Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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Book lover gives big to CCL

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, December 1, 2006

Like many Yale undergraduates, Bill Wright ’82 spent a lot of time in the library.

So when he gave $1 million towards the renovation of the Cross Campus Library, Wright said, it seemed natural for that money to fund the construction of a reading room for CCL that was inspired by his favorite study spot, the Linonia and Brothers reading room in Sterling Memorial Library. A former chair of the Yale Alumni Fund and self-described lover of libraries, Wright is the only multi-million dollar African-American donor in Yale’s history.

Wright said he is glad to be able to give back...

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