Guy E. Beatty, Jr.

Guy E. Beatty, Jr. is a businessman who has pledged the largest donation to any South Carolina college or university.

On October 2, 2008 the College of Charleston announced that Guy E. Beatty, Jr. would give $60 million dollars to the College as part of an estate trust. This is the largest single donation ever to a South Carolina public college or university. The College of Charleston will receive $2 million a year for 30 years from the trust, of which Beatty has requested that $1 million per year be used for scholarships and the other million spent on buildings and infrastructure. Mr. Beatty serves on the Board of Governors of the School of Business and Economics. He and his family had previously donated $2 million toward the construction of the Beatty Center which houses the School of Business and Economics. He also endows the Guy Beatty Scholarship Fund, providing $75,000 a year to students majoring in business and economics. Mr. Beatty founded his commercial real estate development firm, Beatty Companies, in McLean, Va., more than 45 years ago [http://www.cofc.edu/newscenter/storyDetail.html?id=873] .

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