JK Rowling puts her money where her mouth is
“You have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently”.
If your going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk. The Harry Potter author has done just that to the tune of $15 million dollars. A huge chunk of coin, even for someone as wealthy as herself.
Having lost her mother 20 years ago to MS, Jo (JK’s real name) gave the donation to the University of Edinburgh, saying in a statement, “Edinburgh has given me so much that I have been looking for a way to give something meaningful back to the city for a long time. I cannot think of anything more important, or of more lasting value, than to help the university attract world-class minds in the field on neuroregeneration, to build on its long and illustrious history of medical research and, ultimately, to seek a cure for a very Scottish disease.” (Scotland has one of the worlds highest rates of MS).
Named after Jo’s mother, The Anne Rowling Regnerative Neurology Clinic will also study treatments for such diseases as Parkinson’s and Alzheimers.
