Edelman Founders Pledge $25 Million for New Jersey Dinosaur Dig
- Rowan University Fossil Park expansion includes museum, lab
- Paleontology ‘has got to be the most fun,’ Ric Edelman says
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New Jersey’s dinosaur dig is about to expand.
Ric and Jean Edelman, the founders of Edelman Financial Services, pledged $25 million to expand the Rowan University Fossil Park in Mantua Township, the school said Monday. The 65-acre tract, purchased by the public university in January for $1.9 million, contains thousands of 65-million-year-old fossils from the Cretaceous period -- the heyday of dinosaurs, according to the school.