October 2, 2003 | Read Time: 2 minutes
Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, has committed $100-million to create the Allen Institute for Brain Science, in Seattle. The institute’s inaugural project, the Allen Brain Atlas, will attempt to map the genes that are responsible for operating the mammalian brain. Mr. Allen and Bill Gates created Microsoft in 1976.
Other recent gifts:
Animal Protective League (Cleveland): bequest of approximately $4-million from Helen King Brydle, of Hunting Valley, Ohio, who owned an insurance agency, for unrestricted use. Part of the gift — $3-million — has already been received and the remainder, estimated to be more than $1-million, will be distributed after Ms. Brydle’s estate is settled.
Culinary Institute of America (St. Helena, Calif.): $1.5-million from Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma (San Francisco), to create a center for the study of culinary flavors and their development in food and wine.
Holden Arboretum (Kirtland, Ohio): $3-million bequest from Helen King Brydle, of Hunting Valley, Ohio, who owned an insurance agency, for endowment.
Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital (Washington): $2-million from Kay and Robert Schattner, creator of Chloraseptic, a throat spray, and president of Sporicidin International (Rockville, Md.), which develops medical, dental, and household antimicrobial products. The gift will support expansion of the educational program, including the addition of a pre-kindergarten class.
Johnson County Community College Foundation (Overland Park, Kan.): $1.5-million from Margaret and Jerome Nerman, co-founder of Arrow Truck Sales (Kansas City, Mo.), and their son, Lewis, to construct a museum of contemporary art.
Mississippi State U., College of Architecture (Starkville, Miss.): $2.5-million from Fred E. Carl Jr., president of the Viking Range Corporation (Greenwood, Miss.), a manufacturer of professional-grade kitchen appliances, for research and education on the design of small towns.
Northwest Foundation (Maryville, Mo.): $10-million from an anonymous donor to provide scholarships for students at Northwest Missouri State U.
Nova Southeastern U. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): $7-million from Alvin Sherman, of Miami, a real-estate developer, for a library to be shared by Broward County residents and the university.
Roger Williams U. (Bristol, R.I.): $2-million from Peggy and Marc Spiegel, a senior consultant at the Motion Picture Association of America (Encino, Calif.), to establish a Center for Global and International Programs and to support its programs.
Stanford U. (Palo Alto, Calif.): $2.5-million from Sara and Sohaib Abbasi, a retired executive at Oracle Corporation (Redwood Shores, Calif.), to establish an Islamic-studies program; and $2-million from Lysbeth Warren, president of the Amber Foundation, in Los Altos, Calif., to endow a professorship in Islamic studies.
U. of Maryland at College Park: $3-million pledge from Robert H. Smith, a real-estate developer in Arlington, Va., and a 1950 graduate of the university, to expand technology resources at the business school.
United Hospital (St. Paul): $5-million from Nancy and Larry Bentson, chairman of Midcontinent Media Company (Edina, Minn.), to endow a chair and support research at the John Nasseff Neuroscience Institute.
