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February 17, 2021 Prof Saw donated $30 million to establish the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in 2011 NUS SINGAPORE - Leading Singaporean philanthropist and statistics expert Professor Saw Swee Hock, died on Tuesday (Feb 16) at the age of 89. During his lifetime, Prof Saw donated generously to institutes of higher learning, most notably to the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the London School of Economics (LSE). The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in NUS, which has been at the forefront of Covid-19 research in the Republic, was named after him. Paying tribute to him, NUS president Professor Tan Eng Chye said on Tuesday: Professor Saw Swee Hock was a close friend of NUS, and we are profoundly grateful for his contributions to the university in so many ways - as an academic, an educator, a benefactor, and a member of our board of trustees.

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