Atheist Robert Wilson Gives N.Y. Catholic Schools $5.6 Million

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Retired hedge fund titan Robert W. Wilson lost his faith in God years ago, yet he believes in Catholic schools and gave $5.6 million to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York this summer.

It's the latest of many gifts from Wilson to the city's Catholic hierarchy and educators, this one aimed at funding the Catholic Alumni Partnership, a program he founded that helps elementary schools track down their 750,000 alumni and recruit them as donors.

"Most of what the Catholic schools teach are the three Rs," said Wilson, 83, in a phone interview, referring to reading, writing and arithmetic. "And they do it better than the union-controlled inner-city schools."

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