Old Louisville money spoke loudly about Neeli Bendapudi’s future as the new President when local philanthropist and socialite Christy Brown announced this week she was giving $5 million to the University of Louisville.
“Our university has today turned a glorious page, and it’s begun a new chapter with the arrival of our fabulous new president,” said Brown as she made a pledge to a new UofL Envirome Institute to study the effects of the environment on individual health.
The matriarch. The grande dame. Christy Brown had spoken.
Brown was, in effect, announcing her blessing for Benedapudi just five weeks after she assumed the office at the UofL on May 15th.