| 1. | Johns Hopkins U. | William Miller III | founder of the investment firm Miller Value Partners, former manager of Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust fund, and a former graduate student in philosophy at Johns Hopkins | $75 million | creation of an endowed professorship for the chair of the philosophy department, eight other endowed professorships, and endowed support for junior faculty members, philosophy graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows, as well as support for undergraduate study of philosophy |
| 2. | Oregon State U. | Gary R. Carlson | physician and partner in Dermatology Associates of Westlake Village, in California, and a 1974 Oregon State alumnus | $50 million | support for the College of Veterinary Medicine, which has been named for the donor, and for the expansion of the university’s Small Animal Hospital |
| 3. | Bucknell U. | Kenneth Freeman | dean of Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, a former partner and managing director of the private-equity firm KKR, chair of Bucknell’s Board of Trustees, and a 1972 graduate of the university | $25 million | support for the hiring of new senior management faculty and the expansion of interdisciplinary educational opportunities in the College of Management, which will be named for the donor |
| 3. | Nova Southeastern U. | Patel Family Foundation (Kiran and Pallavi Patel) | Kiran Patel, a former cardiologist, is chairman and president of the health-insurance products company Freedom Health; founder of WellCare Health Plans, a health-maintenance organization he sold in 2002; and a real-estate investor. His wife, Pallavi Patel, is a pediatrician. | $25 million | need-based scholarships for students at the university’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine |
| 5. | U. of Texas at Austin | Julia Hickman and Cecil Reynolds | Hickman is a psychologist in the private practice of Bastrop Mental Health Associates. Reynolds is a professor emeritus of educational psychology and neuroscience at Texas A&M University at College Station. | $20 million (pledge) | establishment of the Cecil Reynolds and Julia Hickman Center for Student-Athlete Brain & Behavioral Health |
| 5. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | John P. and Tashia F. Morgridge | John Morgridge is chairman emeritus of Cisco Systems, which designs and sells networking and communications technology and services. Tashia Morgridge is a retired special-education teacher. Both are 1955 university graduates. | $20 million | matching gift for donations for faculty fellowships, professorships, and chairs; and need-based student scholarships |
| 7. | Ringling College of Art and Design | Joel and Gail Morganroth | Joel Morganroth is a cardiologist; the founder of ERT, a company that conducts safety reviews of new medical therapies; and a member of Ringling’s Board of Trustees. Gail Morganroth is a nephrologist and senior vice dean for education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. | $15 million | support for scholarships, capital improvements, equipment, the college’s Sarasota Museum of Art, and a new endowed chair in virtual reality |
| 8. | Columbia U. Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science | Blavatnik Family Foundation (Leonard Blavatnik) | Leonard Blavatnik founded Access Industries, a global, diversified industrial group, and is a 1991 Columbia Engineering master’s-degree recipient. | $10 million | support for doctoral students working on interdisciplinary research in engineering and health, and funds to speed up the commercialization of ideas and research |
| 8. | Cornell U. | Barton and Susan Winokur | Barton Winokur is a corporate partner of the international law firm Dechert LLP, where he served as chair and chief executive from 1996 to 2011. The Winokurs both graduated from the university in 1961. | $10 million | matching support for an endowment for up to 25 faculty positions, as well as postdoctoral and fellowship positions |
| 8. | Gustavus Adolphus College | Robert and Cindy Peterson | Robert Peterson, a 1974 Gustavus Adolphus graduate, is president and chief executive of Melton Truck Lines, in Tulsa, Okla. | $10 million | support for renovation and expansion of the college’s Nobel Hall of Science, and endowment funds to support scholarships for National Merit Scholars |
| 8. | High Point U. | Anonymous | two Florida families | $10 million | support for construction of a School of Undergraduate Sciences and a hotel on campus |
| 8. | Suffolk U. | Leonard J. Samia | president and chief executive of the Samia Companies, a residential and commercial real-estate company in Massachusetts, and a 1969 graduate of the university | $10 million (pledge) | support for student scholarships; in recognition of the gift, the university’s newest academic building will be named for the donor |
| 8. | U. of Colorado at Denver | Salazar Family Foundation (Rob and Lola Salazar) | Rob Salazar co-founded Solomon Health Group, which operates nursing homes and medical centers. Since 2000, the Salazars have owned and operated Central Street Capital, an investment firm in Denver. | $10 million | support for construction of a new student-wellness center, to be named for the donors |
| 8. | U. of Virginia’s College at Wise | Hunter Smith Family Foundation (Hunter Jones Smith) | Hunter Jones Smith is the widow of Carl W. Smith, founder of the coal and natural-gas company Amvest, who died in 2005. | $10 million (matching) | scholarships, especially for students from central and southwestern Virginia and those in STEM and health-science studies, along with awards to support undergraduate research, internships, and study abroad |
| 15. | Brandeis U. | Seymour Bluestone | a rehabilitation doctor who served for 10 years as director of the New York State Rehabilitation Hospital, and who died in September 2017 at age 96 | $8.4 million (bequest) | scholarship support for students in the Sustainable International Development program and the Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program in the university’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management; and support for research and program development in the Center for Global Development and Sustainability |
| 16. | Roosevelt U. | Gloria Miner | Miner’s brother, Robert Miner, who died in 1994 at age 52, was a co-founder of the software company Oracle. | $6.8 million | scholarships, program enhancements, and facility improvements at the university’s Chicago College of Performing Arts |
