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The University of San Francisco Receives $15 Million from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts

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Friday, December 23, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University of San Francisco (USF) has received a gift of $15 million from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts from the auction of more than 1,500 of their collected artworks. Gordon Getty '56 and his late wife, Ann Getty, shared a passion for the arts, and this gift will build a foundation to help create the Ann Getty Institute of Art and Design at USF.

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  • The University of San Francisco has received $15 million from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts, which will help create the Ann Getty Institute of Art and Design at USF.
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University of San Francisco (USF) has received a gift of $15 million from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts from the auction of more than 1,500 of their collected artworks.
  • Gordon Getty '56 and his late wife, Ann Getty, shared a passion for the arts, and this gift will build a foundation to help create the Ann Getty Institute of Art and Design at USF.
  • The University of San Francisco is a private, Jesuit Catholic university that reflects the diversity, optimism, and opportunities of the city that surrounds it.