Kramer Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 The keynote speaker at Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony announced a grant Sunday wiping out the student debt of the entire 2019 graduating class. Billionaire Robert Smith’s surprise gift in front of nearly 400 graduating seniors may be worth about $40 million, officials said. "My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans," Smith said, according to WXIA-TV. "You great Morehouse men are bound only by the limits of your own conviction and creativity." Tonga Releford, whose son Charles Releford III is a member of the Class of 2019, estimated that his student loans total about $70,000, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I feel like it’s Mother’s Day all over again,” she said. Morehouse College ✔@Morehouse "My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans!" -Robert F. Smith told the graduating Class of 2019 @RFS_Vista #MorehouseGrad2019 12.9K 9:44 AM - May 19, 2019 The announcement elicited the biggest cheers of the morning. "When Dr. King said that the 'arc of the moral universe bends toward justice,' he wasn't saying it bends on its own accord. It bends because we choose to put our shoulders into it together and push," Smith told the ceremony, according to WXIA. Smith was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Morehouse during the commencement. Morehouse College is an all-male historically black college located in Atlanta. Smith is the founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm that invests in software, data and technology-driven companies. He is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia Business School. Morehouse announced in January a $1.5 million donation from Smith for student scholarships and a new park on campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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