Donald Simms named the Leonard N. Stern School of Business as the principal beneficiary of his estate. Mr. Simms remembered the Stern School so generously because of his desire to provide tuition assistance and encouragement to students who would otherwise be forced to work two or even three jobs (as many of our students do) and miss out on the full appreciation and enjoyment of a close relationship with teachers and classmates.

Mr. Simms’s own story is one of perseverance and diligence. He entered the Stern School (then the School of Commerce) in 1948, shouldering a full course load as well as working full-time on the midnight shift at a residence for delinquent children to pay for his tuition and books.

Through it all, he missed the opportunity to spend time with other students—a lasting regret that compelled him to provide for a scholarship fund so that other students will have the freedom to engage in a variety of activities and to apply themselves more fully to their studies.

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