Alonzo L. McDonald

Alonzo L. McDonald (August 5, 1928 - November 21, 2019) was an American businessman and philanthropist.

Biography Early life He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University in 1948. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1950 to 1952. He donated money to scholars at Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Chicago, Duke University, Emory University, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Some of his donations went to David N. Hempton at Harvard, Jean Bethke Elshtain at Chicago, or Sarah Coakley at Cambridge. He also funded a sabbatical for Stanley Hauerwas, during which he wrote Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (2010).

Personal life He was married to Suzanne McDonald, and they had four children. They resided in Birmingham, Michigan. He converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of seventy-nine. He has 12 grandchildren.

His son Alex McDonald is an author of books regarding the Israeli Palestine conflicts.