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

71. RICHARD E. O'LEARY and ANN O'LEARY--$1.5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN to endow a fund in the College of Education.

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72. JOHN O'QUINN--$1.5 million to help build a counseling center for sexually abused children from this Houston, Texas, attorney. The O'Quinn donation is the largest single gift the center has received to date.

73. WILLIAM F. REILLY--$1.5 million for merit scholarships to the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME.

74. MASON RUDD and MARY RUDD--$1.4 million to the UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE (Ky.) from the founder of Rudd Equipment Co. and his wife, for a chair in the School of Medicine neurology department.

75. LOWELL ANDREAS and NADINE ANDREAS--$1.4 million to MANKATO STATE UNIVERSITY (Minn.) from the chairman of the executive committee of the board of the Archer Daniels Midland Co. and his wife to build an experimental theater for student actors and other artists.

76. TEVE CHEHEYL--$1.4 million in cash, equipment, and services to DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (N.H.) from this 1967 alumnus and his company, BayNetworks. This gift from the retired senior executive as well as a similar one from his BayNetworks colleague VAHRAM ERDEKIAN '71 will speed up the delivery of network services and access to Internet resources.

77. THE FAMILY OF DAVID C. SMITH--$1.3 million to the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON for new greenhouses from the family of this late chairman of the university's Agronomy Department.

78. CHARLES J. PRIZER and DOROTHY PRIZER--$1.25 million to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN to endow a chair in chemical engineering from a former vice president of Rohm & Haas and his wife.

79. PERSHING E. MacALLISTER and BECKY MacALLISTER--$1.2 million to CARROLL COLLEGE (Wis.) from the chairman of the board of MacAllister Machinery and his wife for endowment and capital improvements.

80. ALAN B. SLIFKA and FAMILY--$1.2 million to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (Mass.) for programs to promote greater understanding between Arab and Jewish Israelis. The gift will establish the Sylvia and Joseph Slifka Israeli Coexistence Endowment Fund, which will provide undergraduate scholarships to an Israeli Jew and an Israeli Arab annually. The Slifka family of New York are real-estate developers and investment managers.

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