Howard University News June 21, 2021 Howard University Receives $3 Million for Dr. Abraham Pishevar Endowed Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship Howard University has received $3 million to create the Dr. Abraham Pishevar Endowed Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship, honoring alumnus Dr. Abraham Pishevar. Pishevar's son, Shervin Pishevar - on behalf of the Pishevar-Haynes Family Foundation - made the donation pledge to endow the chair on Father's Day. Abraham Pishevar was a television and radio executive in Iran before leaving due to political turmoil, immigrating to the U.S. and living in Maryland. He worked as a cab driver while earning a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Howard. "Courage, loyalty, humility, grit, empowerment, and a relentless drive to continually grow are characteristics that make for greatness; they are characteristics that I have been blessed to learn from my father, Dr. Abraham Pishevar, or "Papa" as he is known to many; and they are characteristics Howard University strives to instill in all its students," said Shervin Pishevar. "So on this Father's Day, I am humbled to be able to create the Dr. Abraham Pishevar Endowed Chair at Howard University's School of Business to honor Papa's legacy and values and to ensure they continue to shape generations to come." Sandra M. Phoenix HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/