A $35 million dollar capital expansion program for Bar-Ilan University, the only American university under religious sponsorship in Israel, was outlined last night by its chancellor, Dr. Joseph H. Lookstein, at the university’s 15th anniversary celebration, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The more than 500 Jewish communal leaders from the United States, Canada, South Africa, and Israel who attended the dinner were addressed by former United States Supreme Court Justice Arthur J, Goldberg and Congressman John J. Rooney of New York.
Dr. Lookstein, a noted New York Orthodox leader, outlined the 35 million dollar development plan which will see its student enrollment double to 9,000 within the next five years. The expansion program calls for the construction of 12 new edifices on the campus, including buildings for the departments of chemistry, physics, life sciences, social sciences, psychology, literature and languages and Jewish studies.
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