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The donation, by Jim and Paula Crown and their family, has been topped but only rarely on the Hyde Park campus: by David Booth’s $300 million gift in 2009 for the business school now bearing his name; by Ken Griffin’s $125 million for the department of economics in 2017; and by $100 million for University of Chicago Medicine from the Duchossois family in 2017. In 2007 the university received $100 million from an undisclosed donor for undergraduate financial aid.
Another $100 million earmark has gone south. After doling out $22.9 million, the Pearson Family Members Foundation sued in 2018 to get the sum back, alleging the U of C didn’t live up to commitments in establishing the Pearson Institute for the Study & Resolution of Global Conflicts. The university denied the claims and filed a motion to dismiss the suit; the litigation is pending federal court in Tulsa, Okla.
Landmark Gift to UChicago is Nation s Largest Ever for the Study of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Commitment will address social problems through research, advanced training and direct community engagement
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CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new commitment to the University of Chicago from James and Paula Crown and their family will support the School of Social Service Administration, which will be renamed the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. This honors the school s historic legacy and enables an ambitious expansion of its vision to advance a more just and humane society.
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The University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration will receive a $75 million donation, which the school says is the largest gift ever given to a school of social work.
The donation is so impressive that the university said it’s renaming the school as the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
The gift, from James and Paula Crown, will bolster financial aid, faculty research and hiring, the school announced Wednesday.
“This truly transformative gift will allow us to build on our research and expand our educational mission, leading to improved policies and interventions that will make deep and sustained change,” school dean Deborah Gorman-Smith said in a statement.