St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati has announced a gift of $50 million from alumnus Harry Fath (’59) and his wife, Linda. 

The largest gift in the school’s history is designated toward tuition assistance and is the lead gift in the $200 million St. Xavier High School 200-year anniversary capital campaign, which is part of a strategic continuous improvement plan designed to lead the Jesuit-run school into its bicentennial anniversary in October of 2031. Fath is serving as the honorary chair of the campaign. 

“Our gifts to St. Xavier, in the past, have been focused on one concept: a family’s ability to pay for a St. Xavier education should not be the barrier that keeps a qualified young man from attending,” Fath said. “As I learned in conversations over the years with different presidents, and most recently Tim Reilly, affordability is still a barrier for many. I don’t ever want it to be the case that tuition cost is what eliminated the opportunity for any young man. To that end, Linda and I are excited to make a lead Tuition Assistance Fund gift of $50 million toward the $200 million capital campaign leading up to St. Xavier’s 200th anniversary.”

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