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.
67. PRENTICE and PAUL SACK—a collection of photographs valued at approximately $5 million to the SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. Paul Sack is a real-estate investor in San Francisco.
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StumbleUpon67. THEODORE SCHWARTZ—$5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI for the school of nursing to build a new home for the school.
67. PAUL and KATHLEEN SEVERINO—$5 million to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (N.Y.). Paul Severino is currently chairman and CEO of NetCentric Corp.
67. ALBERT and CLAIRE SPEH—$5 million to LOYOLA UNIVERSITY (Ill.). He is the co-founder of May & Speh Inc., an information-services company.
67. ROBERT R. and MARGARET SPRAGUE—$5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE from this investment banker and director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and his wife.
67. EDMOND D. VILLANI—$5 million to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, D.C.) for the Center for Science and a professorship in economics from the CEO of Scudder Kemper Investments.
67. CHARLES B. WANG—$5 million to the NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN (Va.) to enable the purchase of a 63,000-square-foot building for the permanent home of the organization and the world headquarters of the newly formed International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. Wang is chairman and CEO of Computer Associates International Inc.
67. JOAN and SANFORD I. WEILL—$5 million to CARNEGIE HALL. Sanford Weill is co-chairman of Citigroup.
67. WILLIAM WRIGLEY—$5 million to the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. He died in early March before this donation was announced. Wrigley was the chairman of the world's largest chewing gum company, which his grandfather founded in 1892.
67. HAROLD "SPIKE" JR. and MARY YOH—$5 million to DUKE UNIVERSITY to help build a new football complex. Spike Yoh retired in 1999 as chairman of the board and CEO of Day & Zimmermann Inc.
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