Lafayette, Ind., paper alum gives $1M to university

Frank Arganbright (left) joined the staff of the Lafayette Journal and Courier after graduating from Indiana University in 1949. At the paper, he covered a variety of beats, including crime, courts, government and education, until the early 1960s. The newspaper promoted him to assistant city editor in 1963 and city editor in 1966.

The school announced yesterday that Arganbright, who died in 2008, had left $1 million to IU in his will.

Gannett bought the Journal and Courier in 1971.

Arganbright left the paper in 1972, to become senior editor of the Purdue University Office of Public Information and remained with University News Service until 1985.

The gift was first single donation of at least $1 million for scholarships from an individual in the history of the journalism school, which will celebrate its centennial in 2011, the university said in a statement.