Harvard University lost another billionaire megadonor this week as the fallout from the school’s handling of antisemitism, plagiarism, and diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology continues.

Hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin, who earned a B.A. from Harvard in 1989, announced he would stop donating to the elite university over its response to antisemitism on campus, but said the school could earn back his funding.

“Until Harvard makes it very clear that they’re going to resume their role as educating young American men and women to be leaders, to be problem solvers, to take on difficult issues, I’m not interested in supporting the institution,” he said at a keynote address during a Managed Funds Association conference in Miami, calling students “whiny snowflakes.”

“Will America’s elite university get back to their roots of educating American children — young adults — to be the future leaders of our country, or are they going to maintain being lost in the wilderness of microaggressions, a DEI agenda that seems to have no real endgame, and just being lost in the wilderness?” he continued.

Griffin, who founded Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities, said his firms, which normally favor Harvard students, would not hire anyone who signed a letter immediately after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israelis; the letter said the Jewish state was “entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.”

Less than one year ago, Griffin donated $300 million to Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, for which the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was named in his honor. Upon donation, then-president-elect Claudine Gay, who was ousted because of the antisemitism and plagiarism controversies, said, “Generosity and loyalty are among the defining characteristics of our alumni.”

Harvard College’s financial aid office is also named after Griffin.

The billionaire’s monetary support for Harvard stands at more than $500 million, and his boycott makes him the largest single contributor so far to pull support from the school over the current controversy. Leonard V. Blavatnik, another billionaire donor to the school, announced late last year he would pause donations as well. Blavatnik had previously made a $200 million donation to the Harvard Medical School, the single largest influx of cash ever for the school, in 2018.

Harvard’s donor woes come as a group of pro-Palestinian students filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Education on Monday. That complaint stood in contrast to a federal lawsuit filed by Jewish students against Harvard for alleged inaction during a hostile campus environment.

The complaint from the Muslim Legal Fund of America, which is representing more than a dozen pro-Palestinian students at Harvard, alleges the school failed to protect the students from “rampant harassment and racist attacks including doxxing, stalking and assault simply for being Palestinian, Muslim, and supporters of Palestinian rights.”

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“Instead of providing protection or resources, Harvard responded to the students’ requests for help with closed doors, and in some cases threats — by those in positions of power — to limit or retract the students’ future academic opportunities,” MLFA said in a statement.

The group of students, some of whom are Palestinian and others who are “allies,” represent Harvard College, the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard Law School.