Oprah Winfreyhas nothing Robert Hale Jrthe telecom billionaire who did not hand out automobile keys to UMass Dartmouth grads … however as a substitute handed them chilly, arduous money — for himself and others.
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You can say that Hale embellished his graduation speech to the graduates when he introduced that they’d every obtain $1,000 once they walked throughout the stage to obtain their diplomas … however there was one essential caveat.
Hale, who based Granite Telecommunications, advised them Thursday that they’d obtain 2 envelopes … one with $500 to maintain for themselves and the opposite with a $500 examine to donate to somebody in want or charity organizations.
Throughout the rain-soaked ceremony, he advised the category of about 1,200 that he and his spouse discovered “the best pleasure in our lives was the present of giving.”
Though Forbes estimates his internet value at round $5.4 billion … Hale additionally advised the viewers that his profession has had ups and downs, together with at one level dropping $1 billion instantly.
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Contemplating he is making alumni pay for it, that is fairly cool philanthropy… and the college awarded him the Chancellor’s Medal for his efforts.
