Israeli Funder = Meeting Needs

January 28, 2008 - 1:00 PM by

This next item courtesy of Ms. A.K. Sommer, thank you very much…

Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons announced the establishment of a $5.75-million scholarship fund for African students, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday.

The Advancing Africa Scholarship Fund is being paid for by Israeli businessman Idan Ofer, a parent of a Brown student and chairman of one of Israel’s largest investment-holding and shipping companies, Israel Corp.

The scholarships are designed to allow undergraduate students from sub-Saharan Africa to study at Brown and return to their home countries to help address the continent’s critical needs, according to a statement.

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Largesse is a beautiful thing.

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