Apple Exec Donates $25 Million To Boston College

NEWTON, MA — Apple executive Phil Schiller and his wife donated $25 million to Boston College to build a 150,000-sq-ft science institute, slated for construction in 2019. The building will represent the largest single investment in the sciences at Boston College, according to a spokesperson.

Boston College’s new institute for integrated science, which is set to create a "multi-disciplinary, collaborative research process to address critical societal issues in the areas of energy, health and the environment," will be named in honor of BC Trustee Schiller ’82 and his wife, Kim Gassett-Schiller, through a multi-year lead gift totaling $25 million, the University announced.

The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society will be the centerpiece of a new 150,000 square-foot science facility scheduled for construction beginning in the spring of 2019 at a cost of roughly $150 million.

As of this time last year more than $100 million had been raised for the new facility.

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