The Also-Rans
Other known gifts of over $1 million in 1996
Posted Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1996, at 2:20 AM ETIntroduction
The 1996 SLATE 60
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of 1996.
The Also-Rans
Other known gifts of over $1 million in 1996.
Competitive Generosity 101
31. SCOTT M. BLACK and BARBARA C. BLACK--$2 million to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Md.) from the founder and CEO of Delphi Management Co. and the president of the Barbara Scott Gallery, respectively, for a chair in economics at the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
32. BUD CRAY and RICHARD CRAY--$2 million to BENEDICTINE COLLEGE (Kan.) from the sons of the late founder of the Midwest Grain Products Co. for a new center for entrepreneurial studies. Bud Cray is a resident of Atchison, Kan., and Richard Cray lives in Kansas City, Mo.
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33. GEORGE M.C. FISHER and ANN FISHER--$2 million to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN for two professorships and for uses to be determined, from the chairman, president, and CEO of Eastman Kodak and his wife.
34. JOSEPH B. and ALMA GLIDENHORN--$2 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK for a center for the performing arts.
35. ADRIAN HARMON and MARGARET HARMON--$2 million to CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY from the chairman emeritus of the Mercantile Bank of Warrensburg and a former board member and secretary at Central Mortgage Bancshares to establish the eponymous College of Business and Economics.
36. PAULINE LEWIS HAYWORTH--$2 million to QUEENS COLLEGE (N.C.) from this alumna of the Class of 1950.
37. INGE RENNART and IRA RENNART--$2 million to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY from this trustee and her husband, the president of the Renco Group, a holding company, to establish the Lillian Vernon Global Faculty Residence.
38. MARILYN GADDIS ROSE and STEPHEN DAVID ROSE--$2 million to the STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON for program support.
39. THE WILLIAM HEWLETT FAMILY--$2 million for MENLO COLLEGE (Calif.) for program support.
40. THOMAS P. JOHNSON--$2 million to ROLLINS COLLEGE (Fla.) for a campus center from the former co-owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
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