 Board of Trustees Chairman Alan Leventhal is matching 50% of the endowment with a grant, and other B.U.professors and alumni are making financial contributions to the fund, which will provide scholarships to students majoring in political science or related disciplines.This is a development welcomed by many alumni of B.U., which has the lowest alumni giving rate of any major American university, and was only possible with the waning of John Silber's power at B.U.