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Honorable Mentions100 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1998.

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64. ALBERT H. GORDON, MAGGIE (FINN) and GORDON GRAY JR., KATHERINE B. LOKER, BARBARA (UDOVICH) and THOMAS F. STEPHENSON--a new $5 million challenge fund at HARVARD UNIVERSITY to match contributions in support of women's athletics.

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64. IRVING B. HARRIS--$5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO to establish the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy at the Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies. Harris is chairman of the executive committee of Pittway Corp.

64. RITA HAUSER--$5 million to create a $15 million Women's Challenge Fund at HARVARD UNIVERSITY. To complete the challenge Hauser enlisted four other women to contribute an additional $5 million and asked the university to contribute $5 million. The fund will match all gifts from women in amounts ranging from $25,000 to $250,000. The other donors were LISA S. CASHIN, BARBARA MORRIS CASPERSEN, MARY GORDON ROBERTS and an ANONYMOUS WOMAN.

64. THE RICHARD D. and LESLIE HELPPIE FAMILY--$5 million to establish the Helppie Institute for Urban Pediatric Health Research at the CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN. The institute will conduct research in search of cures for diseases and afflictions affecting urban children such as cerebral palsy, sickle cell anemia, and juvenile onset diabetes. Richard D. Helppie is the chairman, president, and CEO of the consulting firm Superior Consultant Holdings.

64. ANITA C. INLOW--$5 million to the INDIANA UNIVERSITY School of Law-Indianapolis to help construct a new building as a tribute to her late husband, Lawrence W. Inlow, for whom the building will be named. Lawrence Inlow was an attorney and general counsel for Conseco Inc.

64. JEROM E. KERN--$5 million to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY for scholarships for law school students who are pursuing careers in public service from the vice chairman of Tele-Communications Inc.

64. JEONG H. KIM--$5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND at College Park to endow information technology professorships, programs, and scholarships in the School of Engineering. Kim is president of Carrier Networks-Data Networking Systems of Potomac, Md.

64. WILLIAM R. KIMBALL and BARBARA W. BROWNING--$5 million to WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY to help construct a visual arts center. Kimball lives in San Francisco and Browning, his sister, resides in Ogden, Utah.

64. WILLIAM C. KNAPP--$5 million to DRAKE UNIVERSITY (Iowa) from the founder of Iowa Realty Co. and chairman of Knapp Properties.

64. DAVID and ELIZABETH KRUIDENIER--$5 million to DRAKE UNIVERSITY. Elizabeth Kruidenier is a 1973 Drake Law School graduate and a partner in a Des Moines law firm.

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