UConn School of Business Names Boucher Department of Management & Entrepreneurship

The gift—which is the University’s first departmental naming and the largest individual gift to the School of Business—will enable the School to launch new programming for the benefit of students and businesses Former Connecticut State Sen. Antonietta “Toni” Boucher ’02 MBA and her husband, Henry “Bud” Boucher (Contributed photo) Former State Sen. Antonietta “Toni” Boucher ’02 MBA and her husband, Henry “Bud” Boucher, had a lot to celebrate in 2020. They had just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and Bud, a management consultant and entrepreneur, had reached his greatest career success. The couple had always wanted to do philanthropic work, and now they would have the financial means to do so. Then Bud was diagnosed with leukemia. When he passed away just weeks later, Toni made it her mission to carry out the philanthropy she and Bud had planned. To that end, Toni made an $8 million naming gift to create the Boucher Department of Management & Entrepreneurship in the UConn School of Business. The naming of the department was approved by the UConn Board of Trustees on Wednesday. “I loved my husband deeply. It was heartbreaking that he had lived for this moment and wasn’t here to see […]

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