How a $1 Billion Gift Changed Lives
Ginia Bellafante, a New York Times columnist, speaks with students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine about the $1 billion donation from the philanthropist, Ruth Gottesman.
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supported by he marshaled epidemiological research to press for changes in drug policy, alternatives to prison and needle exchange programs to slow the spread of aids. by sam roberts ginia bellafante, a new york times columnist, speaks with students at the albert einstein college of medicine about the $1 billion donation from the philanthropist, ruth gottesman. by ginia bellafante, gabriel blanco and christina kelso footage released by the albert einstein college of medicine shows dr. ruth gottesman announcing that the school will be tuition free after she made a $1 billion gift. by albert einstein college of medicine, via storyful health experts praised a monumental gift to the bronx’s sole medical school, but wondered if it would be enough to address deep seated problems in one of new york’s least healthy places. by joseph goldstein the gift to the albert einstein college of medicine in the bronx was notable not only for its size but also for the humility of the philanthropist. by ginia bellafante ruth gottesman, a longtime professor at the albert einstein college of medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward. by joseph goldstein una red de científicos persigue el santo grial de la pandemia: un anticuerpo que no solo protege contra el virus, sino también contra patógenos relacionados que pueden amenazar a los humanos. by apoorva mandavilli a network of scientists is chasing the pandemic’s holy grail: an antibody that protects against not just the virus, but also related pathogens that may threaten humans. by apoorva mandavilli redrawing neural connections led to new clues about sex differences in scientists’ favorite model organism. by knvul sheikh the swiss born neurologist is credited with modernizing the understanding of autism’s causes and popularizing use of the term “autism spectrum disorder.” by richard sandomir

supported by big city the gift to the albert einstein college of medicine in the bronx was notable not only for its size but also for the humility of the philanthropist. by ginia bellafante ginia bellafante writes the big city column, a weekly commentary on the politics, culture and life of new york city. a few days before it was announced that a former professor at albert einstein college of medicine in the bronx was giving the school $1 billion to ensure free tuition pretty much forever, came word of another significant donation, though one not nearly as astonishing in sum or association. julia koch, one of the richest women in the world, was giving $75 million to a medical center in west palm beach, which, as the chronicle of philanthropy noted, serves “one of florida’s fastest growing wealthy enclaves.” giving to hospitals in places where someone might have a second or fifth house is a favored cause of the rich. a single summer party on long island might raise millions of dollars for southampton hospital. this facility in florida would be called the julia koch family ambulatory care center. the einstein gift, which came from a 93 year old woman named ruth gottesman, is remarkable not only for its size but also for the absence of any apparent vanity surrounding it, the fortune having been quietly made by her husband, to whom she was married for 72 years. david gottesman, known as sandy, an investor and early acolyte of warren buffett’s, was not a creature of page six or tv, of divorce settlements, $500 million yachts, davos or social media diatribes. as the billionaire class has grown, modern philanthropy has become more extravagant in tandem with the egos and expectations driving it, a cry for the kind of political and social influence to which the gottesmans seemed so pleasingly indifferent. according to new research from case, an organization for academic administrators involved with fund raising, $58 billion in charitable giving was turned over to colleges and universities during the 2023 fiscal year. it was the second highest amount on record, and the number of gifts totaling $100 million or more   11 of them   surpassed the figure in 2022. if the news of the gottesman gift was received with such admiration and excitement, it was in part because it seemed to drown out the noise of transactionalism banging around so much generosity. rarely had it been louder than it was in recent months when some of the most successful people on wall street made it their side hustle to work toward ousting university presidents whose ideologies and management styles were not aligned with their own.

