Fairfield University Receives Gift

FAIRFIELD — Fairfield University received a $1 million gift from Wanda Russo in memory of her late husband, Robert D. Russo, Sr, MD, who was the former chairman of the Department of Radiology at St Vincent’s Medical Center and served as a member of the University’s Board of Trustees.

In recognition of the gift, Fairfield University will establish the Robert D. Russo, Sr, Scholarship Fund for pre-med students who otherwise would not have the financial resources to attend Fairfield University. Fairfield University has close to 200 pre-med students presently enrolled.

Dr Russo, who died in 1999, was a longtime friend and benefactor of Fairfield University. Among the many generous contributions he and his wife made were the altar and some of the stained glass windows in the University’s Egan Chapel of St Ignatius of Loyola.