The Also-Rans
Other known gifts of over $1 million in 1996

Introduction

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

61. VICTOR ELMALEH--$1.5 million pledge to the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA from the chairman of the board of World-Wide Holdings Corp. in New York for the design and construction of an addition for the School of Architecture. Elmaleh is a 1942 graduate of the University of Virginia architecture school and a member of its advisory board. The architecture addition will be named in honor of Elmaleh and his wife, Sono Osato, a former Broadway dancer.

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62. B. FUQUA--$1.5 million to the ATLANTA COMMITTEE FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES from the owner of Fuqua Enterprises for portable toilets, water stations, and shade structures in and around Olympic venues.

63. JOHN GEORGES and LOU GEORGES--$1.5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN from the chairman of International Paper Co. and his wife, to establish an institute for corporate and educational leadership in the College of Commerce and Business Administration and the College of Engineering.

64. JOHN K. HANSON and LUISE HANSON--$1.5 million to WALDORF COLLEGE (Iowa) from the chairman of the board of Winnebago Industries and his wife for the college's capital campaign.

65. KENNETH L. HARRIS--$1.5 million to FAULKNER UNIVERSITY (Ala.) for program support.

66. GEORGE DEAN JOHNSON JR. and SUSAN JOHNSON--$1.5 million to WOFFORD COLLEGE (S.C.) for a visiting professorship in history from this former president of the domestic consumer division of Blockbuster Entertainment and his wife.

67. RALPH LEATHERBY and ELEANOR LEATHERBY--$1.5 million to CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY for a Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics.

68. RUTH STRICKER-DAYTON and BRUCE DAYTON--$1.5 million to MACALESTER COLLEGE to help build a new residence hall, which will be named in her honor. Ruth Stricker-Dayton is a trustee of the college and a businesswoman. One of the features of the hall will be a center for health and wellness. Stricker-Dayton is a 1957 Macalester graduate and is the founder, owner, and director of The Marsh, a center for balance and fitness in Minnetonka, Minn. In 1975, she was diagnosed with lupus, an chronic disease in which inflammation of connective tissue and membranes around joints and muscles makes movement painful. She founded The Marsh 10 years later. In 1994, she received the Healthy American Leader Award in recognition of her leadership in the mind-body approach to wellness.

69. JOHN MELLENCAMP--$1.5 million to INDIANA UNIVERSITY for an indoor-sports practice facility. The building, paid for with $6 million in private funds, is called the John Mellencamp Pavilion.

70. WILLIAM THUMEL JR.--$1.5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE (Md.) for undergraduate- and graduate-student scholarships in business. This is the largest gift in the school's 72-year history. Thumel is a 1969 graduate of the university and donated the money in honor of his father. The university has said it will name the building that houses the Merrick School of Business for William Thumel Sr. William Thumel Jr. is the founder of Abacus Temporary Services, the nation's fourth-largest temporary-employment-services company.

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