Major Gifts announced October 16th to 20th 2009

Here are the major gift announcements for last week:	$334.55 million
Los Angeles, CA - The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital will receive a gift from the Lucile Packard Foundation to help fund the hospital expansion	$100 million
Washington, DC - David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins named at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History	$100 million
New Haven, CT - Opening ceremony was held for the the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital	$75 million
New York - The GE Foundation and the GE Corporate Diversity Council announced "Developing Health," a new 3-year program that provides grant funding and employee engagement to selected health centers across the United States	$25 million
Rensslaer, IN – Saint Joseph's College received an pledge from an anonymous donor	$10 million
Rochester, NY - Adeline Lutz made a gift to the University of Rochester on behalf of her own support and for her late husband Walt, to the eye institute at the university.	$6 million
Durham, NC - Trustee David Rubenstein has made a gift to Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy	$5.75 million
Birmingham, AL - The Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute named at the University of Alabama, Birmingham	$5 million
Austin, TX - KLRU-TV, Austin PBS, received a grant from the Moody Foundation of Galveston	$2.5 million
Topeka, KS - An estate gift from Paul Brooker to the University of Kansas created two endowments for scholarships	$2.5 million
Syracuse, NY - A grant from the Taishoff Family Foundation to Syracuse Foundation for research	$1.1 million
St. Louis, MO - The Anheuser-Busch Foundation gift to Fontbonne University re-named the main science building Anheuser-Busch Hall	$1 million
Rutgers, NJ - The lobby of the new visitor center has been named for the Class of '51 at Rutgers University	$700,000
Pittsburgh, PA - The Petersen Sports Complex was dedicated in an naming ceremony last week. It will be home to Pittsburgh's baseball, softball and men's and women's soccer teams.	Private Gift
Omaha, NB - The Dr. Stanley Truhlsen Eye Institute named at The University of Nebraska Medical Center	Private Gift
Terre Haute, IN - The Donald W. Scott College of Business named at Indiana State University	Private Gift
Dallas, PA - Misericordia University formally dedicated Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall	Private Gift
International
Hong Kong, China - Chen Fashu, president of Newhuadu Industrial Group Co., Ltd., will set up a charity foundation with 90 percent of the shares he holds, around 8 billion yuan (approximately $1.17 billion U.S.)