November 11, 2004

Harvard Gets $25-Million; Other New Gifts

Five organizations have received large gifts:

  • Hansjoerg Wyss has donated $25-million to Harvard Business School, in Cambridge, Mass., to support its doctoral programs. Mr. Wyss, who received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1965, is the chairman and chief executive officer of Synthes Inc., a medical-device company in Switzerland.
  • Auburn University at Montgomery, in Alabama, has received assets estimated to be worth more than $10-million from Ida Belle Young, for scholarships

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