Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/18/2005 | Trustee donates $14 million to Penn: "Trustee donates $14 million to Penn
The money, to go to student aid, brings George Weiss' total contributions to his alma mater to $58 million.
By Patrick Kerkstra
Inquirer Staff Writer
As founder of the Say Yes to Education program, George Weiss has been springing the gift of a free college education on hundreds of children at elementary schools from West Philadelphia to Hartford to Harlem during the last 18 years.
Last week, he was doing some surprise philanthropy once again: He presented the unsuspecting University of Pennsylvania president, Amy Gutmann, with a $14 million check at a reception of 600 Penn scholarship donors and recipients. The check was tucked in an envelope on which Weiss had scrawled a smiley face and the inscription: 'Have a nice day, Amy.'
'Amy was pretty excited,' Weiss said Wednesday."
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