1. Schoolhouse Beat

$40 million donation will pay for executive education center at Harvard Business School

Feb. 11, 2013
Gift comes from Chao family, which had 4 daughter graduate from the school.

The Chao family has donated $40 million to the Harvard Business School to support student fellowships and to build a new executive education center on the campus in Boston's Allston neighborhood. The family has had four daughters, including former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, graduate from the school.

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