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...million gift, the largest in Harvard's history, comes from Hansjörg Wyss, a native of Switzerland who graduated from Harvard Business School in 1965. It will go to fund the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering over the next five years. The new institute will be part of the much-touted science complex in Allston, which will also house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute; the Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department, a joint venture between the Medical School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and the Medical School’s Systems Biology Department...
...gift trumps the $100 million donated by longtime Harvard benefactor David Rockefeller ’36 in April to support international programs and the expansion of arts education, a priority of University President Drew G. Faust. Wyss' newest donation also brings his total philanthropy to Harvard to at least $150 million, as he gave $25 million in 2004 to support the Business School's doctoral programs...
...Wyss, whose net worth is estimated at $6 billion by Forbes magazine, made his fortune from Synthes, a Swiss-based medical device company. He stepped down as chief executive of the company last year in order to devote more time to his philanthropic pursuits. He now heads the Wyss Foundation, which gives money to environmental causes, including scholarships to students doing graduate work in land conservation...
...Wyss declined to be interviewed for this article...
...luncheon, hosted by the Swiss Consulate of Boston and Divna Y. Gogeva ’09, featured several prominent speakers including biological oceanography professor James J. McCarthy, Swiss Deputy Consul Emil J. Wyss, and Cambridge City Councillor Henrietta Davis...