DesMoinesRegister.com: "Big gifts to schools require more than money
University staff often put in years of work to build relationships with major donors.
By LYNN CAMPBELL, MADELAINE JEROUSEK and ERIN JORDAN
REGISTER STAFF WRITERS
May 29, 2005
Ames, Ia. - After 30 years of working in international business, Iowa State University graduate Jerry Kolschowsky was ready to give back.
'I've seen a lot of poverty during those travels,' said Kolschowsky, the retired chairman of the Illinois-based OSI Group, a giant meat-processing company that has more than 75 facilities around the world and is McDonald's biggest meat supplier.
Kolschowsky and his wife, Karen, intended to give about $1 million to ISU to provide people in developing countries with tools to be self-sustaining. But what followed was a more than four-year process between the Kolschowskys and the university that ultimately led the Illinois couple to donate $10 million."
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