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Knight met his wife, Penelope "Penny" Parks, while he was working at Portland State University and they were married on September 13, 1968. [94] They own a home in La Quinta, California. [95] [96] Knight's son, Matthew, died in a scuba diving accident in El Salvador in 2004. [97] Another son of Knight's, Travis Knight, runs the Laika animation ...
Construction continues on phase two of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The second building of the complex is expected to be complete in spring of 2026.
Philip H. Knight endowed chairs and professorships were established at the University of Oregon in 1996, when Penny and Phil Knight donated US$15 million for 27 endowed chairs and professorships, "to provide academic areas with a source of funds for recruiting and retaining faculty of superior academic quality".
Phil and Penny Knight made a $400 million pledge in 2023 to revive a historic area of Portland that was once a thriving Black neighborhood.
The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is a billion dollar applied science campus. The campus is on the north side of Franklin Boulevard. [99] Phil and Penny Knight contributed two $500 million gifts to the campus. [100] The rest of the funding is expected to come from state bonds and private support. [101]
Nike cofounder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, made a $400 million pledge to the 1803 Fund. The commitment from the Knights, whose net worth is pegged at $43 billion, will establish Rebuild ...
Meanwhile, Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny’s, $500 million contribution to the University of Oregon tied for second place on the list. The gift will be used to expand the Phil ...
Completed in 2013 with a donation provided by Phil and Penny Knight, the complex is named for Lota Hatfield, Phil Knight's mother, and Dorothie Dowlin, the mother of Penny Knight. [1] The black granite and glass structure was designed by ZGF Architects, the same firm that designed the John E. Jaqua Center for Student Athletes. The landscape ...