Thursday, January 05, 2006

The Chronicle, 1/1/2006: Biggest Gifts Announced in 2005

The Chronicle, 1/1/2006: Biggest Gifts Announced in 2005: "Biggest Gifts Announced in 2005
Amount

Donor

Purpose or beneficiary
$400-million (bequest)

Cordelia Scaife May, an heiress to the Mellon fortune

To the Colcom Foundation (Pittsburgh)
$320-million

William H. (Bill) Gates III, chairman of Microsoft, and his wife, Melinda F. Gates

To the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)
$206-million

George Soros, a financier in New York

To Central European U. (Budapest) for its endowment
$115-million (pledge)

Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle

To Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.) to finance research on global health
$105-million (pledge)

Jan T. Vilcek, medical professor at New York U. School of Medicine, and his wife, Marica F. Vilcek

To New York U. School of Medicine for its Department of Microbiology"

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