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Billionaire Robert Smith Pledges to Pay Off Morehouse Grads’ Student Loan Debt

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May 21, 2019
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The nearly 400 members of Morehouse College’s graduating class of 2019 received more than a diploma on May 19. Commencement speaker Robert F. Smith, a billionaire investor, announced in his speech that he and his family would pay the graduates’ student debt.

“We’re going to put a little fuel in your bus,” Smith said towards the end of his address at More…

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