Lyda Hill Donates $20 Million to The Hockaday School

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<p>[The</a> Hockaday School ~ Lyda Hill Donates $20 Million to The Hockaday School](<a href=“http://www.hockaday.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=595273&bl=/default.aspx]The”>http://www.hockaday.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=595273&bl=/default.aspx)</p>

<p>Lyda Hill, Hockaday Class of 1960, has committed $20 million, the largest single gift in Hockaday’s history and the largest single gift from a living alumna among independent girls’ schools in the nation, according to the National Association of Independent Schools. The significance of this gift is not only its staggering generosity; more importantly, it indicates that Hockaday’s Centennial Campaign (we are now in quiet phase) will be positioned by and led by the people who have made Hockaday great—our alumnae.</p>

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<p>Ok, first I didn’t know where Betty Davis went to school (Cushing Academy), now who is Lyda Hill, should I know?</p>

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<p>Wow. [Lyda</a> Hill Surprises Hockaday With $20 Million Donation | FrontBurner](<a href=“http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2011/04/07/lyda-hill-surprises-hockaday-with-20-million-donation/]Lyda”>http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2011/04/07/lyda-hill-surprises-hockaday-with-20-million-donation/)</p>

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<p>@ops, Lyda Hill is daughter of Margaret Hunt Hill and granddaughter of HL Hunt and Lyda Bunker Hunt (for whom she was named).</p>