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Madison Alum Supports UW Students Close to Home
Joan & Richard Kleinfeldt |
Richard Kleinfeldt knows theimpact of a well-timed scholarship.As the recipient of a collegescholarship that influenced the course of his life, Kleinfeldt has made an ongoing commitment to remove financial roadblocks for other local students pursuing higher education.
“I remember where I came from,”Kleinfeldt said of his decision to fund scholarships at UW-Fonddu Lac, the hometown campus that did not exist during his own school days. “Neither of my parents finished high school, but they firmly believed in education, and that education presented the best opportunity for a person or family to move up economically.”
Attending the annual UW-Fond du Lac scholarship reception connects Kleinfeldt and his wife, Joan, with the students their gifts support.
“The more I meet students, the more I realize there are a lot of first-generation students,”says first-generation graduate Kleinfeldt. “I see the parents glowing. This is a big deal for the family to have their child go to college.”
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