Nevada University to Receive $25-Million; Other New Gifts

Three higher-education institutions have received big gifts:

  • William S. Boyd has pledged $25-million to the law school at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Mr. Boyd, a former lawyer, is chairman of the Boyd Gaming Corporation, in Las Vegas.
  • Brown University, in Providence, R.I., has received $20-million from an anonymous trustee to support its new Center for Computational Molecular Biology. Approximately $16-million of the gift will endow five professorships in

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