ADOn Monday, Morgan State announced a new pledge from the Tylers of $15 million. Morgan State officials think the total pledge sets an alumni giving record for the sector. Billionaire MacKenzie Scott last year gave $560 million to numerous HBCUs, including record-shattering sums of $50 million to Prairie View A&M University in Texas, $45 million to North Carolina A&T State University, and $40 million each to Howard University in D.C., Norfolk State University in Virginia and Morgan State. AD“The quintessential Morganite is Calvin Tyler,” Morgan State President David Wilson said. From there, he said, the obvious choice for an academically driven African American in Baltimore was Morgan State.

Source: Washington Post February 22, 2021 14:02 UTC