2 Law Schools in North Carolina Share $14-Million; Other Gifts

Donors have pledged big gifts to six organizations.

* The law schools at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will share $14-million from the estate of Kathrine R. Everett, a lawyer who died in 1992 at the age of 98.

Neither university would disclose the amount they are to receive, citing family wishes.

Mrs. Everett’s career spanned seven decades, and she was the first woman to argue and win a case before the North Carolina Supreme Court.

The U.N.C. School of Law will use its portion of the gift for scholarships, international programs, and renovations. Duke’s share will support the Law School’s Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security — a program established by Mrs. Everett’s son, Robinson — and other projects.

* The University of Portland has received $10.8-million from Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., president of the R. B. Pamplin Corporation, a conglomerate of asphalt, concrete, and textile businesses.

Mr. Pamplin asked that his gift be used to endow the School of Business Administration. The gift is part of the university’s effort to raise $70-million by May 2002. So far it has garnered $50-million.

* Robert A. Fox, chairman of the investment company R.A.F. Industries, in Jenkintown, Pa., has given $10-million to his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Fox asked the university to use the money for a program at the College of Arts and Sciences designed to polish the leadership skills of students by promoting extracurricular activities, improving public-speaking skills, and strengthening teaching and lecturing.

* The Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, has received a $10-million pledge from J. Barclay Knapp of Princeton, N.J., a 1979 alumnus who is president of NTL Inc., a British telecommunications company that is expanding its operations to include the United States.

The gift will endow the deanship of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

* The University of Arizona, in Tucson, has received $10-million from Karl Eller of Phoenix, an alumnus and chairman of the billboard company Eller Media, and his wife, Stevie, to endow the College of Business and Public Administration.

Other recent gifts:

Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Cal.): $1,000,000 from an anonymous donor for the capital campaign.

California Academy of Sciences: $2,500,000 from William Kimball of San Francisco, principal of Kimball & Company, which manages investments and real estate, and his wife, Gretchen, to endow the executive director’s salary.

City U. of New York City College: $2,000,000 from an anonymous donor to establish a visiting professorship in philosophy.

Clarkson U. (N.Y.): Artworks valued at $1,300,000 from 17 Canadian arts patrons. The university will auction the collection — which comprises more than 1,800 aquatints, lithographs, and silk-screens — over the Internet and use the proceeds for scholarships for Canadian students and for unrestricted use.

Erie Community Foundation (Pa.): $6,500,000 bequest from the estates of Kenneth T. Strohmenger of Erie, a retired electrical engineer, and his wife, Grace, a retired high-school economics teacher, for unrestricted endowment.

Georgia Institute of Technology: $1,500,000 from John A. Williams of Atlanta, chairman of Post Properties, to establish a professorship at the College of Architecture.

Hendrix U. (Ark.): $1,400,000 from Charles D. Morgan of Conway, Ark., chairman of the technology company Acxiom Corporation, for computer-science programs.

Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (D.C.): $2,500,000 from Ikuo Hirayama of Tokyo, a painter and retired president of Tokyo National U. of Fine Arts and Music, to establish a program to conserve Japanese paintings.

Southern Methodist U. (Tex.): $1,000,000 from Bob Schlegel of Dallas, owner of the Pavestone Company, and his wife, Myrna, a nurse, to help construct a stadium.

St. Bonaventure U. (N.Y.): $3,000,000 bequest from the estate of F. Donald Kenney of Olean, N.Y., and New York City, retired chair of Goldman Sachs International, to construct an art museum.

U. of Illinois at Chicago: $1,300,000 bequest from the estate of Natalia J. Janicki of Dearborn, Mich., a psychiatrist, for scholarships at the College of Medicine.

U. of Illinois at Springfield: $1,000,000 pledge from anonymous donors to support programs at Sangamon Auditorium.

U. of North Texas: $1,000,000 from Don A. Buchholz of Dallas, chairman of Southwest Securities Group, to establish a professorship in community-college education at the College of Education.

U. of Richmond (Va.): $2,000,000 from Russell C. Williams of Hanover, Pa., a lawyer and vice-president of Hanover Shoe Farms, which breeds horses for harness racing, to endow a professorship at the School of Law.

U. of Rochester (N.Y.): $4,800,000 bequest from the estate of Mary Whipple Clark of Rochester, N.Y., daughter-in-law of George Clark, an initial investor in Eastman Kodak, and widow of Donald Clark, a financier, to endow a professorship in internal medicine and a musculoskeletal-research fund at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, and for unrestricted use at the Memorial Art Gallery.

Washington and Jefferson College (Pa.): $2,500,000 from the Cameron family of Washington, Pa., former owners of a Coca-Cola bottling company, to improve the stadium.

Wayne State U. (Mich.): $1,945,000 from T. Norris Hitchman of Dearborn, Mich., a retired stockbroker, and his wife, Vivilore, to establish and endow the Student Achievement Program, which will provide scholarships and mentor activities for students while requiring them to participate in community-service projects.