September 24, 2006

Grosse Pointe Park man gives $7 million for student science studies

Former Wayne State University chemistry professor Paul Schaap has donated $7 million to Hope College , his alma mater. The money will fund student research projects and pay for a science building completed in 2004 and named after Schaap. At WSU, Schaap developed an innovative method of producing chemical light that could be applied to medical diagnoses. WSU licensed this technology to Lumigen, Inc., the Southfield-based company he founded in 1987. Schaap and his wife, Carol, helped establish an endowed chair in chemistry and a graduate stipend fund for chemistry graduate students, both at WSU. The article is a repeat of one that originally ran on Sept. 10.

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