Gymnasium Fund-Raising Gets $1-Million Boost

Loyola Marymount University received a boost in its fund-raising efforts to build a new gymnasium on the campus.

The Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation contributed $1 million to the fund, which has raised $11.5 million of the required $15 million.

The university, a private institution with about 5,000 students, plans to tear down the 50-year-old Alumni Memorial Gymnasium and replace it with the Health and Recreation Complex.

Construction should begin next spring. The new gym, which will have space for intramural sports, aerobics classes and martial arts courses, should be completed by fall 1999.