LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Bill Gatton Foundation has announced a $100 million donation to the University of Kentucky Agriculture, Food and Environment program.
The donation given to CAFE is the university's largest in its history but also the largest to a college of agriculture in the United States.
Late University of Kentucky alum and former trustee Carol Martin "Bill" Gatton, was a philanthropist and supporter of UK, passed away in April 2022. He was a 1954 graduate of the university's College of Commerce.
To honor Gatton's parents, Edith Martin and Harry W. Gatton, Sr., the college will be renamed the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
