Plus, Harvard received $300 million from hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin, Robert Smith donated $15 million for career-readiness programs for underserved high-school students, and Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault gave Bowdoin $2 million to honor a civil-rights leader.
The sons of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder, along with her four grandchildren, pledged $200 million Tuesday to the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, a nonprofit the family founded to support research into finding a cure for the disease.
Plus, the University of New Hampshire landed $20 million to assist honors students, UVA got $10 million to develop more socially conscious business leaders, and a foundation that raises money for a veterans museum landed $10 million for a new building.
Plus, best-selling authors James and Susan Patterson gave $5 million to bolster the teaching work force in Wisconsin, and two higher-education institutions and a Baltimore area health-care system all received big gifts.