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$4.5-billion (bequest)
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James LeVoy Sorenson, chairman of Sorenson Development
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To the Sorenson Legacy Foundation (Salt Lake City)
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$1-billion (pledge)
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Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, and his wife, Joan Ganz Cooney
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To the Peter G. Peterson Foundation (New York)
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$360-million (bequest)
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Harold Alfond, founder of the Dexter Shoe Company
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To the Harold Alfond Foundation (Portland, Me.)
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$300-million (pledge)
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David G. Booth, founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors, and his wife, Suzanne
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To University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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$300-million (bequest)
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Donald B. Stabler, founder of Stabler Companies, and his wife, Dorothy
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To the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation (Harrisburg, Pa.)
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$225-million (bequest)
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Dorothy Clarke Patterson, widow of James J. Patterson, an heir to the Tribune Company fortune
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To the Patterson Foundation (Sarasota, Fla.)
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$150-million (pledge)
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Helen L. Kimmel, widow of Martin S. Kimmel, a co-founder of Kimco Realty Corporation
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To New York University Langone Medical Center for a new facility
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$136-million (bequest)
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Frank C. Doble, founder of Doble Engineering Company
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To Lesley University (Cambridge, Mass.) for its endowment
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$136-million (bequest)
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Frank C. Doble, founder of Doble Engineering Company
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To Tufts University (Medford, Mass.) for its endowment
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$110.8-million
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Jeffrey S. Skoll, former president of eBay
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To the Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.)
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$100-million (pledge)
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Gerhard R. Andlinger, founder of Andlinger & Company
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To Princeton University (N.J.) for research and education on efforts to stop global warming
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$100-million (pledge)
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Eli Broad, founding chairman of KB Home Corporation and SunAmerica, and his wife, Edythe
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To the Broad Foundations (Los Angeles)
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$100-million (pledge)
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Philip H. Knight, co-founder and chairman of Nike, and his wife, Penny
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To the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation (Portland)
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$100-million (pledge)
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David H. Koch, executive vice president of Koch Industries
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To City Center of Music and Drama (New York) to renovate New York State Theater
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$100-million (pledge)
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Kenneth G. Langone, co-founder of the Home Depot retail chain, and his wife, Elaine
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To New York University Langone Medical Center
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$100-million (pledge)
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David Rockefeller, retired chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank
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To Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) for arts and study-abroad programs
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$100-million (pledge)
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Stephen A. Schwarzman, co-founder of the Blackstone Group
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To New York Public Library
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$94.8-million (bequest)
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Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ, co-founders of Systems Research Laboratories
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To Ohio University, Russ College of Engineering and Technology (Athens)
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Note: Does not include gifts of artwork or other noncash donations, or gifts from anonymous donors. Unless otherwise noted, the donor did not place any restrictions on how the money was to be used.
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