Honorable Mentions211 other known gifts of more than $1 million in 1997

130. CLARICE BAGWELL–Real estate valued at $2 million to KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) for unrestricted use, from the chair of American Proteins.



130. LYLE and JANIS BERMAN with NATHAN and THERESA BERMAN–$2 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA for a chair in Jewish studies from the CEO of Grand Casinos and his wife and parents.



130. JAMES F. and LORRAINE BOCCARDO–$2 million to SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (Calif.) from this lawyer and his wife to renovate classrooms in the College of Business.



130. JOHN and KATHRYN BURKE–Total 1997 contributions: $2 million. $1.5 million to the MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM and $500,000 to a new nonprofit corporation called the SPIRIT OF MILWAUKEE that will help finance artwork in the new Midwest Express Center. John Burke is a real-estate developer and former management-company owner. Kathryn Burke has served on the Wisconsin Arts Board since 1988 and is chairman of the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.



130. DOUGLAS P. and MARGARET COLBETH–$2 million to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHAMPAIGN-URBANA to endow research in mental health, from the president of Spyglass Inc., a developer of science-related software, and his wife.



130. CARL DeSANTIS–$2 million to FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY for a center for the study and development of the U.S. motion picture and entertainment industry. DeSantis is founder and chairman of the Boca Raton, Fla.-based Rexall Sundown vitamin company.



130. MICHAEL D. DINGMAN–$2 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Business School for the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship from the president and CEO of Shipston Group Ltd. This brings his total giving to the center to $6 million, starting with a $2-million grant to establish it in 1987.



130. CHARLOTTE FAILING–$2 million to WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY School of Medicine (Mich.) to endow a chair in prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy, from the former president of the board of Hutzel Hospital and Grosse Pointe, Mich., resident.



130. SALLY M. FANTLE–$2 million to AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (S.D.) to construct a new facility for the Center for Western Studies and for the social-science building. The gift is the largest in the college’s 137-year history.



130. DAVID FILO and CHIH-YUAN “JERRY” YANG–$2 million to STANFORD UNIVERSITY School of Engineering (Calif.), their alma mater, to endow a chair. Filo and Yang are the inventors of Yahoo!, the first online directory for the World Wide Web. At ages 30 and 28, respectively, the two are the youngest individuals to have endowed a chair at Stanford in the 22 years covered by university records. Filo also recently made a $1-million gift to Tulane University (La.) for a professorship in electrical engineering and computer science.