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title: Alumnus Makes $5M Gift to Smith School
date: 2023-11-01T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Alumnus Makes $5M Gift to Smith School

*November 1, 2023* — by [Rebecca Winner](/author/rebecca-winner)


> Funds to Support Faculty Research and Doctoral Students

*Van Munching Students 11082018 9700 1920x1080 — A new $5 million gift from Long Jiang Ph.D. '06 will support faculty research and doctoral students in the Robert H. Smith School of Business.*

University of Maryland alumnus Long Jiang Ph.D. ’06 is giving $5 million to support faculty research and doctoral students in the [Robert H. Smith School of Business](https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/). It is the largest gift ever made to the school’s doctoral program and the first major gift to the school’s Silver Jubilee fundraising effort.

The gift will establish the Long and Grace Jiang Endowed Chair in Business and the Long and Grace Jiang Endowed Graduate Fellowship, both named for him and his wife, and will provide support for faculty and graduate students. The fellowship will support up to 10 students per year.


*Two men shake hands while another one claps — Long Jiang Ph.D. '06(left) shakes hands with Smith School Dean Prabhudev Konana while UMD President Darryll J. Pines looks on.*


*Long Jiang*




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