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Jim Clark donates $150M to Stanford
High-techentrepreneur Jim Clark will donate $150 million to StanfordUniversity to help launch a cross-disciplinary initiative inbiomedical engineering and sciences, Stanford said Tuesday. The contribution, which will be the largest single gift inStanford's history since its founding, will be used to buildthe James H.
High-tech
entrepreneur Jim Clark will donate $150 million to Stanford
University to help launch a cross-disciplinary initiative in
biomedical engineering and sciences, Stanford said Tuesday.
The contribution, which will be the largest single gift in
Stanford's history since its founding, will be used to build
the James H. Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and
Sciences. It will also provide money for faculty and equipment
and graduate student fellowships. Clark, the founder or co-founder of Netscape (NYSE:AOL), Silicon Graphics (NYSE:SGI) and Healtheon (Nasdaq:HLTH), is currently developing a photo startup. -- Reuters
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