It has been more than sixty years since I attended Boston University. One impression, which is still fresh in my mind after all these years, is how inspiring and able my professors were. In particular, Professor Charles Huse sparked my interest in the fields of economics and finance. In the years since graduating I have become a lawyer, an entrepreneur, a real estate developer, and I hold a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. My experiences have taught me many important lessons about life. Personal integrity is the most important trait one can cultivate, and I look for this in all my personal and business dealings.
My wife, Shirley, and I are funding a professorship at the College of Arts and Sciences. The chair is to be known as the Alvin and Shirley Slater Professorship in Jewish Holocaust Studies. The gift will allow for the further study of the Shoah so that this fact will not become a mere footnote to the history of the twentieth century.
