Thursday, April 4, 2013

Union Pacific Donates $500,000 to Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library




Company’s $500,000 donation to library foundation celebrates Lincoln’s role in creating the railroad


SPRINGFIELD – Union Pacific Corporation, the railroad created by Abraham Lincoln, is helping celebrate his legacy with a $500,000 gift to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.

The foundation will use the donation to support the work of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the state-run institution dedicated to studying Lincoln’s life and telling his story to the world.


"It is an honor to support an outstanding organization which is intensely focused on preserving the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln," said Bob Turner, senior vice president – Corporate Relations Union Pacific Corporation. "We are committed to meeting the challenge given to Union Pacific more than 150 years ago by President Lincoln himself – to connect and support the transportation needs of the United States."


Lincoln established the original Union Pacific by signing the Pacific Railway Act of July 1, 1862. The transcontinental railroad opened the west to commerce and development, and more than 150 years later Union Pacific provides the nation with environmentally responsible, safe and efficient freight transportation.


“This recent generous gift from Union Pacific further underscores the longstanding partnership between our two institutions. Union Pacific has supported our Museum, Library and Foundation since our campus founding, and we couldn’t be more proud of and grateful for that partnership,” said Wayne Whalen, board chairman for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.


Carla Knorowski, the Foundation’s chief executive officer, said: “For more than 150 years, Union Pacific and Abraham Lincoln have been inextricably linked. Both have served America and its people, and this gift is yet another shining example of the strong and historic ties between the two. We are grateful for our strong, long-time partnership.”

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