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The institute is named after Phil Knight and his wife, who donated over $600 million to the center; $100 million in 2008 and $500 million in 2013. [4] The $500 million gift required a matching $500 million, which led to a $100 million donation by Columbia Sportswear chairwoman Gert Boyle in 2014.
Phil and Penny Knight donated an endowment fund of US$5 million to the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2006. [6] In 2009, the Knights donated US$5 million to Willamette University for a School of Law endowed chair named for Alex L. Parks, Penny Knight's father, who served on the faculty of the School of Law. [7] Education portal
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. Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among ...
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. ... a historic area of Portland, Oregon, that was once a thriving Black neighborhood but fell into ...
PORTLAND, Ore. ... The semiconductor industry is pivotal for the U.S. economy; chips drive everything,” said Stacey Wagner with UO’s Phil and Penny Knight Campus. “We wanted to increase our ...
Phil Hampson Knight was born on February 24, 1938, in Portland, Oregon, to Bill Knight, a lawyer turned newspaper publisher, and his wife, Lota Cloy (née Hatfield) Knight. [5] [6] [7] He grew up in the Portland neighborhood of Eastmoreland, and attended Cleveland High School.
Phase two of this project was funded by a $500 million donation from Phil and Penny Knight, the campus’ namesake, as well as $10 million obtained from the Oregon state Legislature for advancing ...