February 10, 2013
Amount donated in 2012: $60-million
Top beneficiary: Columbia University Medical Center
Other notable gift: $20-million to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Background: Mr. Irving co-founded the Sysco Corporation, a distributor of food-service products.
Herbert Irving, 94, and Florence Irving pledged $40-million to Columbia University Medical Center to support the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and $20-million to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to build a new bone-marrow transplant facility. The Irvings did not disclose a payment schedule for the Columbia University gift, but they plan to complete payments to the NewYork-Presbyterian by 2016.
