Abbey's $3.5 million gift boosts Beta house restoration and Greek pride initiative Monday, June 19, 2006 University Park, Pa. -- Penn State alumnus Donald G. Abbey has raised to $3.5 million his commitment to fund the restoration of the Beta Theta Pi chapter house on Penn State's University Park campus. Last year, Abbey, a Beta brother, gave $1.2 million for what he called "a complete roof-to-cellar makeover" of the house, home to the University's second-oldest fraternity. The gift also represented a cornerstone in Penn State's Greek Pride: A Return to Glory initiative, an effort to enlist stakeholders in a comprehensive...