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• Friends in Life, Partners in Giving to U. of California at Riverside (7/14/2006)
  
  
• At Winnipeg, All in the Family (4/21/2006)
  
  
• Down With the Building, Up With the Gifts (3/31/2006)
  
  
• Students at Community College Vote to Donate Technology Fees (1/13/2006)
  
  
• Gift of a Book Was a Key to Intel Founder's Big Donation to City College of N.Y. (12/2/2005)
  
  
• Cyclist Raises Money for Nontraditional Students (10/14/2005)
  
  
• A Campus Tour Finishes With a Productive Flourish (7/15/2005)
  
  
• Competition Helps Class Gifts Grow at Scripps College (3/18/2005)
  
  
• Heeeeeere's Money: How a DVD Appeal Charmed a Television Legend (2/18/2005)
  
  
• At Purdue University, a Texas Cat Lover Helps a Veterinary School Fight Cancer (11/19/2004)
  
  
• Internet Entrepreneurs Search for Results Under 'Philanthropy' (9/10/2004)
  
  
• An 8-Figure Donation Proves That Character Counts (7/16/2004)
  
  
• Lawsuit Over Altered Will Yields $20-Million for Dickinson College (10/10/2003)
  
  
• Donation Spells the End of Wacky Halftime Shows by UVa's Pep Band (5/9/2003)
  
  
• 6 Years of Donor Persuasion Pays Off for Drexel U. (1/17/2003)
  
  
• Caltech Turns a Classic Auto Into Cash (8/9/2002)
  
  
• Donor Provides 105 Steinway Pianos to Oklahoma City Music School (6/21/2002)
  
  
• Gift From Kenyon College Alumni Honors Antiwar Chaplain (2/15/2002)
  
  
• Donor's $10-Million 'Secret' Leaves President of Rollins College Amazed (11/16/2001)
  
  
• Rochester Institute of Technology Gains a Hotel (9/21/2001)
  
  
• Entrepreneur and Rock Star Help Finance New Science Building at U. of Virginia (8/3/2001)
  
  
• Part-Time Business Students at Southern Methodist U. Match Spirit of Full-Timers (7/6/2001)
  
  
• Community College Hits Daily Double at Dog Track (5/25/2001)
  
  
• Yale Makes Peace With Larry Kramer Over Donation He Withdrew in 1997 (4/13/2001)
  
  
• U. of Delaware Receives Large Collection of African-American Art (4/6/2001)
  
  
• $4-Million Anonymous Donation to Wake Forest U. Came Out of the Blue (2/2/2001)
  
  
• Cat Owner Donates $2-Million for Research on Deadly Feline Disease (12/8/2000)
  
  
• Franklin Pierce College Receives $1-Million Pledge From Business Executive (11/17/2000)
  
  
• Couple Gives U. of Pennsylvania $2-Million for Gay Center (10/27/2000)
  
  
• Texas A&M at Corpus Christi Turns $25-Million Into $46-Million (10/6/2000)
  
  
• Years of Work Pay Off for 2 Minnesota Community Colleges (9/29/2000)
  
  
• Ferris State U. Receives $8.6-Million in Art (9/22/2000)
  
  
• Young Donor Establishes Fund for Stanford Athletes (8/4/2000)
  
  
• Valley Forge Christian College Cites Bible to Make Walls Fall Down (6/9/2000)
  
  
• Harvard Receives $3-Million for African-American-Music Studies (5/19/2000)
  
  
• Salisbury State U. Gets Decoy Ducks Worth a Lot of Bucks (4/14/2000)
  
  
• Georgia Tech Cultivates a Big Gift From a Young Donor (4/7/2000)
  
  
• Poetic Entrepreneur Gives $2-Million for Creative Writing at U. of Washington (3/17/2000)
  
  
• Penn Fund Raisers Land a $10-Million Gift via E-Mail (2/18/2000)
  
  
• U. of Miami Cultivates a $5-Million Gift for Nursing (1/7/2000)