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William R. Hough is a prominent investment banker and is known for being the most generous benefactor of the
University of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
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Hough received his Masters of Business Administration from the
University of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in 1948. Hough was a member of Delta-Delta chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Hough is the founder of William R. Hough and Company of
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. He gave $30 million to the graduate business programs at the Warrington College of Business at UF.