Big Gifts: Tufts U. Gets $40-Million to Develop Engineering Leaders

Engineer and inventor Bernard M. Gordon has pledged $40-million to the Tufts University School of Engineering to promote leadership skills in his field, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Mr. Gordon, the founder and former chairman of the Analogic Corporation, has donated nearly $200-million to engineering education worldwide. Tufts Provost Jamshed J. Barucha said the Boston school would use the money to offer a minor in engineering leadership and expand programs to give students project-based corporate experience and hire faculty members with a background in hands-on engineering rather than academia.

Plus:

• Coca-Cola Co. announced $7.2-million in gifts to support historically black Atlanta colleges and universities, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The bulk of the money will support scholarship funds at Spelman College, Morehouse College and its medical school, and Clark Atlanta University.

• Alan M. Levanthal, a former board chairman of Boston University, and his wife, Sherry, have given $10-million to the university to pay for scholarships and financial aid, reports BU Today.

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