This fund was established in 2006 by BB&T Charitable Foundation to support a faculty member with an understanding of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism to participate directly in the related coursework, speaker series, and research competitions within University of Florida business programs with a special focus on the moral foundations of Capitalism.

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