Billionaire gives $1,000 to UMass graduates; but says half for charity
MEREDITH, New Hampshire: Graduates at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth received a surprise last week when billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale announced to the 1,000 students that he would give each of them a $1,000 cash present.
However, he stipulated that each recipient must donate half to charity.
Hale told the graduates that he and his wife had experienced the greatest joys in their lives when