Wednesday 29 February 2012

Oxford University gets $41 million from Ertegun

Mica Ertegun, widow of Ahmet Ertegun, stands with musician John Paul Jones of Led Zepplin at a press conference in London, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Oxford University says the widow of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun has donated more than 26 million pounds ($41 million) to fund humanities scholarships for graduate students. There will be 15 scholarships a year and will eventually be endowed in perpetuity to award at least 35 graduate humanities scholarships annually. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) With a little help from Led Zeppelin, the widow of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun has donated more than 26 million pounds ($41 million) to Oxford University to fund humanities scholarships for graduate students.


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