Philanthropy
Huizenga is a large donor to Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The business school there is named H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship in his honor. He has also donated to Pine Crest School, a private preparatory school, with their science building named the Huizenga Science Building after him. Huizenga was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2006. He is a board member of the Laureus Foundation, a charity that celebrates the universal power of sport to bring people together as a force for good and uses the passion that sport inspires to effect social change across the globe.
Huizenga received the prestigious Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Award in 1992 for his active role in funding scholarships throughout Florida. His donations also help the National Scholar scholarships presented annually by Horatio Alger, and the association named him the 2008 Norman Vincent Peale Award recipient, the highest honor bestowed upon any member.
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