June 14, 2007

Cornell University and Kenyon College Each Win $25-Million; Other New Gifts

By Anne Howard

Six institutions have received big gifts:

  • Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., has received $25-million from Peter Meinig, chief executive officer of HM International, a management and holding company in Tulsa, Okla., his wife, Nancy, and their family, to support faculty awards in life-sciences research. Each faculty member who is granted the award will receive approximately $300,000 each year for five years. The Meinigs are both Cornell alumni: Ms. Meinig graduated in 1962 with

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