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Anonymous Gifts From Individuals, 1999; $1 million and above.

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By |Posted Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, at 10:12 PM ET

24. $1.7 million to ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY (Texas) to help students at the school of law take courses to help them pass the state bar examination.

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25. $1.6 million to OHIO UNIVERSITY's Russ College of Engineering and Technology for unrestricted use.

26. $1.5 million to EMORY UNIVERSITY (Ga.) to expand and renovate performing arts facilities at its Oxford College two-year campus.

26. $1.5 million to HEBRON ACADEMY (Maine) to endow faculty salaries.

26. $1.5 million to the LOOMIS FOREST FUND (Wash.) to preserve a state-owned forest tract by offsetting the loss of logging income.

26. $1.5 million to the McCORMICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Ill.) to endow a professorship in urban ministries.

30. $1 million to BENEDICTINE COLLEGE (Kan.) to renovate Freshman Hall.

30. $1 million to BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE (Calif.) for the capital campaign.

30. $1 million to the CLEVELAND CLINIC for the capital campaign.

30. $1 million to FURMAN UNIVERSITY (S.C.) to purchase a pipe organ for the chapel.

30. $1 million to GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (Ore.) from a family to endow faculty development.

30. $1 million to HOLLINS UNIVERSITY (Va.) to help construct the Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center.

30. $1 million to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Md.) for unrestricted support of the Center for Talented Youth at the Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth.

30. $1 million to the NOLAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Arlington, Texas) for unrestricted use.

30. A $1 million pledge to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD to support programs at Sangamon Auditorium.

30. $1 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA to endow scholarships and a leadership center at the college of business and public administration.

30. $1 million to PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER (Ore.) for capital needs.

30. $1 million to the ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (N.Y.) from an anonymous donor to benefit the Hochstein School of Music.

30. $1 million to WOFFORD COLLEGE (S.C.) to construct science facilities.

30. $1 million to the WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (Calif.) for its economic justice program.

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