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.

61. STACEY and DENNIS BARSEMA—approximately $6 million in stock to the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY from the president of Redback and his wife.

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61. BERNARD and MARILYN PINCUS—$6 million to the DETROIT SYMPHONY to help create a new music education center as part of an expansion of the Orchestra Hall lobby. The gift will also provide an endowment for educational programs. Bernard Pincus was chairman of the Michigan-based clothing retailer Hughes & Hatcher from 1941 until his retirement in 1978.

61. CARL and RUTH SHAPIRO—a $6 million gift to the HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL for the Beth Israel Deaconess Mount Auburn Institute for Education and Research.

61. LEO VAN MUNCHING JR.—$6 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK to help fund additions to Van Munching Hall. Van Munching's family firm is the U.S. importer and distributor of Heineken and Amstel beers.

65. FRITZ and DOLORES RUSS—$5.8 million to OHIO UNIVERSITY to fund a prize for engineers. The Russes sole their business, Systems Research Laboratories Inc., in 1987.

66. AUBREY and KATHLEEN BYRNS McCLENDON—$5.5 million to DUKE UNIVERSITY to support improvements to undergraduate residence halls, financial aid for students, the Duke Annual Fund and the Fuqua School of Business. Aubrey McClendon has served as chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. of Oklahoma City since its inception in 1989.

67. DWAYNE ANDREAS—$5 million to BARRY UNIVERSITY (Fla.) for the capital campaign from the chairman emeritus of Archer Daniels Midland.

67. EUGENE and MARCIA APPLEBAUM—$5 million to the MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN FOR DETROIT'S JEWISH FUTURE from the founder and former owner of Arbor Drugs and his wife.

67. MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG—$5 million to the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (N.Y.). Bloomberg is a trustee of the museum and the founder of Bloomberg LP, a multimedia news service.

67. H. R. "BUM" BRIGHT—$5 million to the CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS for a new outpatient facility. Bright is an oil and gas executive and a former owner of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.

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