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Philadelphia University Highlights 2012-2013

Arlen Specter Center for Public Policy A longtime friend of the University, Senator Arlen Specter was Pennsylvania’s longestserving senator when he died in October 2012. As a senator, he played an instrumental role in some of the most prominent public policy issues of the past 50 years. In 2011, Sen. Specter donated his extensive collection of historic papers, video and audio files, photos and memorabilia from his many years of political service—known as the Arlen Specter Collection—to establish the Arlen Specter Center for Public Policy at Philadelphia University. This year, Philadelphia University and the University of Pittsburgh entered into an agreement to advance the preservation of, and access to, the Arlen Specter Collection, which will help make the archives available to scholars, students and the public worldwide. The Arlen Specter Center for Public Policy is a $5 million initiative that includes the restoration of historic Roxboro House at Philadelphia University, including more than $2 million in private donations and nearly $2 million from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. 14 • Powered to Do What’s Now, Powered to Do What’s Next


Philadelphia University Highlights 2012-2013
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