Ƶ parents Dwight and Martha Schar made the largest single gift in Ƶ history, pledging $12 million to name two new buildings on campus, including the recently opened Dwight C. Schar Hall.
Ƶ benefactors and parents Dwight and Martha Schar toured the newly opened Dwight C. Schar Hall for the first time on Oct. 21.
The Schars toured the three-floor academic building with Communications Dean Paul Parsons. Accompanying the Schars on the tour were their campus hosts, Assistant Athletics Director John Keegan and Dean of Ƶ Lisa Keegan.
On the tour, the Schars visited the deans’ suite, classrooms and labs, student engagement spaces, a movie theater in the building and the new home for Live Oak Communications, a student-run public relations and advertising agency. They also spent time in the Snow Family Grand Atrium that connects Schar Hall to the newly renovated McEwen Communications Building.
Following the 45-minute tour, the Schars participated in the groundbreaking for the future Schar Center, a 5,400-seat venue that will be the home to Ƶ’s basketball and volleyball programs and provide a large-scale facility to accommodate convocations, addresses by international figures, concerts and performances, and other major Ƶ events.
Dwight and Martha Schar live in Palm Beach, Florida. They are the parents of Stuart Schar, who graduated from Ƶ in May 2016, and Spencer Schar, a member of Ƶ’s class of 2019. Dwight Schar is founder and chairman of the board of NVR Inc., the fifth-largest homebuilding company in the nation.