Word: mossavar
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...donation—from Goldman Sachs managing director Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani and her husband, petroleum executive Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani—will support the school’s Center for Business and Government (CBG), which will be renamed in the couple’s honor this fall...
...Mossavar-Rahmanis’ gift is the most substantial single bestowal that the school has reeled in since David T. Ellwood ’75 took over as dean last summer...
Ellwood said that $10 million of the Mossavar-Rahmani’s gift will go toward the center’s endowment, providing a steady stream of revenue, while the balance will be available to expand the center’s activities and hire new faculty...
...donors could not be reached for comment yesterday; KSG spokesman Doug Gavel said the couple is traveling. But in a statement yesterday, the Mossavar-Rahmanis said, “We hope that the center’s programs and activities will in the future inspire graduate and also undergraduate students at Harvard to contemplate careers that alternate between the public and private sectors...
...Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani is now chairman of the privately-held Mondoil Enterprises, an oil and gas exploration company with a focus on West Africa...