ASU benefactor Mary Lou Fulton dies; our prayers go out for the family

Mary Fulton/ASU
Mary Fulton/ASU

By Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal

Mary Lou Fulton, one of Arizona State University’s largest benefactors along with her husband, Ira, has died. She was 82.

ASU announced her death Thursday evening. ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton

“Mary Lou’s great passion was teaching children to read, lifting their self- esteem and giving them lifelong learning skills,” said ASU President Michael Crow in a statement. “Her lessons of kindness, selflessness and enduring commitment are embedded in this university, this city and this state, and in the thousands of teachers who will graduate from her college and go on to transform teaching and learning across this nation.”

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