Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordham University, his alma mater.
The university said Monday that Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, and another $250,000 to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham.
The university said Monday that Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, and another $250,000 to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham.
Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," has joined the school's faculty as the first Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre.
Washington cited the late Bob Stone, who was a theater professor at Fordham, for inspiring him.
Matthew Maguire, director of the Fordham theater program, said Mr. Washington wanted the professorship to rotate among working professionals in the theater so undergraduate students “could get four different luminaries teaching in their training courses during each of their four years here.” The interest from the $2 million gift will cover the salary of the professor during the fall semester; the chair will not be filled in the spring so that interest income can accrue. (Mr. Maguire declined to provide a dollar amount for the salary.)
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