UConn’s business school receives $8M naming gift from former State Sen. Boucher

The University of Connecticut announced the receipt of an $8 million naming gift from former State Sen. Antonietta “Toni” Boucher to create the Boucher Department of Management & Entrepreneurship in the UConn School of Business.

This is the university”™s first departmental naming and the largest individual gift to the School of Business, where Boucher received an MBA in 2002.

Boucher, a Republican who represented 143rd District ”“ covering parts of Norwalk, Westport and Wilton ”“ from 1997 through 2009, also created the Henry “Bud” Boucher Faculty Fellowship in memory of her late husband and added to the Toni Boucher Scholarship Fund which she had established in 2004.

“Toni Boucher has a keen understanding of the impact entrepreneurship has on the economy, as well as the critical role UConn plays for the State of Connecticut,” said UConn President Radenka Maric. “Her visionary support through the Boucher Department of Management & Entrepreneurship will prepare even more future entrepreneurs who will in turn fuel the state”™s economy, creating a ripple effect of positive change. We are deeply grateful for her passion and dedication to UConn and Connecticut.”