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

91. GEORGE CORNELL and HARRIET CORNELL--$1.5 million to the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at ROLLINS COLLEGE. Cornell is a retired banker and 1935 graduate of the college.

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91. DAVID D. (MICKEY) COLEMAN--$1.5 million pledge to the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MEMPHIS to endow a professorship in organ-transplantation research from this investment manager.

91. WILLIAM K. BREHM and ERNST VOLGENAU--$1.5 million pledge to the UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (Md.) from the chairman and president, respectively, of SRA International, to endow a chair in ethics in the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law.

91. ROBERT DEDMAN--$1.5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS to establish an endowed chair in club management. Dedman owns ClubCorp International, which specializes in resorts and golf courses. Dedman is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

91. 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.

91. 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.

91. 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.

91. JOHN K. HANSON and LOUISE 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.

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

91. 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.

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