Rockefeller Gives Harvard $100 Million

[Scooter24]

Rockefeller Gives Harvard $100 Million

David M. Rockefeller is giving $100 million to Harvard University, his alma mater.

It is the largest gift by an alumnus in the university’s history. Eli and Edythe Broad made a $100 million gift to the university in 2005, but they are not alumni.

The Rockefeller gift will support international study programs for undergraduates and support Harvard’s nascent efforts to greatly expand its arts education.

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Harvard has the largest endowment of any university in the world, with assets of $35 billion, but Dr. Faust said gifts like Mr. Rockefeller’s were still critical.

“To outsiders, our bucket may seem full, but at Harvard, we so often see aspirations we hope to fulfill that we can never have too many resources,” she said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/education/25harvard.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Hydra]

1. Hmm....

Probably .000001% of what he has.

Can I have a .000001% grant as well, Mr. Rockefeller?

[Beregond2]

2. Just what they need.

Millions of qualified students unable to afford an education, and he gives millions more to fund private schooling for the upper class.

[Diane R]

3. Sad he doesn't give that money to a state school that serves struggling students.

[MountainLaurel]

6. What she said

:applause:

[applegrove]

4. Like they don't have enough already.

[SCBeeland]

5. A poor use of $100 million if you ask me

We've got kids here in America that go to sleep starving and he gives that kind of money to HARVARD? How can he not feel a little guilty?