WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A 1974 Purdue University graduate has donated $750,000 to his alma mater to be used for a named professorship in the school of engineering education.

The university says the gift by a foundation created by Geoffrey Crowley will be matched through Purdue’s Faculty Fund for Excellence, bringing the total for the professorship to $1.5 million. Department head David Radcliffe says the new professorship will allow Purdue to attract an eminent scholar.