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The following is Copyright 2000 The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.
A shorter version of this list was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac on August 27, 1999. Additions to the list since then appear in bold italics. Last updated on February 18, 2000. Supplements to earlier gifts are counted separately.
Gates Millennium Scholars program: from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, $1 billion; 1999*
Vanderbilt University: from the Ingram Charitable Fund, $300 million; stock; 1998*
Emory University: from the Lettie Pate Evans, Joseph B. Whitehead, and Robert W. Woodruff Foundations, $295 million; stock; 1996
University of California at San Francisco: from the estate of Larry L. Hillblom, up to $240 million to establish the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, which will support medical research at the university and be of benefit to other charities; stock, land, and other assets; 1998*
New York University: from Sir Harold Acton, a 57-acre Italian estate, a collection of Renaissance art, and at least $25 million in cash with a value estimated by the university of more than$125 million and perhaps as much as $500 million; 1994*
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: from the F.W. Olin Foundation, at least $200 million to establish the college; cash; 1997*
Stanford University: from James H. Clark, $150 million, nature of gift not disclosed; 1999*
Polytechnic University: from Donald and Mildred Topp Othmer, $144.2 million; cash; 1998*
DePauw University: from Ruth Clark and Philip Forbes Holton, $128 million; stock; 1997
Louisiana State University: from Claude B. (Doc) Pennington, $125 million; stock and gas-and-oil royalties; 1981*
University of Nebraska: from Mildred Topp Othmer, $125 million; cash; 1998*
University of Pennsylvania: from Walter H. Annenberg, $120 million; cash; 1993
University of Southern California: from Walter H. Annenberg, $120 million; cash; 1993
University of Southern California: from the W.M. Keck Foundation, $110 million; cash; 1999*
Emory University: from Robert W. Woodruff, $105 million; stock; 1979
Barksdale Reading Institute at the University of Mississippi's School of Education: from James L. and Sally Barksdale; $100 million; stocks; 2000*
Cornell University: from an anonymous donor, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999*
Cornell University Medical College: from Joan and Sanford I. Weill, $100 million; nature o f gift not disclosed; 1998
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: from Kenan E. Sahin, $100 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999*
Princeton University: from Gordon Y.S. Wu, $100 million; cash and securities; 1995*
Regent University: from the Christian Broadcasting Network, $100 million; interest-bearing note convertible to stock; 1992 1*
Rowan University: from Henry M. and Betty L. Rowan, $100 million; stock and cash; 1992*
Scripps Research Institute: from L. Samuel and Aline W. Skaggs, $100 million; cash; 1996*
University of North Dakota: from Ralph and Betty Engelstad, $100 million; cash, stocks and other assets; 1998*
University of Pennsylvania: from the Abramson Family Foundation, $100 million; cash; 1997*
University of Southern California: from Alfred E. Mann, $100 million; bequest; 1998*
Washington University (Mo.): from the Danforth Foundation, $100 million; stock; 1986
Washington University (Mo.): from the Danforth Foundation, $100 million; stock; 1997
University of Utah: from Jon M. Huntsman, $90 million; cash; 1995*
Yale University: from the estate of Paul Mellon, $90 million; cash, along with 155 paintings, drawings, and sculptures; 1999*
Emory University School of Theology: from the estates of W.I.H. and Lula Pitts, $83.3 millon; trust; 1999
Young Harris College: from the estates of W.I.H. and Lula Pitts and Margaret Adger Pitts, $82 million; trust; 1999
Iowa State University: from Raymond and Mary Baker, $80 million; stocks; 1999*
Stanford University: from William R. Hewlett and David Packard, $77 million; cash and securities; 1994*
Harvard University: from Edward Mallinckrodt, $75.5 million; securities; 1982
Florida International University: from Mitchell Wolfson, a museum and its collection, with a value estimated by the university of $75.5 million; 1997
