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David Kleppinger graduated from Penn State with his bachelor's degree in political science in 1977 and went on to earn his juris doctor from Temple University School of Law in 1980.
Now he and his wife, Joanne, are putting their money where their mouth is: with a $280,000 gift to endow an internship program for current students in the university's liberal arts program, PennLive.com reports.
"As lifelong Pennsylvanians and devoted supporters of Penn State, Joanne and I wanted to take an innovative approach with this endowment, while supporting the priorities of President Neeli Bendapudi and Dean Clarence Lang," Kleppinger says in a press release.
The couple's goal is to provide students with "invaluable hands-on experience in government relations," Kleppinger says, noting that the internships will be offered to students in Pennsylvania-based private government relations firms and in Pennsylvania state, county, and municipal entities.
"Because these internships will be in Pennsylvania-based private government relations firms and in Pennsylvania state, county, and municipal entities," he says, "we hope the recipients will be encouraged to continue living and working in our great commonwealth just like we have."
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