supported by student opinion what causes do you support   with either your money or your time and effort? by jeremy engle having $1 billion is hard to imagine. it’s probably even harder to imagine having that much money to give away. if you were fortunate enough to have millions or billions of dollars, what causes or charities would you support? in “$1 billion donation will provide free tuition at a bronx medical school,” joseph goldstein writes about a remarkable philanthropic gift made by ruth gottesman, 93, a longtime professor: the 93 year old widow of a wall street financier has donated $1 billion to a bronx medical school, the albert einstein college of medicine, with instructions that the gift be used to cover tuition for all students going forward. the donor, ruth gottesman, is a former professor at einstein, where she studied learning disabilities, developed a screening test and ran literacy programs. it is one of the largest charitable donations to an educational institution in the united states and most likely the largest to a medical school. the fortune came from her late husband, david gottesman, known as sandy, who was a protégé of warren buffett and had made an early investment in berkshire hathaway, the conglomerate mr. buffett built. the donation is notable not only for its staggering size, but also because it is going to a medical institution in the bronx, the city’s poorest borough. the bronx has a high rate of premature deaths and ranks as the unhealthiest county in new york. over the past generation, a number of billionaires have given hundreds of millions of dollars to better known medical schools and hospitals in manhattan, the city’s wealthiest borough. dr. gottesman said her donation would enable new doctors to begin their careers without medical school debt, which often exceeds $200,000. she also hoped it would broaden the student body to include people who could not otherwise afford to go to medical school. while her husband ran an investment firm, first manhattan, dr. gottesman had a long career at einstein, a well regarded medical school, starting in 1968, when she took a job as director of psychoeducational services. she has long been on einstein’s board of trustees and is currently the chair. the article continues:

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supported by he marshaled epidemiological research to press for changes in drug policy, alternatives to prison and needle exchange programs to slow the spread of aids. by sam roberts ginia bellafante, a new york times columnist, speaks with students at the albert einstein college of medicine about the $1 billion donation from the philanthropist, ruth gottesman. by ginia bellafante, gabriel blanco and christina kelso footage released by the albert einstein college of medicine shows dr. ruth gottesman announcing that the school will be tuition free after she made a $1 billion gift. by albert einstein college of medicine, via storyful health experts praised a monumental gift to the bronx’s sole medical school, but wondered if it would be enough to address deep seated problems in one of new york’s least healthy places. by joseph goldstein the gift to the albert einstein college of medicine in the bronx was notable not only for its size but also for the humility of the philanthropist. by ginia bellafante ruth gottesman, a longtime professor at the albert einstein college of medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward. by joseph goldstein una red de científicos persigue el santo grial de la pandemia: un anticuerpo que no solo protege contra el virus, sino también contra patógenos relacionados que pueden amenazar a los humanos. by apoorva mandavilli a network of scientists is chasing the pandemic’s holy grail: an antibody that protects against not just the virus, but also related pathogens that may threaten humans. by apoorva mandavilli redrawing neural connections led to new clues about sex differences in scientists’ favorite model organism. by knvul sheikh the swiss born neurologist is credited with modernizing the understanding of autism’s causes and popularizing use of the term “autism spectrum disorder.” by richard sandomir

supported by big city the gift to the albert einstein college of medicine in the bronx was notable not only for its size but also for the humility of the philanthropist. by ginia bellafante ginia bellafante writes the big city column, a weekly commentary on the politics, culture and life of new york city. a few days before it was announced that a former professor at albert einstein college of medicine in the bronx was giving the school $1 billion to ensure free tuition pretty much forever, came word of another significant donation, though one not nearly as astonishing in sum or association. julia koch, one of the richest women in the world, was giving $75 million to a medical center in west palm beach, which, as the chronicle of philanthropy noted, serves “one of florida’s fastest growing wealthy enclaves.” giving to hospitals in places where someone might have a second or fifth house is a favored cause of the rich. a single summer party on long island might raise millions of dollars for southampton hospital. this facility in florida would be called the julia koch family ambulatory care center. the einstein gift, which came from a 93 year old woman named ruth gottesman, is remarkable not only for its size but also for the absence of any apparent vanity surrounding it, the fortune having been quietly made by her husband, to whom she was married for 72 years. david gottesman, known as sandy, an investor and early acolyte of warren buffett’s, was not a creature of page six or tv, of divorce settlements, $500 million yachts, davos or social media diatribes. as the billionaire class has grown, modern philanthropy has become more extravagant in tandem with the egos and expectations driving it, a cry for the kind of political and social influence to which the gottesmans seemed so pleasingly indifferent.