improvements.
 
Of the gift, Father O’Hara said, ”M&T Bank has been a good corporate neighbor not only to King’s but to all the Wyoming Valley. Their generous gift will enable King’s to make the improvements in our institution that will benefit our students, the King’s College community, and the local community as well. We thank the leadership of M&T Bank for their generosity, foresight and faith in our area.”
 
Terrence W. Casey, vice president and regional manager for M&T Investment Group., M&T Bank, referring to the gift to King’s and the Bank’s  philanthropic and community efforts, said, “The campus improvements at Kings College have had a positive impact on the surrounding downtown neighborhood. Kings has become an increasingly important institution in the city of Wilkes-Barre, and M&T Bank is proud to participate in the college's major gifts program in a meaningful way.”
 

King's College is a Catholic college sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Officials of M&T Bank visited the King’s College campus to present a $50,000 gift to the college’s  Major Gift Program.
From left : Frank J. Pasquini, vice president for development, King’s College; Eugene J. Walsh, vice president of institutional and government banking, M&T Bank: Center: Rev. Thomas J. O'Hara, C.S.C., President, King's College; Terrence W. Casey, vice president and regional manager for M&T Investment Group., M&T Bank; and Tish McCarthy Last, Director of Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations, King's College.