Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordamn University’s theatre department. Denzel is a graduate of Fordamn and donated the money so his former university could create Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre. Part of his donation will also be used to form a scholarship fund. Denzel also offered a certain actress the position of holder of the chair. Read who it is and what he said after the jump.

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We wonder if any of Denzel Washington’s old professors would have guessed how much money he’d be putting back into their work.

The Oscar-winning actor recently donated $2.25 million to the theatre department at Fordham University.

$25,000 of the gift will go to a worthy undergraduate theatre student in the form of scholarship. The rest will be used to create the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre.

Television and Broadway actress Phylicia Rashad has already filled the chair position! One of her duties includes teaching the class “Creating a Character.”

When he gave the gift, Denzel stated:

I wanted to create the Denzel Washington Endowed Scholarship and Chair in Theatre at Fordham in order to offer the next generation of students positive influences. Phylicia Rashad, as the inaugural holder of the chair, will provide the care, compassion and that extra push to help take students where they’re meant to go.
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