Why is there a McConnell Center at the University of Louisville?
U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell is a 1964 graduate of the University of Louisville. In the early 1990’s, Senator McConnell came to the University in hopes of giving something back to the Institution that had given him so much. Together Senator McConnell and the University came up with the idea of creating a scholarship program for young leaders that would give them the kind of opportunities usually found only at the most elite private schools in the northeast. The McConnell Center for Political Leadership was the product of these discussions and was formally launched in 1991.
