Generous Commencement Speakers Surprise Graduates with $1,000 Gifts
TL;DR
Billionaire CEO of Granite Telecommunications, Robert Hale, surprised 2,000 undergraduate students at the University of Massachusetts Boston's graduation ceremony by giving each of them $1,000 in cash. One envelope contained $500 for each student, while the other held $500 for the students to gift someone or an organization. Hale's act of generosity likely introduced a new generation to the act of giving, according to one graduate.
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