Honorable Mentions
100 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1998.

Introduction

The 1998 Slate 60
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of 1998.

Anonymous Gifts From Individuals, 1998
$10 million and above.

Honorable Mentions
100 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1998.

14. RUSSELL and ANN GERDIN--$10 million to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY to benefit the College of Business. Russell Gerdin is chairman of Heartland Express, a trucking company.

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14. HENRY KAUFMAN--$10 million to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY for its effort to expand the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Mr. Kaufman is president of Henry Kaufman & Co., an investment-management and financial-consulting firm in New York.

14. JOHN R. KENNEDY--$10 million to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington) from the retired chairman of Federal Paper Board Co.

14. GEORGE and FRAYDA LINDEMANN--$10 million to the METROPOLITAN OPERA (N.Y.) for the Young Artist Development Program from the chairman of the Southern Union Co. and his wife.

14. JOHN C. MALONE--a total of $10 million: including up to $5 million to HOPKINS SCHOOL (Conn.) for endowment. Malone, chairman of Tele-Communications Inc. in Colorado, has promised to match gifts to the school during the remaining two years of its capital campaign. Also, $5 million to the NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION CENTER AND MUSEUM at the University of Denver. The gift will name the Bob Magness Institute, after his late business partner. This donation is unrelated to Malone's previously announced plans to use his $2 billion personal fortune to establish an educational foundation.

14. RICHARD (PINKY) McNAMARA--$10 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES to support the College of Liberal Arts, athletics programs, and a new alumni and visitors' center. McNamara is the CEO of Activar, a holding company for businesses that make plastics and construction materials.

14. THE MILKEN FAMILY--$10 million to the MILKEN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL of the Stephen Wise Temple in Sepulveda Pass, Calif., the largest non-Orthodox Jewish high school in the United States. The school is named in honor of the Milken family, whose foundation paid a third of the school's cost. The 640 student school combines the study of ancient Jewish traditions and modern disciplines such as robotics and biotechnology.

14. WALTER and CHRISTA OECHSLE--$10 million to LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (Pa.) to strengthen programs in psychology and behavioral neuroscience. Walter Oechsle is the founding principal of Oechsle International Advisors in Boston.

14. ELSA and EDGAR PRINCE--$10 million to CALVIN COLLEGE through their family foundation, for a conference center and for the Center for Communication Arts and Sciences. Elsa Prince is a member of the Calvin Board of Trustees and a 1954 graduate of the college.

14. J. MACK ROBINSON--$10 million to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY for scholarships, student fellowships, professorships, and research at the College of Business Administration. Robinson is chairman of the insurance holding company Atlantic American Corporation.

14. HARRIS ROSEN--a $10 million pledge to the UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA to establish a school of hospitality management. Rosen is president of Tamar Inns.

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