Claremont McKenna College Receives $200-Million Pledge

Robert Day, a California financier and president of the W.M. Keck Foundation, in Los Angeles, is giving $200-million to his alma mater, Claremont McKenna College. The liberal arts colllege, in Claremont, Calif., will use the money to pay for a new master’s degree program that will focus on economics and finance, for enhanced undergraduate programs in those fields, and for scholarships.

Full-text article by Maria DiMento via The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 9.27.07. [Subscription required.]