“Philanthropist Gordon Getty will give the University of San Francisco $15 million to establish a college for top students to study the arts, sciences and humanities,” writes Nanette Asimov in Thursday’s (8/24) San Francisco Chronicle. “The gift is the school’s largest from an individual donor and is meant to inspire others to help the university meet its $35 million goal for the arts program, to be called the Honors College, that is expected to open in fall 2018. ‘Nearly half of Gordon’s gift will go toward an endowment to fund scholarships for honors students,’ … said Paul Fitzgerald, S.J, president of the Jesuit university. The gift includes a $7 million endowment for scholarships for Honors College students and a $2 million endowment for visiting artists and scholars. The remaining $6 million will cover start-up costs and support student research, study abroad and mentoring programs. Students will become J. Paul Getty Honors Scholars, in honor of Getty’s father. Getty, an accomplished classical music composer, graduated from USF in 1956, where he majored in English.”
Posted August 24, 2017
