Georgetown gets $10M gift for social innovation

By Brett Zongker

Published February 10, 2014 6:44pm ET

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Georgetown gets $10M gift for social innovation — This handout photo provided by Georgetown University, taken in Jan. 2012, shows Olga Maria and Alberto Beeck. Georgetown University has received a $10 million gift for a new center aimed at fostering innovation among students who want to build skills and organizations to solve society's problems. Georgetown alumna Olga Maria Beeck and her husband, investor Alberto Beeck of Key Biscayne, Fla., made the gift and helped develop the program over the past three years, university officials told The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Georgetown University) | AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown University has received a $10 million gift for a new center aimed at fostering innovation among students who want to build skills and organizations to solve society’s problems, the school announced Monday.

Georgetown alumna Olga Maria Beeck and her husband, investor Alberto Beeck of Key Biscayne, Fla., made the gift and helped develop the program over the past three years, university officials told The Associated Press. The Beecks are the parents of two current Georgetown students.

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