Thanks to a gift from Christopher Barnett, CLA ’10 (pictured here), the dean of the College of Liberal Arts will hold the new position known as the Christopher M. Barnett Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University. 

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A historic $55 million gift from Christopher Barnett, CLA ’10, will support Temple University’s College of Public Health, which will now be renamed the Christopher M. Barnett College of Public Health in recognition of the gift.

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During fiscal year 2025, Temple received more than $133 million in gifts, the most ever raised during a single fiscal year. This now marks the sixth straight year the university has received more than $100 million in donor support. 

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Left to right: Temple students Lilliana Campanaro and Deandre Dixon, Philanthropist Brook J. Lenfest, Temple student Naeemiah Bridgeford and Temple Vice President of Enrollment and Student Success Jose Aviles. The students are three of the first recipients of the latest gift.

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A gift from the Hon. Joyce Kean, EDU ’63, LAW ’79, and her husband, Dr. Herbert Kean, will lead to the creation of the Kean Family Deanship. Here, the Keans are pictured with Temple President Richard Englert and Temple Law School Dean Rachel Rebouché.

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Gifts made to Temple University during fiscal year 2023 reached $127,841,145, which represents a $13 million increase from the previous year. It is also the most gifts ever raised by the university during one single fiscal year.

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