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Tow Foundation endows new chair named for Tania León at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College Presidential Lecture reunites Tow, class of 50’, with Pulitzer Prize-winner and Kennedy Center honoree Tania León
![(From left) Associate Professor Malcolm J. Merriweather; Pulitzer Prize-winner and Kennedy Center honoree, conductor, and educator Tania León; Leonard Tow of The Tow Foundation; and Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson at the Presidential Lecture Series event on March 28 at the college.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/brooklyneagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CUNY-12-scaled.jpg)
(From left) Associate Professor Malcolm J. Merriweather; Pulitzer Prize-winner and Kennedy Center honoree, conductor, and educator Tania León; Leonard Tow of The Tow Foundation; and Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson at the Presidential Lecture Series event on March 28 at the college. Photo: Ashley Spofford