Huston-Tillotson University President Dr. Melva Wallace was sure she heard the wrong number. The Moody Foundation’s Senior Vice President of Grants, Elle Moody, was sitting in her office and had – seconds earlier – told Wallace they were gifting the historically Black university $130 million. “There was just this blank stare on her face for a few minutes,” Moody joked. “I don’t think she could quite comprehend what we were saying.” The donation, which later evolved into a $150 million gift, was not the first the Moody Foundation made to the east Austin school – but it was, by far, the
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