Honorable Mentions
110 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1999.

Introduction

The 1999 Slate 60
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of 1999.

Anonymous Gifts From Individuals, 1999
$1 million and above

Honorable Mentions
110 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1999.

1. DAVID and TRACY NUTT—$14.5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI from this Mississippi lawyer and his wife. The gift will be paid over the next 14 years to endow liberal arts programs. Their commitment revises a previous agreement between the university and Richard Scruggs, a lawyer in Pascagoula, Miss., and his wife, Diane. Last year, the Scruggs family arranged to pay the university $1 million each year over the next 25 years. The couple had already donated the first installment when the Nutts proposed splitting the gift down the middle, with each couple paying an equal amount, and shortening the donation period from 25 to 15 years. Now, each couple will give slightly more than $1 million annually over the next 14 years. The newly named Scruggs/Nutt Endowment will support faculty salaries and other needs in the College of Liberal Arts.

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2. WILLIAM H. JR. and ALICE GOODWIN—$13.3 million pledge to the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, for the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. William H. Goodwin Jr. is president of CCA Industries in Richmond.

3. LOUISE HERRINGTON ORNELAS—$13 million to BAYLOR UNIVERSITY for the School of Nursing in Dallas—the third-largest gift from an individual in the school's 154-year history. Ornelas is co-founder of TCA Cable Inc. of Tyler, Texas. The school has announced that it will name the nursing school in recognition of Ornelas' long and generous support.

4. STEPHEN and CONSTANCE LIEBER—a total of $12.5 million: $11 million to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (N.Y.) to establish a center for schizophrenia research. Also, $1.5 million to establish a professorship in psychiatry. Stephen Lieber is an investment manager. Constance Lieber is the president of the board of directors of the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, in Great Neck, N.Y.

5. LEE and RAMONA BASS—a $12 million pledge to the FORT WORTH ZOO (Texas) toward the $35 million cost of a new "Texas Wild!" feature, an 8-acre South Texas and West Texas habitat. Ramona Bass has been co-chair of the zoo since 1989. Lee Bass is chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

5. CHARLES "CHUCK" and GWEN LILLIS—$12 million to the UNIVERSITY OF OREGON for the school of business. Chuck Lillis is a former dean of the University of Colorado at Boulder Business School and is a University of Washington graduate.

5. DAVID POTTRUCK—a total of $12 million to the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA including $10 million for major renovations to Gimbel Gymnasium. He will also donate $2 million to fund a state-of-the-art classroom in Huntsman Hall, the Wharton School of Business' new facility. Pottruck is a university trustee and member of the Class of 1970. He is president and co-CEO of the Charles Schwab Corp., based in San Francisco.

8. JAY H. and PATTY BAKER—$11 million to the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA for the Wharton School of Business. $3 million of the gift will fund a scholarship fund—the largest donation ever to Penn for undergraduate student aid. The remainder of the donation will pay for a two-story Baker Forum room, which will be located in the new 320,000-square-foot Jon M. Huntsman Hall. The Baker Forum will be the only Wharton space big enough to accommodate the entire undergraduate class indoors. Jay Baker is president of Kohl's Corp. of Wisconsin and a 1956 graduate of the Wharton School. Twelve scholarships will be awarded each year, with the first three to be chosen from the class of 2004.

8. MORT and ANGELA TOPFER—a total of $11 million: $5 million to ARTS CENTER STAGE in Austin, Texas, to help transform the Palmer Auditorium into the Long Center for the Performing Arts. "When we moved here five years ago, it was to be for four years," Angela Topfer said. "Austin was a detour on the road to retirement. Now we know that Austin is the place we want to live for the rest of our lives. This gift is our way of thanking this city for welcoming us." Plus, $1 million to the SETON FUND, also in Austin, for the construction of a the Seton-Topfer Health Care Clinic, a community health center. "We are investing in Seton's community health-center model because it ensures that health care is a right rather than a privilege," Angela Topfer said in a written statement. The couple also gave $2 million to the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN for the fine arts and performing arts center and a $3 million gift from Mort Topfer to the AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART in honor of his wife. Mort Topfer is the former vice chairman of Dell Computer and remains a director.

10. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR.—$10.8 million to the UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (Ore.). Pamplin is a businessman, farmer, minister, author of 12 books, and president of the R.B. Pamplin Corp., a family-owned conglomerate of asphalt, concrete, and textile businesses.

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