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02/11/2004
Author of Da Vinci Code donates $2.2m
Dan Brown, author of the bestseller The Da Vinci Code is sharing some of his wealth with his old high school, Phillips Exeter Academy. The school announced yesterday that Brown, his sister Valerie and his brother Gregory had made a $2.2 million donation in honour of their father.
Richard Brown taught mathematics at the academy for thirty five years, the donation will help provide students with computers and other high-tech equipment.
"My dad's contribution to education through teaching and textbooks is a powerful legacy," the author said during a ceremony last weekend at the school, "We have taken the opportunity to give something back to a phenomenal father and an extraordinary school, both of whom have given us so much."
Dan Brown, who still lives in Exeter, graduated from the academy in 1982 and later taught English there. His siblings also attended the school.
Brown's other books include Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress.
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