Students at UMass Dartmouth got an amazing graduation gift from their commencement speaker.
DARTMOUTH - Students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth got an amazing graduation gift from their commencement speaker Thursday. Billionaire Robert Hale surprised more than 1,100 graduates with $1,000 each. 'Each of you is getting $1,000 cash right now,' he said. Gift comes with one 'catch'There was one instruction to go along with his gift. Hale said $500 is for the graduates to keep and $500 is for them to give to others.
'Our community needs you and your generosity more than ever.' Hale is the CEO of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications, which he founded in 2002, and a co-owner of the Boston Celtics. Forbes estimates his net worth at $5.4 billion. Graduation surprise becoming a traditionAnd Hale has done the same thing before. Last year, he gave $1,000 to all 2,523 graduates at UMass Boston. And in 2021, he gifted the same amount to 230 Quincy College graduates.
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