In October 2011, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, FCLC ’77, made a $2 million gift to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre and a $250,000 gift to establish the Denzel Washington Endowed Scholarship for an undergraduate student studying theatre at Fordham. (For the full story, see:Denzel Washington Endows Fordham Theatre Chair, Scholarship.)

Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad was named the University’s first Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre. In the video below, students, faculty, and administrators thank Washington for the gift of Rashad’s teaching.

Share.