Zell Kravinsky is an American investor and utilitarian who is known for making a non-directed kidney donation to a stranger and for donating over 45millionofhispersonalwealthtocharity,withthelargestindividualdonationgoingtotheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC).Heisalsoapoet.KravinskywasborntoaJewishfamilyandearnedtwoPh.D.degreesfromtheUniversityofPennsylvania,onein1989inRhetoricwithadissertationonAristotle’stopoi,andtheotherin1994inEnglishLiteraturewithadissertationonparadoxicalpolysemyinMilton′sParadiseLost.Healsocompletedrequiredcoursesforathirddoctoraldegree,inculturalanthropologyfromTheNewSchoolForSocialResearch,butdidnottakethepreliminaryexaminationorwriteadissertation.HisB.A.fromDartmouthCollegewasinAsianStudies,withaspecialtyinIndianStudies.Helecturedfull−timeatPennforsomeyears,wasaFacultyinResidenceforfouryears,andoneyearwasselected,intheUniversity′spublishedbookofstudentevaluations,asthemostoverallhighlyrankedfacultymemberatPenn.Kravinskythenworkedforinsurancecompaniesdesigningandteachingtrainingworkshopsinmanagementdevelopment;taughthandicapped("learningdisabled"and“sociallyandemotionallydisturbed,”i.e.,conduct−disordered)childrenininner−cityPhiladelphiaschools;andtaughtTranscendentalMeditation.Afteramassingarealestatefortune,havingstartedwithonethousanddollars,Kravinskygaveawayvirtuallyallofittovariouscharities,concentratingonpublichealthorganizations.Specifically,hedonatedalmostallofthe45 million he amassed in real estate to charities dealing with improving health; he made the largest individual contribution ever to the foundation supporting the United States government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and also made major donations to The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and to the Ohio State University College of Public Health.
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