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Central Coast University Gets Record $110 Million (Yes, That's Million!) Dollar Donation

A Central Coast university is getting the largest single gift in the history of the California State University system.

William and Linda Frost donated $110 million dollars to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The money will go to Cal Poly’s College of Science and Mathematics, and among other things will fund a new building, scholarships, research, and adding faculty. The Frosts had just give $20 million dollars to the university last year.

William Frost is a Cal Poly graduate. He founded Chemlogics, a company which makes equipment for oil and gas production. He sold it in 2013 for $1.3 billion dollars.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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