| Donor
| Donor State
| Recipient
| Recipient State
| Category
| Gift Amount
|
Henry W. Ruston
|
N/A |
U. of Southern Indiana Foundation (Evansville) |
Indiana |
Colleges and universities |
$5.1-million 
Bequest |
| U. of Southern Indiana Foundation (Evansville): $5.1-million bequest from Henry W. Ruston, who owned a flower business in Evansville, to create an endowment for academic programs and to renovate the university's basketball arena. Mr. Ruston died in 2005 at the age of 84. |
Henry W. Ruston
|
N/A |
U. of Southern Indiana Foundation (Evansville) |
Indiana |
Colleges and universities |
$5.1-million
Bequest |
| U. of Southern Indiana Foundation (Evansville): $5.1-million bequest from the estate of Henry W. Ruston, a florist in Evansville who died in 2005, to establish an endowment for academic programs and capital projects and for fund-raising efforts to renovate the university's basketball arena. |
Tom and Cathy Ryan
|
N/A |
U. of Rhode Island (Kingston) |
Rhode Island |
Colleges and universities |
$2.5-million |
| U. of Rhode Island (Kingston): $2.5-million from Tom Ryan, president of CVS, a pharmacy company in Woonsocket, R.I., and his wife, Cathy, for its College of Pharmacy. Mr. Ryan graduated in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in pharmacy. |
Gilbert and Thelma Schnitzer
|
N/A |
U. of Oregon (Eugene) |
Oregon |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| U. of Oregon (Eugene): $1-million matching gift from Gilbert Schnitzer, founder of Schnitzer Investment Corporation, in Portland, Ore., and his wife, Thelma, to support the expansion and renovation of the university's MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building. The Schnitzers both graduated from the university in 1940; he received a bachelor's degree in business, and she received her degree in music. |
Ivan Schrodt
Consulting |
N/A |
National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, Ky.) |
Kentucky |
Museums and libraries |
$1.3-million |
| National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, Ky.): $1.3-million pledge of cash and six Corvettes from Ivan Schrodt, chairman of Integrated Paper Service, a consulting and testing firm in Appleton, Wis., and his wife, Mary, to support the museum's expansion. |
Alice Schulman
|
N/A |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, Boston |
Massachusetts |
Colleges and universities |
$2-million |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, Boston: $2-million from Alice Schulman and her late husband, the Rev. Jacob Frank Schulman, a Unitarian Universalist minister at Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, in Houston. The Schulmans earmarked their gift to endow professorships and scholarships in Unitarian Universalism at Harvard U., in Cambridge, Mass., and the Meadville Lombard Theological School, in Chicago, and to endow scholarships in Unitarian Universalism at Simmons College, in Boston. The Rev. Schulman, who graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1954, died in 2006 at the age of 78. Ms. Schulman graduated from Simmons in 1954. |
Gerald and Elaine Schuster
|
N/A |
Brandeis U. (Waltham, Mass.) |
Massachusetts |
Colleges and universities |
$5-million |
| Brandeis U. (Waltham, Mass.): $5-million from Gerald Schuster, founder and president of Continental Wingate Company, a Needham, Mass., holding company that owns a variety of businesses, and his wife, Elaine, to support its Institute for Investigative Journalism, which focuses on nonpartisan reporting. |
Dorothy McIlvain Scott
|
N/A |
Baltimore Museum of Art |
Maryland |
Arts |
$10-million |
| The Baltimore Museum of Art has received a $10-million pledge from Dorothy McIlvain Scott to endow operations and programs for its collection of American painting, decorative arts, and sculpture. In 1981, she donated much of her own art collection to the museum and supported the design of a new gallery space for those works. Ms. Scott, who inherited her fortune, has been a trustee of the museum since 1977. |
Tom and Betty Scott
Insurance |
N/A |
U. of Missouri at Columbia |
Missouri |
Colleges and universities |
$2-million |
| U. of Missouri at Columbia: $2-million from Tom and Betty Scott to provide unrestricted support for the university's College of Veterinary Medicine. Ms. Scott, who attended the university's School of Nursing from 1956 to 1958, is a retired administrative manager at Thomas Koontz Pinkerton Helling & Nelson, a surgical group in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Scott, the founder and a retired president of the Insurance Management Corporation, in Kansas City, Mo., graduated from the university in 1958 with a bachelor's degree in business. |
Ulla Searing
|
N/A |
Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, Fla.) |
Florida |
Colleges and universities |
$4-million |
| Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, Fla.): $4-million pledge from Ulla Searing, widow of Arthur Searing, who was vice president of finance at the American International Group, an insurance company headquartered in New York. Ms. Searing, 94, has stipulated that the college will receive the gift upon her death; half will support scholarships, and the other $2-million is unrestricted. |
Ulla Searing
|
N/A |
New College of Florida (Sarasota) |
Florida |
Colleges and universities |
$2.7-million |
| New College of Florida (Sarasota): $2.7-million from Ulla Searing, widow of Arthur Searing, who was vice president of finance at the American International Group, an international insurance company headquartered in New York, to endow scholarships and student research and to provide faculty support. Mr. Searing died in 1983. |
George and Betsy Sherman
Manufacturing |
N/A |
Center for Urban Families (Baltimore) |
Maryland |
Human and social services |
$1-million |
| Center for Urban Families (Baltimore): $1-million challenge gift from George Sherman, former president of the Danaher Corporation, a manufacturing company in Washington, and his wife, Betsy, for its capital campaign. This organization, which provides services for poor families, hopes to raise $7.5-million to build new headquarters and increase its endowment. |
