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Though he never attended Harvard, Smith first decided to donate to the University because, during his time, he considered the Harvard chemistry department, along with that of Cambridge, to be among the best in the world, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles said in an e-mail statement.
Knowles said he just learned about this additional gift a few weeks ago.
“[Smith] was fiercely concerned for excellence, and wanted to facilitate the two-way exchange of creative graduate students and post-docs between Cambridge, England and Cambridge, Mass.,” Knowles said.
Knowles, who first met Smith in the 1960s at Oxford University, noted Smith’s commitment to science.
“He was a modest, charming, and focused friend, who passionately believed in the contribution that chemistry could make to biology and to medical science,” Knowles said. “This was, after all, where his own contributions had been made, and whence his wealth...