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.

15. HELEN L. DORRIS—$10 million to the SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Calif.) to help fund a neurological disease research center. Dorris, a Pacific Beach, Calif., resident, is the founder of the Harold L. Dorris Neurosciences Foundation and a professor emeritus at San Diego State University.

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15. KARL and STEVIE ELLER—$10 million to the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. Karl Eller is head of Eller Media Co. of Phoenix.

15. ROBERT A. FOX—$10 million to the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Fox is president and chairman of R.A.F. Industries, a private investment company based in Jenkintown, Pa.

15. DAVID A. HARRISON III—$10 million to the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA to create an institute for the study of American literature, history, and culture.

15. J. BARCLAY KNAPP—a $10 million pledge to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. He is president and CEO of NTL Inc. and president and CEO of CoreComm.

15. MARION I. KNOTT—$10 million to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY for the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions to create high-level positions in cancer and genetics at the medical school. The genetics post honors Knott's late husband, a prominent developer in the Baltimore region.

15. THE RICHARD J. LACKS JR. FAMILY—$10 million to ST. MARY'S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER in Grand Rapids, Mich. The family owns Lacks Enterprises, a car and computer parts-manufacturing company.

15. BENNETT S. LeBOW—$10 million to DREXEL UNIVERSITY (Pa.) for its business college. The donor is chairman and CEO of Brooke Group Ltd., a publicly held company whose subsidiaries include Liggett Group Inc., the cigarette manufacturer.

15. DAVID L. and ELLEN LEE—$10 million to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY to establish a center to improve telecommunications through the Lee Center for Advanced Networking. David Lee is president of Global Crossing, a fiber-optics company in the Bahamas.

15. FREDERIC G. LEVIN—$10 million to the UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA for the law school. Levin was a key player in Florida's $13.2 billion tobacco settlement.

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