PHILANTHROPY
Bryant’s Historic Capital Campaign Tops $100 Million Generating Record Philanthropy for Scholarships, Strategic Academic and Student Life Programs, and Award-Winning Facilities At Bryant University’s Board of Trustees meeting in January, President Ronald K. Machtley announced that the University’s capital campaign, Expanding the World of Opportunity: The Campaign for Bryant’s Bold Future, had exceeded its original goal of $75 million and surpassed an increased stretch goal of $100 million with several months still to go. Recent investments in Bryant’s capital campaign include a $7.5 million pledge from an anonymous alumnus, representing the largest single commitment
$102 million
ever received from an individual in Bryant history and one of five capital campaign constituent gifts of $5 million or more.
David C. Wegrzyn '86,
Vice President for University Advancement
Building on Bryant’s strategic expansion of academic programs in Data Science, one of the nation’s
fastest growing fields, the University is also pleased to annouce the John ’01H and Jeanne Rowe Endowed Professor of Data Science position. A recent commitment of $1 million from President Machtley and his wife, Kati C. Machtley, director of the Bryant University Women’s Summit, pushed Bryant past its $100 million goal. According to William J. Conaty ’67, Chair of the Bryant University Board of Trustees and with Michael E. Fisher ’67, ’15H co-chair of Bryant’s capital campaign, “This capital campaign, only the second comprehensive campaign in Bryant’s 155-year history, has been record-breaking for the University. Our community has really stepped up to the
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$75 million original goal