Harvard University announced on Friday that the Science Center on Oxford Street will be renamed Zimmer Hall, in recognition of a 2018 gift of $100 million from the Zimmer Family Foundation.
Alan Zimmer, the late father of Stuart Zimmer ’91, was an American neuroradiologist whose work helped pioneer the research and use of computer axial tomography (CAT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the United States. Stuart and Jennifer Zimmer have also provided support to enhance kosher dining for Harvard students.
“We are profoundly grateful to Stuart and Jennifer Zimmer for their remarkable generosity and delighted they have chosen to honor Alan Zimmer’s legacy,” said President Alan Garber. “They have strengthened Harvard’s ability to advance deeper scientific understanding and innovative scholarship, and they have been instrumental in helping us implement the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli bias to support our vibrant Jewish community at Harvard. The impact of their generosity will be felt today and long into the future by students and scholars whose work will help address some of the world’s most complex and urgent challenges.”
The Zimmer family’s support will enable enhancements to kosher dining on campus, including increasing menu variety and making kosher dining available at Eliot House after the renewal project there is complete. Harvard expanded options for kosher dining at Harvard Hillel, the Quad, and Annenberg in 2024.
