If you have lots of money, what would you do with it? Let’s say you’ve already own all the material possessions you’ve ever wanted like houses, cars, businesses etc., and yet your pocket (and your bank) is still full of money, how will you spend it? There are several rich people who don’t even own grand houses or drive sleek and expensive cars and live modestly but they still manage to share their treasures with different charities and the less-fortunate people.

For Buffalo and Rochester personal injury lawyers Ross M. Cellino Jr. and Stephen E. Barnes, they donated $1 million to their alma mater, the University of Buffalo (College of Law). According to the dean of the Law School, Makau Mutua, its one of the largest cash gifts the department has ever received in its 122-year history.

Come to think of it, $1 million is a LOT of money! I hope the school will put the money into good use.  Quoting Dean Mutua:  “The gift will be used to support tuition scholarships for deserving students, make improvements in pedagogical technologies in the school, and upgrade services to create an environment that is conducive to learning“.

Kudos to Cellino and Barnes for their generous act!  May many more people follow their good example.

If you want to read the article about this, just visit: http://spectrum.buffalo.edu/article.php?id=40431