Lord David John Sainsbury of Turville
Lady Susan Sainsbury
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Some Columbia students may recognize the Sainsbury name from the British supermarket chain, which Lord Sainsbury's great-great-grandparents founded in 1869. Though Lord Sainsbury served as chairman of the company prior to his work in Parliament, he and Lady Sainsbury are also known for their dedication to the arts, sciences, and social causes. In 1967, two years before entering Columbia's Graduate School of Business, Lord Sainsbury created The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, which he named after F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. To date, The Gatsby Charitable Foundation has donated over $1 billion to organizations around the world. Lady Sainsbury has had a distinguished career in publishing, editing, education, and the arts. She is a governor of the Royal Academy of Music, a board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in both England and the United States, and a member of the Kennedy Center's International Committee on the Arts. Together, the Sainsburys continue a family tradition of supporting the arts. Lord Sainsbury's father, Sir Robert Sainsbury, was knighted in 1967 for his service to the arts. Lord Sainsbury resigned as the UK's science MP in November 2006, having served in that post since 1998; he was appointed to a Labour Party peerage by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1997.