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Four years at Ohio State University gave Keith Key the knowledge and determination he needed to become a success as a businessman and financier.

Now Key is giving back with a $1 million gift to support what will now be known as the Keith B.

Key Center for Student Leadership and Service, part of the Ohio Union student center.

Today, the Powell resident owns Keith B. Key Enterprises, a Columbus-based real estate development firm

Key, 47, said he wanted to return the favor after the university provided him with opportunities to become a leader at a young age.

As an undergraduate student, he was a football player and served as president of both the Ohio State branch of the NAACP and the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

He spearheaded a variety of campus projects, helping to found the block party that became the African-American Heritage Festival of today, and serving as a student curator for the Lonnie B.

Harris Black Cultural Center.

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