The McGraw family, founders of global multimedia publishing company McGraw-Hill, is pledging up to $3 million to establish a center featuring a modern health science library, state-of-the-art medical simulation facilities, and dedicated space for group and distance learning.
Of the pledge for the new McGraw Family Center for Advanced Learning at Norwalk Hospital, $2 million is in the form of a challenge grant to encourage community support by having individual donations matched dollar for dollar. The hospital’s fundraising goal for the project is $5 million.
The McGraw Family Center is the second major gift to Norwalk Hospital championed by the McGraw family. In 2015, McGraw family members made a $10 million gift to build the Anne P. and Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center, the largest expansion project in the hospital’s nearly 125-year history.