$5-Million Goes to Brown U.

Donating money to the Red Cross for Gulf Coast hurricane relief is so ... predictable. Why not give to Brown University, instead?

Sidney E. Frank, a liquor importer, gave $5-million to the university to assist in its efforts to help students and faculty members displaced by Hurricane Katrina. With the money, Brown plans to help students with financial need pay for housing, meals, and books.

Brown is offering tuition-free admission for one semester to Rhode Island residents or siblings of current Brown students who were enrolled at institutions that are now closed. About 100 displaced undergraduate students have been admitted for the fall semester.

Mr. Frank, a member of Brown’s class of 1942, had donated about $120-million to the university a year ago, for scholarships for the neediest students and to construct a new academic building.

http://chronicle.com Section: Special Report Volume 52, Issue 5, Page A18