Courtesy / Eli Broad, Facebook Eli Broad, the wealthy donor and namesake of Michigan State University’s College of Business and the Broad Art Museum at MSU, has died at the age of 87. Broad was a Detroit native, a graduate of MSU (then called Michigan State College), and a self-made billionaire who founded two Fortune 500 companies.
The Broad College of Business held four in-person commencement ceremonies Friday, and one more is scheduled on campus Saturday morning.