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Alumnus Gift Will Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science
Ernesto Bertarelli (right) joins HMS Dean George Q. Daley and Harvard University President-elect Claudine Gay on the HMS campus in the courtyard of Building C, which will be enclosed to create a new skylighted atrium, thanks to a philanthropic gift from the Bertarelli family.
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Swiss biotech executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993) has pledged $75 million to advance basic scientific discovery, therapeutic science, and a culture of entrepreneurship at Harvard Medical School.
The gift will set in motion plans to transform the outdoor courtyard of Building C into an expansive, skylighted atrium that will serve as convening and collaboration space for occupants of the building as well as the broader HMS community. In recognition of this generous commitment from the Bertarelli family, Building C will be named the Bertarelli Building following completion of the atrium's construction.
"Harvard Medical School is a world leader in health care innovation, translational research, and cutting-edge discovery, and it continues to have an immense impact on the health and well-being of humankind," said Bertarelli. "It has been my honor to have been a partner of the School for over two decades, and I am delighted to continue to support the HMS community in its important work by helping to modernize these landmark facilities to keep pace with therapeutics innovation."
Bertarelli is a former biotechnology executive and an entrepreneur active in the fields of business, finance, sport, and philanthropy. He is currently chairman of the private investment firm B-FLEXION, formerly Waypoint Capital. Born in Rome, he is a graduate of Babson College and Harvard Business School, where he earned his MBA in 1993. This gift is the latest in more than a decade of support to HMS, HBS, and the University from the Bertarelli family.
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