Fariborz Maseeh, who graduated from Portland State University (PSU) in the 1980’s, will give his alma mater $5 million to renovate Neuberger Hall. The donation from Maseeh fills the $70 million pot needed to renovate the Hall.

Maseeh, who already has his name on one building at Portland State University, gave $8 million to the College of Engineering and Computer Science at PSU in 2004.

PSU announced the gift at a news conference Thursday morning. The gift is the final piece needed to move forward with the $70 million project.

In an interview Wednesday, Maseeh said he was honored to help PSU renovate one of the most important buildings on campus. In the early 1980s, Maseeh took math classes in Neuberger Hall and eventually had an office on the third floor while working as a graduate student. He said the building needed repairs decades ago.

It’s a key building to the students, and it was really one of the very old and run-down buildings