Marvin Danto, chairman and CEO of Danto Investment Co. in Troy , has donated $3 million to Wayne State University to help fund an engineering center named for him. He is an engineering alumnus of WSU and founder/owner of the Michigan Design Center in Troy . "I see this endeavor helping create alternative fuels and more efficient automotive engines in America , with subsequent growth in industries, new jobs and a sustainable society," Danto said. The university said in a news release that it hopes to break ground on the $27.3 million Marvin Danto Engineering Development Center before the end of the year. It will adjoin the university's existing College of Engineering Building. To date, Wayne State has raised more than $21 million of the project's total cost, said Cheryl Yurkovich, director of public relations.