$30-Million Gift Goes to Community Fund; Other Donations

Four institutions have received big gifts.

The Community Foundation Silicon Valley, in San Jose, Cal., has received $30-million from an anonymous donor. The benefactor will work with the foundation, which makes grants in Santa Clara County, Cal., to decide which organizations will receive support from the gift.

After a four-year court battle, the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, has received $14.5-million from the estate of Hugh F. Culverhouse for the College of Commerce and Business Administration.

Mr. Culverhouse, an alumnus, tax lawyer, and former owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team, had bequeathed $10-million to the university on the condition that the business school be named after him. He had also promised the business school a percentage of his estate.

Upon his death in 1994, his widow, Joy, sued to gain control over her husband’s estimated $381-million fortune. She alleged that Mr. Culverhouse had tricked her out of her share of the estate, and she fought to block the gift to the university.

The agreement between the university, Mrs. Culverhouse, and trustees of the estate provides for the naming of the business school in Mr. Culverhouse’s honor.

Long Island University has received $12-million from Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., former chairman of Pfizer, and his wife, Jinny. The gift will be divided equally and used for capital improvements to the university’s residential campuses in Brooklyn, Brookville, and Southampton, N.Y.

The lawyer Joe Jamail and his wife, Lee, have given $10-million to the Texas Heart Institute, in Houston, for laboratory space for cardiovascular research.

Other recent gifts:

Allegheny College (Pa.): $4,000,000 from Arthur Steffee of Cleveland, an orthopedic surgeon and founder of AcroMed, a company that manufactures spinal-implant devices, and his brother, William, a physician and chairman of AcroMed, for the Hall of Advanced Biology.

American Cancer Society-Utah Division: $3,350,000 bequest from the estate of Helen Lowe Bamberger Colby of Holladay, Utah, for unrestricted use.

Auburn U. (Ala.): $1,250,000 from Robert E. Lowder of Montgomery, Ala., chairman of Colonial BancGroup, and his wife, Charlotte, to establish a center for entrepreneurship and family business in the College of Business.

Bethany College (W.Va.): $1,500,000 from A. Herbert Sandwen of Weymouth, Mass., an industrialist and residential realtor, to endow a professorship in music.

Bridgewater State College (Mass.):$1,000,000 from Mary Hart Cogan of Chatham, Mass., a former elementary-school teacher, for the annual fund.

Bronx High School of Science (N.Y.): $1,000,000 from Leonard A. Lauder of New York, chairman of the Estee Lauder Companies, and his brother, Ronald, chairman of Estee Lauder International, for endowment.

Case Western Reserve U. (Ohio): $9,000,000 pledge from Peter B. Lewis of Cleveland, chairman of the Progressive Corporation, to construct the new campus of the Weatherhead School of Management. That pledge augments a $15,000,000 commitment made by Mr. Lewis in June 1996.

College of the Holy Cross (Mass.): Charitable remainder trust valued at $5,000,000 from Cornelius B. Prior, Jr., of St. Thomas, V.I., owner of the Virgin Islands Telephone Network, for professorships in the fine arts, history, and the humanities.

Davidson College (N.C.): $1,000,000 from the children of the late John T. Kimbrough of Davidson, a mathematics professor at the college, to endow a professorship in the mathematics department.

The Detroit Medical Center: $5,000,000 from Richard Helppie of West Bloomfield, Mich., chairman of Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation, and his wife, Leslie, to establish a pediatric-health research center.

Franklin College (Ind.): $1,000,000 from Clifford H. Dietz of Indianapolis, chairman of Engineered Models Corporation, and his wife, Paula, for the Dietz Center for Professional Development and for unrestricted use.

George Fox U. (Ore.): $3,000,000 pledge from an anonymous couple for unrestricted use.

Greenville College (Ill.): Charitable gift annuity valued at $1,000,000 from Glen Crum of Rushville, Ill., and his wife, Maxine, former shareholders in Schuyler Telephone Company, to retire debt on the recreation center.

Heard Museum (Ariz.): $1,000,000 from Virginia M. Ullman of Phoenix to construct a permanent exhibit honoring Arizona’s 21 American Indian tribal communities.

Hospital for Special Surgery (N.Y.): $1,000,000 from Alan C. Greenberg of New York, chairman of the Bear Stearns Companies, to purchase the anti-impotence drug Viagra for low-income men.

Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis: $5,000,000 from Anita C. Inlow of Carmel, Ind., whose late husband, Lawrence, was executive vice-president and general counsel at Conseco Inc., for the law school’s capital campaign.

The Johns Hopkins U. (Md.): $3,000,000 from Roger C. Lipitz of Baltimore, chairman of Baltimore Development Corporation, to establish the Lipitz Research and Policy Center for Integrated Health Care and a professorship at the center, and $1,500,000 from Oma Fleming of Burke, Va., a retired businessman, and his wife, Sue, for a professorship in neurosurgery at the School of Medicine.

John Carroll U. (Ohio): $1,000,000 from Jack Kahl of Avon, Ohio, chief executive officer of Manco Inc., for a professorship in the Boler School of Business.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (D.C.): $7,000,000 bequest from the estate of Carolyn E. Agger of Washington, a lawyer, to support and expand chamber-music concerts in the Terrace Theater.

