Medford man who made good donates $50 million to Museum of Science
Michael Bloomberg, who used to visit the Museum of Science regularly as a kid, is donating $50 million to bolster its educational efforts.
After leaving Medford, Bloomberg went onto found an eponymous financial-data and news concern before becoming the first of two Boston-area mayors of New York.
"I know how important this Museum is and what an impact it can have on young people -- because I was one of those young people,” said Bloomberg. “My visits to the Museum inspired my interest in science and technology and forever shaped the way I think. People often remember the first teacher to have a profound impact on their lives. For me, that teacher was the Museum of Science."
Not only does the gift help the Museum inspire visitors to think, learn, and question; it significantly amplifies the Museum's ability to imagine, create, and distribute world-class exhibits and programs, K-12 curricula, engineering design challenges, and Planetarium shows on a global scale. For decades, the Museum's dynamic interactive experiences have inspired people of all ages regardless of background, gender, or learning style through diverse, engaging environments exploring the interconnectedness of the natural and engineered worlds.
The $50 million gift provides an endowment for the support of the Museum's Education Division to be named the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Science Education Center in honor of Michael Bloomberg’s parents. It also provides funds to research, design, develop, pilot-test, and disseminate computational thinking/computer science curriculum and activities, as well as funds to develop and produce high quality food-science initiatives.
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Sad that he left the Boston
Sad that he left the Boston area is now endowing stuff here while local million and billionaires can't be bothered.
The Mugars and the Yawkeys seem to be the only ones left locally opening their wallets.
Nominees for the 'Next Generation'
Abigail Johnson (Fidelity)
Jeff Immelt (GE)
Real estate developers seem to be MIA.
True meaning of giving back!
Blessings to all those, who remember to reach back hands, to pull up. Truly the work of the CREATOR!
Bloomberg, may your light forever shine bright!
Bloomberg Done Good
Obviously, Michael Bloomberg has done fabulously well financially and as a human.
25 facts about Bloomberg:
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/01/25/25-Facts-You-Should-Know-About-...
My favorite (also true of Ross Perot): He was once fired. Probably the best thing, professionally, that happen to either man.
MOS is the most d/Deaf
MOS is the most d/Deaf friendly and accessible museum I've been to in Boston. They really are world-class in that department.
Glad to hear it
Now maybe they'll start updating the place. It sorely needs it.
Frustrating...
Bloomberg was Mayor of NYC, a world class city whose residents don't care where you are from when it comes to voting for a mayor.
In our beloved Boston, we only elect life long townies who seem like they have never traveled west of 128. What can we do to enlighten our population and bring in an outsider with new blood to run our city??? It is the first step in becoming a world class city...
- The Original SoBo Yuppie