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Harvard Gets $100M From Rockefeller

Posted Apr 25, 08 3:02 PM CDT in Business,  US 

(Newser) – Harvard fund managers rejoice! The university will get to stock its coffers, already $35 billion strong, with a $100 million gift from David Rockefeller, the largest ever by an alumnus, the New York Times reports. The money will be used to expand the university's arts program and help more students study abroad. “I was a student, class of 1936," said the billionaire banker. "My experiences there shaped who I am.”

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Annette de la Renta and David Rockefeller enter St. Thomas Episcopal Church for the funeral services for Brooke Astor.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
David Rockefeller.   (KRT Photos)
Drew Faust, president of Harvard University.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Harvard University.   (Magnum Photos)
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