Union College received a set of donations that should help some big-ticketed projects get off the ground.
The largest of the two is a $2 million anonymous gift to convert part of the nearly century-old Alumni Gym into a fitness center, to be re-opened in January.
James W. Taylor, a 1966 alumnus, and his brother, John, who graduated from Union in 1974, contributed $1.5 million for a new $4 million music building.
The Taylors are top executives at the Taylor Made Group, a Gloversville maker of boating products. The building will include a music library, recital hall and music technology studio.
The donations are part of Union's $200 million “You Are Union” campaign, which was announced last October. So far, donors have given $90 million.