Atheist Hedge Fund Manager Gives Millions to Catholic School Scholarship Program
I'm sick of the bashing we hedge fund managers receive for our atheism and devil worship. We are able to look past the god worshiping of others when investing our charitable dollar, but the financial media can never get past the lack of god worship in talking about us.
Philanthropist and retired hedge-fund manager Robert W. Wilson said he is giving $22.5 million to the Archdiocese of New York to fund a scholarship program for needy inner-city students attending Roman Catholic schools.Atheist Wilson Gives $22.5 Million for Catholic Fund
Wilson, 80, said in a phone interview today that although he is an atheist, he has no problem donating money to a fund linked to Catholic schools.
"Let's face it, without the Roman Catholic Church, there would be no Western civilization," Wilson said. "Shunning religious organizations would be abhorrent. Keep in mind, I'm helping to pay tuition. The money isn't going directly to the schools."
Wilson's donation is the largest the archdiocese has ever received. The money will be used to fund the Cardinal's Scholarship Program, which was started in 2005 to give disadvantaged students attending the archdiocese's inner-city schools partial or full tuition grants, Jacqueline LoFaro, the archdiocese's associate superintendent of schools, said in a phone interview today.
"It was a chance for a very modest amount of money to get kids out of a lousy school system and into a good school system," Wilson said.
Percy, me old mucker. I passed over Greensboro in a private jet to Bradley airport the other day and was mightily impressed by the size of your swimming pool.
Keep up the good work.
SNAP! At first, not being a billionaire or even a hedgie, I didn't catch the jab there. But then I realized that Finny was slighting you for having an OUTDOOR pool!!!
A true compliment would have referred to your "summer pool," as to distinguish from your multi-seasonal indoor pool.
Man, that was harsh. He just called you a noob in hedge-speak. And all that after naming him #1 Hedge Fund Blog. The nerve!
I'm not sure what's gotten in to Finbar Taggit. Why would anyone fly to Bradley when the Westchester County Airport is so much more convenient for a trip to Greenwich?
Well heck, now with AirTrain I'd go into JFK, catch a train to the north shore and canoe across the LI Sound.
Sure, a little less convenient... but much more scenic.