PBHA has already reached 43 percent of its goal, and President Rudenstine surprised the lunch crowd with the good news of an anonymous donation of $750,000 in matching funds available as soon as PBHA raises another $1.5 million. Park says Rudenstine made it quite clear where he expected the matching funds to come from.
"He pretty right off the bat made the pitch," Park says.
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"The net worth in that room was more than I'd ever experienced before," Park says. "It was a very sympathetic audience. We're pretty optimistic."
--Staff writer Rachel E. Dry can be reached at dry@fas.harvard.edu.