HONORABLE MENTIONS
Other known gifts of over $1 million in 1996.

Introduction

The 1996 SLATE 60
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of 1996.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Other known gifts of over $1 million in 1996.

The Top 10 Anonymous Gifts of 1996

New 1997 Gifts

14. STANLEY C. GAULT--$5 million to the COLLEGE OF WOOSTER (Ohio) from the chairman of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for the capital campaign for the Flo K. Gault Library for Independent Study and other projects.

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14. CLAUS M. HALLE and MARIANNE HALLE--$5 million to EMORY UNIVERSITY (Ga.) to enable the university to develop a comprehensive and integrated program in international studies. Halle is a former Coca-Cola executive who retired in 1989 as senior executive vice president and head of Coca-Cola International. A new Institute for Global Education will be created that will bear the Halles' name. The Halles are citizens of Germany, and have been residents of Atlanta for 24 years.

14. GERALD R. JORDAN--$5 million to HARVARD COLLEGE to establish the Jordan Family Scholarship Fund in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from this alumnus and co-founder of Hellman, Jordan Management Co. in Boston.

14. LOUIS MARX JR.--$5 million to MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (Vt.) for program support from this New York City venture capitalist.

14. RICHARD MONFORT and CHRIS MONFORT--$5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO for endowment, renovations, and technology from the retired executive vice president of Con-Agra Refrigerated Goods and his wife.

14. DeVOE MOORE--$5 million to the FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY from this Tallahassee businessman and alumnus to create the DeVoe Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Government. The gift will pay for two professorships, an endowed chair, and student scholarships. Moore said, "It is my wish that this endowment be used to educate students in the area of government regulations and how these regulations affect private enterprise. It is very difficult for young people to start their own businesses as I have done because of the intrusion of government, particularly at the local level."

14. PARKER PETIT--$5 million to GEORGIA TECH for biotechnology research from the chairman of the Georgia-based Healthdyne Cos.

14. GRATIA (TOPSY) R. MONTGOMERY--$5 million to WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE (Mass.) to endow the Coastal Research Center from this South Dartmouth, Mass., resident, who is the granddaughter of the late mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart and the daughter of the late Alan G. Rinehart.

14. MAX PALEVSKY and ELLEN PALEVSKY--$5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO from this alumnus and computer entrepreneur and his wife.

14. CHARLES SCHULZ and JEAN SCHULZ--$5 million to SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, the third-largest cash gift in the history of the California State University system, from the creator of the Peanuts comic strip and his wife. The donation will be used to help finance the university's soon-to-be-built Information Center, which will combine library, computing, media, and telecommunications services.

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