She Collected Art Worth Millions. Now, She’s Giving the Coveted Collection to Howard University.

She built her art collection as her husband, Ronald W. Walters, built his career as a leading scholar of politics and race. While Ronald lectured at universities and traveled the world, Patricia accumulated an art collection valued at more than $2.5 million. Now — nearly a decade after her husband’s death from cancer — she’s preparing to donate 152 pieces to Howard University, her husband’s academic home for 25 years.