CHARLOTTSVILLE – Scott Stadium already has the David A. Harrison Field, and now two of the University of Virginia’s most generous benefactors strike again.
President Jim Ryan announced at Thursday’s Board of Visitors meeting the family of the late David and Mary Harrison has made a pair of commitments totaling $55 million. The money is for the Olympic Sports Center in the Department of Athletics, and to create a leading-edge translational research program dedicated to the next generation of therapies for Alzheimer’s and related diseases.

The Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases will be housed in the new Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology. The Harrison Family Olympic Sports Center, scheduled to open in the summer of 2025, will be centrally located in the athletics precinct and will feature a performance training center, strength and conditioning facilities, tutoring and academic support spaces, and a hall of champions. The $25 million for the sports center comes from the Harrison Foundation, while $30 million for the research center is provided by the Harrison Foundation and the Mary Anderson Harrison Foundation. Naming for the centers is pending approval by the Board of Visitors.

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