Richard and Norma Small
Technology |
N/A |
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) |
Iowa |
Colleges and universities |
$15.1-million |
| Cornell College, in Mount Vernon, Iowa, has received a pledge of $15.1-million from Richard Small, retired chief executive officer of TriStar Aerospace, in Tulsa, Okla., and his wife, Norma, retired vice president at TriStar, for the endowment and capital projects, including renovations to turn a dormitory into an alumni center. Mr. Small, who is a trustee of Cornell College, graduated in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in economics and business. |
Sara Horne Smith
|
N/A |
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta |
Georgia |
Community foundations |
$3-million
Bequest |
| Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta: $3-million unrestricted bequest from Sara Horne Smith, who died in 2002. Of the gift, $200,000 will endow a scholarship for Moving in the Spirit, a local arts organization. |
Lucile Spriggs
|
N/A |
U. of Wisconsin at River Falls |
Wisconsin |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million
Bequest |
| U. of Wisconsin at River Falls: $1-million bequest from the estate of Lucile Spriggs, a retired social-service worker at the Veterans Administration Hospital, in Minneapolis, to support scholarships for students who demonstrate leadership skills. Ms. Spriggs, who died in 2005 at the age of 88, graduated from the university in 1938 with bachelor's degrees in social studies and English. |
John Steube
|
N/A |
Miami U. (Oxford, Ohio) |
Ohio |
Colleges and universities |
$1.3-million |
| Miami U. (Oxford, Ohio): $1.3-million unrestricted gift from the estate of John Steube. |
Steve G. Stevanovich
Finance |
N/A |
U. of Chicago |
Illinois |
Colleges and universities |
$7-million |
| U. of Chicago: $7-million from Steve G. Stevanovich, founder of SGS Asset Management, to support its Center for Financial Mathematics. Mr. Stevanovich graduated from the university in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in economics, and received his master's in business administration there in 1990. |
Jon Stewart
Finance |
N/A |
Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, Kan.) |
Kansas |
Colleges and universities |
$1.3-million |
| Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, Kan.): $1.3-million from Jon Stewart, president of Metcalf Bank, in Overland Park, for a speaker series. Mr. Stewart, who graduated from the college in 1982, gave the money in honor of the late Barton P. Cohen, president of Metcalf Bancshares, who in 2006 at the age of 76. |
Chester and Diane Stranczek
|
N/A |
Canisius College (Buffalo, N.Y.) |
New York |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| Canisius College (Buffalo, N.Y.): $1-million from Chester Stranczek, founder and retired chairman of Cresco Lines, a trucking company in Crestwood, Ill., and his wife, Diane, secretary and treasurer of Cresco Lines, to help create an interdisciplinary science center. Mr. Stranczek, who has been mayor of Crestwood for 38 years as of 2007, and his wife donated $1-million to the college in 2002 to renovate an arena in its athletic center. |
James and Diane Stuckert
|
N/A |
U. of Kentucky (Lexington) |
Kentucky |
Colleges and universities |
$5-million |
| U. of Kentucky (Lexington): $5-million pledge from James Stuckert, a retired chairman of Hilliard Lyons, an investment firm in Louisville, Ky., and his wife, Diane, to endow a professorship, fellowships for international study, and a joint program in the College of Engineering and the College of Business. |
James B. Tafel
|
N/A |
U. of Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| U. of Pittsburgh: $1-million from James B. Tafel, owner of Street Sense, the horse that won the 2007 Kentucky Derby, to support graduate and undergraduate business students. Mr. Tafel, who graduated from the university in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in business, retired as chief executive officer of Technical Publishing, in Barrington, Ill. |
Bobby and Phoebe Tudor
Energy, Finance |
N/A |
Rice U. (Houston) |
Texas |
Colleges and universities |
$7-million |
| Rice U. (Houston): $7-million from Bobby Tudor, principal of Tudor Capital, an energy-investment and banking firm in Houston, and his wife, Phoebe, to help renovate the basketball and volleyball facilities. |
Calvin E. and Tina Tyler
|
N/A |
Morgan State U. (Baltimore) |
Maryland |
Colleges and universities |
$1-million |
| Morgan State U. (Baltimore): $1-million from Calvin E. Tyler Jr., retired senior vice president of operations at UPS, the shipping company based in Atlanta, and his wife, Tina, to endow scholarships for needy students. Mr. Tyler studied business administration at the university for two years before leaving to work for UPS. He and his wife have previously donated $1-million to Morgan State U. to endow scholarships. |
Sidney and Nancy Unobskey
Real estate |
N/A |
Husson College (Bangor, Me.) |
Maine |
Colleges and universities |
$1.5-million |
| Husson College (Bangor, Me.): $1.5-million pledge of real estate and cash from Sidney Unobskey, a real-estate developer in San Francisco, and his wife, Nancy, a retired social worker in the Office of Patient Services at the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, to establish a learning center in Calais, Me., for students at Washington County Community College. |
Dennis and Sally von Waaden
Finance |
N/A |
Kansas State U. (Manhattan) |
Kansas |
Colleges and universities |
$1.1-million |
| Kansas State U. (Manhattan): $1.1-million from Dennis von Waaden, a retired vice president at American Century Investments, an investment-management company in Kansas City, Mo., and his wife, Sally, to support and expand an investment-management program at the university's College of Business Administration. |
