page_title: Jerome L. Greene
section_title: Philanthropy
hierarchical_section_title: Jerome L. Greene / Philanthropy
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking east across W125 Street at Columbia's new Science Center under construction on a cloudy day. EXIF shows position 40m east of here due to photographer's error.
context_page_description: Jerome L. "Jerry" Greene was a prominent New York lawyer, real estate investor, and philanthropist.
context_section_description: Over the years, Greene and his wife Dawn contributed over $40 million to Columbia Law School as well as significant contributions to WNYC public radio. The WNYC Greene Space was named in his honor. In 2006, the Jerome L. Greene Foundation donated $200 million to Columbia University, the largest gift that the school had ever received, to establish The Jerome L. Greene Science Center. Greene was a major patron of the arts, among other things, serving as chairman of the board of the Hirshhorn Museum, a member of Lincoln Center's board of directors, and as a trustee of the Juilliard School.
caption: Jerome L Greene Science Center under construction
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