大学公地是在Doug Oberhelman(1975级)和他的妻子的支持下实现的, 黛安娜. 已经退休的卡特彼勒基金会和卡特彼勒公司. Chairman and CEO and wife’s contributions helped to fund the Oberhelman Center for Leadership Performance; a new 国际教育中心; and the Long-Vanderburg Scholars program which supports scholarships and programming for minority students.
除了大学担保的800万美元债券和其他慷慨的捐赠, 三个家庭为大学公地的建设做出了七位数的贡献:米利金受托人黛比·育种·约翰斯顿(1989级)和她的丈夫, Bob; the late Robert Moorehead (class of 1946) along with his wife, Charlotte Beesley Moorehead (class of 1947); and David J. 拉特杰(1958级)和他的妻子黛比.