$30m donation buys Steinhardt building.Philanthropist, financial advisor and investment manager William E. Macaulay is giving $30 million--the largest donation in the history of The City University of New York--for the purchase of the Stenhardt Building that will become the permanent home for the CUNY CUNY City University of New York Honors College.Macaulay is chairman and chief eExecutive officer of First Reserve Corporation, one of the ten largest private equity firms in the world with $12.5 billion under management. His gift for the purchase of the Steinhardt Building, a Gothic revival Gothic revival, term designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages. Although the Gothic revival was practiced throughout Europe, it attained its greatest importance in the United States and England. structure at 35 West 67th Street, currently the home of the Makor and Daytime@ programs of the 92nd Street Y, will provide the Honors College with state-of-the-art classroom space, a lecture hall, seminar and meeting rooms, administrative offices, a dining hall and other common gathering space for students. Chancellor Matthew Goldstein said he will recommend to the CUNY Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. a resolution for their consideration designating the William E. Macaulay Honors College of The City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: [kjuni]), is the public university system of New York City. when the board meets. The building's sale was arranged by CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. . Brian D. Gell, vice chairman; Timothy E. Sheehan, senior vice president; Edward E. Midgley, first vice president; and Steven Robinson, associate, represented the 92nd Street Y in the transaction. The City University of New York was advised by CB Richard Ellis's Stephen B. Siegel, chairman of global brokerage; David Hollander, senior vice president and Sacha Zarba, senior associate. Constructed in 1904, the Steinhardt Building was for many years the home of the Swiss Benevolent Society. It was restored and renovated in 1999 by philanthropist Michael Steinhardt, who donated it to the 92nd Street Y in 2001. Macaulay is a 1966 honors graduate of City College, where he majored in economics at what is now Baruch College. He also holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School is the business school of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton, making it the world’s oldest business school. . Macaulay said: "One of the most important things we, as parents, and as a society, can do is to give our youth the best possible education. I want to help ensure that young people today can get a high quality education just as I received at CUNY some four decades ago. "The turnaround at CUNY over the past several years under Matt Goldstein has given me the confidence and inspiration to help support the University through this gift." |
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