A Thank-You Gift for Rajen Kilachand

Kilachand Honors College student Hannah Dworkin (CAS’24) with her painting of the Boston skyline, presented to Rajen Kilachand (Questrom’74, Hon.’14) on March 6 in Dubai, where he hosted BU’s International Advisory Board meeting. Kilachand’s gift of $25 million in 2011 established the Arvind & Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College, named for his parents, and his $10 million donation renovated Kilachand Hall the next year. Dworkin painted the scene from Kilachand Hall’s ninth floor study lounge. “It’s almost like a little gift from all the Kilachand students here, saying: ‘We wish you were here. We miss you. We thank you for all you’ve done,’” says Dworkin, whose work has been exhibited at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Carrie Preston