Mount Sinai School of Medicine: from the Frederick and Sharon Klingenstein Fund, $75 million, cash and securities; 1999*
Harvard University: from John L. and Frances Lehman Loeb, $70.5 million; cash; 1995*
Liberty University: from Arthur and Angela Williams, $70 million; cash; 1997
Stanford University: from David and Lucile Packard, $70 million; stock and cash; 1986
University of Cincinnati Medical Center: from the estate of William A. French, $70 million trust; 1999*
California Institute of Technology: from Rea and Lela Axline, $60 million; cash; 1999
Columbia University: from John W. Kluge, $60 million; cash, stock, and bonds; 1993*
Georgetown University Medical Center: from the estate of Harry A. Toulmin, Jr., $60 million; charitable trust; 1997*
Harvard University Medical School: from Isabelle and Leonard Goldenson, $60 million planned gifts of an undisclosed form; 1994*
Illinois Institute of Technology: from Robert W. Galvin, $60 million; cash; 1996*
Illinois Institute of Technology: from Robert A. Pritzker, $60 million; cash; 1996*
University of Mississippi: from the Joseph C. Bancroft Charitable and Educational Fund, $60 million; trust; 1997*
University of Virginia: from Frank Batten, Sr., $60 million; stock; 1999
Asbury Theological Seminary: from Ralph Waldo Beeson, $58 million; stock and bonds; 1990
University of Miami: from James L. Knight, $56 million; charitable trust; 1986*
Berry College: from J. Bulow Campbell, $55 million; charitable trust; 1995
Columbia Theological Seminary: from J. Bulow Campbell, $55 million; charitable trust; 1995
Johns Hopkins University: from Michael R. Bloomberg, $55 million; cash; 1995
Princeton University: from Peter B. Lewis, $55 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1999*
Washington University (Mo.): from the Danforth Foundation, $55 million; stock; 1986
Samford University: from Ralph Waldo Beeson, $54.8 million; stock and bonds; 1990
Texas A&M University: from Dwight Look, $52 million; land; 1992
Pepperdine University: from Blanche Ebert Seaver, $51.7 million; cash and stock; 1996
University of Houston: from John and Rebecca Moores, $51.4 million; stock; 1991
Brown University: from Walter H. Annenberg, $50 million; nature of gift not disclosed; 1993*
California Institute of Technology: from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, $50 million; cash and stock; 1986*
Columbia University School of Public Health: from the William H. Gates Foundation, $50 million; cash; 1999*
Cornell University Medical College: from an anonymous donor, $50 million; charitable trust 19832
Drake University: from Dwight D. Opperman, $50 million; cash and charitable remainder trust; 1997*
Johns Hopkins University: from the Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund, $50 million; cash; 1992*
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences: from the W.M. Keck Foundation, $50 million; cash; 1997
Stanford University: from William R. Hewlett, $50 million; cash and stock; 1986
United Negro College Fund: from Walter H. Annenberg, $50 million; cash; 1990*
University of Arizona College of Law: from James E. Rogers, $50 million; cash supplementing earlier pledges totaling $50 million this year; 1998*
University of Arkansas: from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, $50 million cash; 1998
University of Richmond: from E. Claiborne Robins, $50 million; stock; 1969
University of Saint Thomas (Minn.): from Richard M. and Sandra Schulze, $50 million; cash and stock; 2000*
Yale University: from Paul Mellon, $50 million; art works and historical documents; 1992
Note: Value of gifts is based on information from institutions or donors at the time the gifts were promised. In cases of stock, property, art and other non-cash donations, actual value may have increased or dropped since gift was pledged or received.
* Full amount of gift not yet received.
1. Christian Broadcasting Network and Regent are separate legal entities, but CBN's directors select the university trustees, and CBN provides financial and other support to Regent.
2. Institution would not provide details on status of gift.
SOURCE: CHRONICLE REPORTING
Copyright 2000 The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.
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