Power to the Donors

New York's Lincoln Center, about to engage in a costly renovation of its symphony space, is refusing to assure the family of Avery Fisher that the auditorium will continue to bear Fisher's name despite the fact that Fisher donated $10.5 million in 1973 on the condition that it'd be called Avery Fisher Hall in perpetuity. The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation was in the Tennessee courts fighting Fisk University's

Winton C. Smith | Oct 01, 2007

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New York's Lincoln Center, about to engage in a costly renovation of its symphony space, is refusing to assure the family of Avery Fisher that the auditorium will continue to bear Fisher's name — despite the fact that Fisher donated $10.5 million in 1973 on the condition that it'd be called Avery Fisher Hall in perpetuity.

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