Jewish-American philanthropist Raymond Perelman has passed away in Philadelphia at the age of 101. Perelman’s son Ronald Perelman said in a statement that his father died Monday night.
Perelman, one of the Philadelphia region’s greatest philanthropists, donated $225 million to the University of Pennsylvania medical school, $15 million to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, $6 million to the Center for Jewish Life at Drexel University, $5 million for the Raymond G. Perelman Plaza at Drexel, and $5 million for the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.