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Harvard to rename public-health school after $350-million gift

The Crimson reports on the gift from Hong Kong businessman Gerald Chan - who has a doctorate from the school - in honor of his father, T.H. Chan, who always wanted to start a school.

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I thought it was already named for Kresge, or is that only the building?

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Only the building

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Right now it's the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH for short). I wonder if it's going to be known as HTHCSPH for short in the future?

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Yeah, that's just one building. HSPH is spread out all over the place.

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I thought Kresge was the business school?
Upon further clicking ,

"Kresge Way is named in honor of Sebastian S. Kresge in recognition of support from the Kresge Foundation."

Kresge Way runs along the base of the former site of Kresge Hall that was taken down in 2014 to allow for the building of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center. Kresge Hall was dedicated in 1953 and was a familiar Harvard Business School landmark and a central gathering place for meals, meetings, and reunions. In keeping with the School’s emphasis on learning beyond the classroom, Kresge was designed to provide an environment where community members could exchange ideas with peers, scholars, and business practitioners from across the globe. Before Kresge, food service was located at Cowie Hall, a temporary structure built by the US Navy and sold to the School after World War II. Kresge was a considerable upgrade. Since the 2001 opening of Spangler Center—the main student center and dining facility for MBAs—Kresge was used for activities related to Executive Education and in 2014, in order for the School to achieve increased capacity surrounding executive education programs, began a redesign of this area of the campus. To recognize the impact of S.S. Kresge and the generosity of the Foundation over the years, and to keep Kresge in the lexicon of the Business School campus, the School renamed “East Drive” to “Kresge Way” in 2014.

http://www.hbs.edu/about/campus-and-culture/campus-built-on-philanthropy...

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FXB and Kresge.

Maybe they should have hit up the Countess, mother of Francois Xavier Bagnoud, for a counter offer?

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They're doing it for the lulz.

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haha - great!

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This is the first Harvard School named to acknowledge a financial contributor (I am assuming the Kennedy name came with no $$ attached, but maybe I am wrong).

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The first Harvard school to be named for a financial contributor was Harvard College, named for the Reverend John Harvard in 1638 after his bequest to the College of 400 pounds and a number of books.

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Adam, I'm surprised you didn't notice that the donor, Gerald Chan, is the man who has been buying up lots of buildings in Harvard Square. By raising the rent, he has been responsible for several stores and restaurants going out of business, including Leo's Place and Upstairs on the Square.

See this story, which is also linked to in the Crimson article that Adam links to:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/3/5/hong-kong-billionaire-buys/

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