Donor Gives $3 Billion to Carnegie Mellon, the Largest University Gift Ever NYT - Home Page By: Alan Blinder 30 September 2026 at 12:38 The donation by Kenneth Griffin, intended mostly to help build a campus in Miami, was the biggest single gift in the history of U.S. higher education. © Martina Tuaty for The New York TimesThe donation from the hedge fund executive Kenneth C. Griffin is more than the record $2 billion gift given to Oregon Health and Science University recently.
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