David Rubenstein Gives Duke $25 Million for Arts Building
The financier and culture patron, a 1970 Duke graduate and chairman of the university’s board of trustees, has now given about $100 million to his alma mater, the Raleigh News & Observer writes.
Gifts Roundup: $100-Million Gift Goes to Conflict Resolution
Other notable recent donations include $50 million to the University of Florida from the inventor of UV coatings for sunglasses and $45 million for Drexel University.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
NYU Engineering School Receives $100-Million Pledge
New York University’s Polytechnic School of Engineering will be renamed for finance executives Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon in recognition of the Manhattan couple’s donation, The Wall Street Journal reports.
$20-Million Gift Boosts U. of Vermont Business School
The contribution from the family philanthropy of businessman and alumnus Steven Grossman will endow three academic chairs and support other programs at the Vermont business school, the Burlington Free Press reports.
His and Her Giving: Separate Interests, Mutual Support
A wealthy couple living in the nation’s capital reaches out to nearby neighborhoods still struggling to recover from the legacy of racism and the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$100 Million Pledged for Brain Studies
The science-focused Kavli Foundation and seven institutions of higher education are together supporting the effort to advance research into traumatic injury and brain diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, Agence France-Presse reports.
Gifts of $37 Million and $20 Million Boost Business Schools
The business school at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, received a $37.6-million donation Thursday from Toronto financial-services entrepreneur Stephen Smith, The Globe and Mail writes, and Indiana University announced a $20-million gift to its Kelley School of Business from construction magnate Conrad T. Prebys.
Pledges at Clinton Gathering to Tackle Pollution, Child Mortality, and More
At the Clinton Global Initiative, which featured 123 new commitments, Bill Clinton praised the growth in partnerships among foundations, governments, and the private sector.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
$45-Million Gift to Drexel U., and $20 Million to U. of Washington
Drexel University’s School of Public Health has been renamed for Dana Dornsife and her husband, industrialist David Dornsife, in recognition of a $45-million donation, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie Ballmer, have given $20 million to the University of Washington School of Social Work, the Puget Sound Business Journal writes.
$100-Million Gift Creates Global Conflict Resolution Institute at University of Chicago
The gift from the Thomas L. Pearson and the Pearson Family Members Foundation is the second largest ever for the institution.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
U. of Florida Gets $50 Million to Expand Engineering School
The school will be renamed for donor Herbert Wertheim, a Miami optometrist and education philanthropist who invented the eyeglass tints that block UV rays, the Miami Herald reports.
Indiana U. Music School Receives $20-Million Contribution
The donation from David Henry Jacobs came a decade after a $40.6-million bequest from his late mother that led to the music school being renamed for the family, The Herald-Times of Bloomington writes.
McDonnells Give $20 Million for St. Louis Park Improvements
Former aerospace executive James S. McDonnell III, his wife, Elizabeth Hall McDonnell, and their charitable trust donated $20 million Friday to nonprofit St. Louis conservancy Forest Park Forever, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Gifts Roundup: Catholic and Charter Schools Get Millions of Dollars
Other notable recent gifts include $8 million for the Campbell University Law School from one of the investigators in the Watergate scandal, and $10 million for the Kennedy Center.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
U. of Wisconsin Gets $28 Million for Museum and Art Program
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $28-million pledge of artworks and cash from former Liz Claiborne executive Jerome Chazen and his wife, Simona, patrons of its campus’s art museum, reports the Wisconsin State Journal.
N.Y. Philharmonic Gets $25 Million Gift From Board Chair
The orchestra’s announcement Thursday of the donation by the financier Oscar S. Schafer and his wife, Didi, coincided with the group’s first performance in the newly rechristened David Geffen Hall, reports The New York Times.