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Nike cofounder gives $1bn to University of Oregon in historic donation
Phil Knight and wife, Penny, make largest known donation to a public university to fund a new engineering school Nike cofounder Phil Knight, and his wife, Penny, have donated $1bn to the University of Oregon in what the university described as the “largest gift ever made to a comprehensive public university”. The donation is intended to be used to establish a new engineering school in Eugene. In a news release, seen by the Guardian, the university said the new school “will educate engineers and…
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