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With gratitude for his Holy Cross education, Tony Vacchione ’74 created the Bonnie and Tony Vacchione Memorial Scholarship, to honor the memory of his parents. “Without their personal and financial support, I probably wouldn’t have gone to a school like Holy Cross,” Tony says. “For myself, and my brothers and sisters, they were always extremely generous and supportive.” After Holy Cross, Tony went on to Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, before embarking on a 40-year career as an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP (SOM), the firm best known for designing Chicago’s Willis Tower and One World Trade Center in New York City. Tony spent his entire career at SOM, becoming a partner in the firm and focusing on transportation projects. He worked on the expansion of Terminal E at Boston’s Logan Airport, the development of Terminal 4 at New York’s JFK Airport an
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College of the Holy Cross in Worcester receives $23.5 million from the late Agnes Neill Williams, the largest estate gift in college history
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Posted Jan 22, 2021
Rev. Michael McFarland, Rev. William Richardson, Agnes Williams, Ned Williams and Rev. John Brooks. Photo courtesy of Holy Cross.
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The College of the Holy Cross has received a $23.5 million gift from the late Agnes Neill Williams, which officials say is the largest estate gift in the Worcester college’s history.
Williams is a former member of the Holy Cross Board of Trustees. The gift kickstarts the launch of the Hope + Access Campaign for Financial Aid, which looks to raise $40 million for need-based financial aid between now and June 2022, the college said in a statement.