Harvard Divinity School Given $10m Gift for Arts
THE BOSTON GLOBE
By Lisa Wangsness
MASSACHUSETTS---Harvard Divinity School has received a $10 million donation from Susan Shallcross Swartz, a landscape painter, and her husband James R. Swartz, founding partner of the venture capital firm Accel Partners. The gift, which Dean David N. Hempton called “an astonishing act of generosity,” is one of the largest in the history of the divinity school, whose graduates often become academics, clergy, or nonprofit workers, earning far less than alumni of other Harvard graduate programs. Hempton said a small advisory board will help decide exactly how to spend the money, but it will probably reflect Susan Swartz’s interests in the intersection of Christian studies with the arts, social justice, environmental issues, and service. [link]
By Lisa Wangsness
MASSACHUSETTS---Harvard Divinity School has received a $10 million donation from Susan Shallcross Swartz, a landscape painter, and her husband James R. Swartz, founding partner of the venture capital firm Accel Partners. The gift, which Dean David N. Hempton called “an astonishing act of generosity,” is one of the largest in the history of the divinity school, whose graduates often become academics, clergy, or nonprofit workers, earning far less than alumni of other Harvard graduate programs. Hempton said a small advisory board will help decide exactly how to spend the money, but it will probably reflect Susan Swartz’s interests in the intersection of Christian studies with the arts, social justice, environmental issues, and service. [link]
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