Judson College (Ala.): $1,000,000 from Robert E. Lowder of Montgomery, Ala., chairman of Colonial BancGroup, and his wife, Charlotte, for capital improvements.

Lamar U. (Tex.): $1,000,000 from William Mitchell of Austin, Tex., retired vice-chairman of Texas Instruments, and his wife, Mary, for scholarships and for a professorship in engineering.

Lebanon Valley College (Pa.): $1,250,000 from Suzanne H. Arnold of Annville, Pa., a community volunteer, and $1,000,000 from Edward H. Arnold of Lebanon, Pa., chairman of Arnold Industries, to help construct a physical-therapy facility.

Malvern Preparatory School (Pa.): $2,500,000 from Donald F. O’Neill of Rydal, Pa., chairman of Paper Manufacturers Company, for a new athletic facility.

Marian College of Fond du Lac (Wis.): $1,000,000 from an anonymous donor to endow scholarships.

Medical U. of South Carolina: $1,500,000 bequest from the estate of Reeva E. Donoghue of Denver, whose late husband, James, was an oil and gas businessman, to support scleroderma research.

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego: $1,000,000 from David C. Copley of La Jolla, Cal., president and chief executive officer of the Copley Press, and his mother, Helen, for the endowment campaign.

National Center for Learning Disabilities (N.Y.): $1,000,000 from Anne Ford of New York, great-granddaughter of Henry Ford, for a public-information campaign and for programs in low-income neighborhoods.

Niagara U. (N.Y.): $3,000,000 from Robert Dwyer of Summit, N.J., executive vice-president and national sales director at Dean Witter Reynolds, and his wife, Connie, to expand the ice complex and increase seating for hockey games.

North Greenville College (S.C.): $1,000,000 from Joe Frank Hayes of Travelers Rest, S.C., chairman of Hayes Food Products, and his wife, Eleanor, to help construct a fine-arts center.

Rochester Area Community Foundation (N.Y.): $7,000,000 bequest from the estate of Roxanne Marshall of Pompano Beach, Fla., a retired middle-school librarian, for a fund to benefit senior citizens in Genesee County, N.Y.

Salisbury State U. (Md.): $1,000,000 from Richard A. Henson of Salisbury, Md., founder of Henson Aviation, for equipment for the School of Science and Technology.

St. Louis College of Pharmacy: $1,000,000 from an anonymous donor to promote education about the proper use of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

Texas Tech U.: $1,100,000 from Alex Munson of Lubbock, Tex., a child psychiatrist and vice-president of Canyon Lakes Residential Treatment Center, and his wife, Patti, for undergraduate scholarships for female basketball players, for the Athletic Academic Services Building, to endow the women’s-basketball coaching position, and for programming at the classical-music station.

Trinity College (Conn.): $1,000,000 from Thomas S. Johnson of New York, chairman of GreenPoint Bank, and his wife, Ann, for the Boys & Girls Club of Trinity College and for the Center for Collaborative Teaching and Research, and $1,000,000 from Raymond Joslin of Greenwich, Conn., vice-president of the Hearst Corporation, and his wife, Alicia, for scholarships.

Troy State U. (Ala.): $1,000,000 from Richard M. Scrushy of Birmingham, Ala., president and chief executive officer of HealthSouth, to renovate the football stadium.

U. of Denver: A home valued at $1,150,000 from Bill Daniels of Denver and Palm Springs, Cal., founder of Daniels Communications, to be the residence of the university’s chancellor, and $500,000 for renovations to that home.

U. of Dubuque (Iowa): $5,000,000 from Charles C. Myers of Omaha, chairman of the Myers Group, and his wife, Romona, for a new library.

U. of Georgia: $2,200,000 bequest from the estates of William I. Ray, Jr., of Atlanta, retired president of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and his wife, Kay, for scholarships, equipment, and technology at the College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

U. of Iowa: $2,500,000 from Stanley M. Howe of Muscatine, Iowa, chairman emeritus of HON Industries, for the College of Business Administration’s evening M.B.A. program.

U. of Kansas: $2,200,000 from Dane G. Bales of Logan, Kan., manager of the Dane G. Hansen Trust, an oil company, and his wife, Polly, to maintain a recital hall and for cancer research.

U. of Missouri at Columbia: $2,200,000 from Russell D. Shelden of Kansas City, Mo., a retired anesthesiologist, and his wife, Mary, to endow a professorship in anesthesiology and for an academic-resource center for student athletes.

U. of Rhode Island: $3,000,000 from Alan Shawn Feinstein of Cranston, R.I., a financial adviser and newsletter publisher, to establish a full-day kindergarten and for scholarships at the College of Continuing Education.

U. of Scranton (Pa.): $4,000,000 from Arthur J. Kania of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., an accountant and lawyer, and his wife, Angela, for scholarships and to endow the School of Management.

U. of Virginia: $1,500,000 from Thomas A. Saunders III of New York, founder of the investment firm Saunders Karp & Megrue, his wife, Jordan, and his daughter, Calvert, to endow professorships in the schools of architecture, education, and nursing.

Washington and Jefferson College (Pa.): $5,000,000 from Alberto Vilar of New York, president of Amerindo Investment Advisors, for a new technology center.

Whitman-Walker Clinic (D.C.): $2,000,000 bequest from the estate of Richard Karpawich of Washington, a doctor, for endowment.