This 2011 file photo shows Kansas University Medical Center's School of Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kan.

A woman who graduated from Kansas University School of Medicine in 1964 — one of two women in a class of 100 students — is donating $1 million for the school’s new Health Education Building.

Diane Klepper’s gift to KU Endowment will help fund the KU Medical Center’s Health Education Building, under construction at 39th Street and Rainbow Boulevard in Kansas City, Kan., KU Endowment announced Tuesday.

Klepper, who lives in Albuquerque, is a native of Wichita.

Diane Klepper

After a fellowship in pulmonary disease at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, she became the dean of admissions and student affairs at the school, according to KU Endowment. She held the position 31 years and said it gave her the opportunity to influence female students.

“Being a student advocate as a dean of student affairs is one of the things that made me want to support the educational building,” Klepper said in the KU Endowment announcement.

The Health Education Building is expected to be complete by summer 2017. The $75 million facility is being funded by state bonds, KU funds and private donations.