HCA CEO donates $10M to Belmont scholarship program

HCA Holdings CEO and Chairman Milton Johnson has donated $10 million to Belmont University to create a new scholarship fund.

The donation, announced this morning on the BU campus, will allow the creation of the R. Milton and Denice Johnson Bridges to Belmont Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will support the Bridges to Belmont initiative that launched in 2013, according to a release. The program selects high potential students from four Metro Nashville Public Schools -- Stratford, Maplewood, Whites Creek and Pearl Cohn.