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With the snip of a giant scissors and the slash of a sword, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and billionaire philanthropist Jennifer Pritzker formally opened the second luxury bed-and-breakfast on the city’s central lakefront.

North Shore billionaire Jennifer Pritzker will be among this year’s ‘landmark’ awardees when Landmarks Illinois holds its annual Legendary Landmarks Celebration come March.

Evanston’s Jennifer Pritzker will be one of three honorees at the Landmarks Illinois annual Legendary Landmarks celebration.

A Jewish billionaire philanthropist in Chicago has donated $2 million to establish what is believed to be the first chair of transgender studies at a university.

The 20-year-old Tawani Foundation has donated $1 million to the University of Victoria in British Columbia to create what is reportedly the world’s first endowed chair in transgender studies, according to a statement by the university.

Jennifer Pritzker, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who is believed to be the only transgender billionaire in the world, made the gift through her Tawani Foundation to the University of Victoria in British Columbia, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.

Retired US Army officer Jennifer Pritzker makes gift to establish what is believed to be the first chair of transgender studies at a university.

American billionaire philanthropist Jennifer Pritzker has donated $US2 million ($2.9 million) to a Canadian university to establish a chair of transgender studies, believed to be the only such research position in global academia.

Jennifer Pritzker just made a headline worthy donation of her own—a $2 million grant to a university in Canada to establish a chair for transgender studies.

An American Jewish billionaire philanthropist in Chicago has donated $2 million to establish what is believed to be the first chair of transgender studies at a university.