Ken Burns
FILE – Ken Burns, director of the PBS documentary series “Country Music,” takes part in a panel discussion during the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, July 29, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hampshire College has received an anonymous $5 million gift in honor of one of its most famous alumni, award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, that will help the school continue its academic transformation. The gift announced Tuesday, Jan. 4 2022 is the second $5 million gift the college located in Amherst has received since it launched a $60 million fundraising campaign January 2020, following a financial crisis that prompted the school to consider a merger. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)