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Leonard Lauder Donates $125 Million

Creates nursing program to serve underserved communities throughout the US.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Leonard Lauder is the gift that keeps giving. The chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies donated $125 million to The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. The gift will establish a tuition-free program to recruit, educate and deploy nurse practitioners in underserved communities across the county. The donation, according to Penn, is the largest gift ever to a US nursing school. Lauder is a Penn alumnus. Former Penn President Amy Gutmann, in a statement, called the gift &#8220...

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