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Northern Illinois University supporters Dr. Kenneth and Ellen Chessick announced that they are continuing their long legacy of support for the university by donating $3 million to Huskie Athletics to name the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Facility. The gift is the largest ever made to Northern Illinois Athletics and the second-largest given to the university all-time. The Chessicks, accompanied by Northern Illinois University President Dr….
The University of Pittsburgh announced that well-known and highly respected business leader, investor, author, and philanthropist William S. Dietrich II plans to make an historic gift of a $125 million fund in support of the University. This is the largest individual gift to Pitt in its 225-year history and is one of the 10 largest gifts made by an individual to a public university in the United States. The fund will become operational upon Mr….
DePaul University has something special to be thankful for this Thanksgiving—the generosity of an alumnus and his wife who have pledged $10 million from their estate to the university. The largest single gift in the institution’s 113-year history will support student scholarships and a professorship at DePaul’s College of Commerce. The donors, a retired graduate of the college and his wife, wish to remain anonymous. The anonymous couple’s gif…
…is particularly knowledgeable in the areas of advancement planning, major gift program development and campaign implementation. He has provided his services to such clients as The Blake School, California Polytechnic State University, Capital University, Gallaudet University, University of Missouri Columbia, Wayne State University, Luther College, Houghton College, and Elizabethtown College. He has served on many commissions, committees and…
Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington, has announced a $15 million bequest from alumna Karen Hille Phillips, helping the university exceed its five-year capital campaign goal of $100 million. The largest gift in university history also makes Phillips — a former PLU board member who gave the school some $25 million over her lifetime — PLU’s largest single benefactor. In addition to providing financial support for students and …
James P. Daniel is a partner at Bentz Whaley Flessner. He offers more than a quarter-century of advancement experience. His areas of special expertise include major gifts strategy, campaign planning and management, advancement program analysis, and staff and board development. Before joining the firm, Dr. Daniel served as vice president for development at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Previously, he has served as vice president for…
James H. Simons usually shuns publicity, though some attention is inescapable for a hedge fund billionaire and major philanthropist. But on occasion, he allows one cause to draw him into public view: Stony Brook University, where he was a mathematics professor long ago. This week, Mr. Simons, 73, and his wife, Marilyn, will announce the biggest gift by far in SUNY’s history, $150 million to Stony Brook. It is the sixth largest donation ever made…
Rajen Kilachand, a Dubai-based global entrepreneur, has pledged $25 million to Boston University, announced BU President Robert A. Brown. Kilachand’s contribution, the largest in school history, will support and rename the University’s Honors College in honor of his parents, whose full name will become the Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College. Kilachand, who earned an MBA from the Boston University Graduate School of Management in…
Hofstra University has eliminated its football program and will redirect the team’s $4.5-million budget toward new academic ventures and need-based scholarships, the university’s president said today, echoing a similar announcement last week at Northeastern University. The Hofstra team suffered from low attendance and flagging interest among students and the local community, and financial support was dwindling, the president, Stuart…
A nonprofit, tuition-free online university started by an Israeli entrepreneur last year has attracted 300 students and is seeking to carve out a niche in the largely commercial online-education field. The University of the People began classes in September with students from nearly 50 countries, mostly in the developing world. Shai Reshef, a veteran of Internet-based educational ventures, has won the backing of the United Nations for the proje…
