Philanthropy
Donovan has done a lot of charity work personally and through the companies that he established. He and his son John Jr. established scholarships at Yale University. Donovan and Jay-Yong Lee established a scholarship at Boston University in Donovan father's name. He and his son John J. Donovan Jr. have donated the use of athletic fields to the town of Hamilton, MA. Donovan made major contributions to Education Outbound, a public charity founded by his son John. In 2009 Donovan was recognized by the Essex County Trail Association for his land conservation work. Donovan has also done land conservation work in Vermont.
Through his charitable organization Children’s Potential Unlimited he donated computers to Connery Elementary School in Lynn, MA.
While at MIT Donovan had also donated his time to teaching at Lowell Institute.
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