Prominent Boston businessman Joseph J. O’Donnell and his wife, Kathy, have donated $30 million to Harvard University, the school announced this afternoon. The university said the gift “will support Harvard’s long-term mission as planning continues for an eventual university-wide campaign.’’ O’Donnell, an Everett native, earned an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Harvard
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Nice going, Joe. You got your name in the paper! But can you think of any organization anywhere that is less in need of money than Harvard?
I strongly agree with incredible1, and I'm a graduate of both the undergrad and Grad. Ed. programs. In the current social/political/economic climate, I can think of no institution less in need of $30M than the most generously endowed educational institution in the country. How far would $30M go when applied to regional community colleges or an expanded after-school ed. program for the inner city?