Date: January 6, 1997

Title: Steve Smith donates $2.5 million dollars to MSU for its new Student-Athlete Academic Center

Description:

Former MSU basketball All-American, Atlanta Hawks star, and US Olympic Dream Team member Steve Smith announced that he would be donating $2.5-million to MSU for a new Student-Athlete Academic Center which would be named after his mother Clara Bell Smith. This gift was the largest ever given to an American University by a professional athlete.

Source: The Spirit of Michigan State, J. Bruce McCristal