Blues Newsmaker — Janet Johl Weissman ’58

Jan and Bob Weissman have made the biggest gift in Williams’ history—$750,000 to Embracing Excellence: The Campaign for Williams. The Weissmans were particularly enthusiastic about the opportunity to update the ’50s era cafeteria into a modern, larger Student Center. The project has a poetic resonance as Bob and Jan themselves met at the University of Connecticut Student Union.

As demonstrated by their generous support of their alma maters, including Babson College, Worcester Academy and Williams, education is the Weissmans’ top philanthropic priority. Extremely modest, Janet would prefer to be “She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named,” but Williams celebrates their leadership and is working to emblazon the new Student Center with the Weissman name. Jan’s first preference would be to dedicate it “To those who like to talk and to eat!”

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