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PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST
A well-known Dallas investor who rarely gives interviews,
O'Donnell had donated nearly $50 million to the university
— most of it anonymously — before offering a $30
million gift for the school's Applied Computational and
Engineering Sciences Building, a new technology-based
research center.
O'Donnell's previous gifts to the school, his wife's alma
mater, have funded endowments for the business school,
a graduate program in computational and applied
mathematics, and 32 endowed chairs in science and
engineering.
The 76-year-old O'Donnell is also known for the work of
his philanthropic fund, the O'Donnell Foundation, which
offers financial incentives to teachers and students for
passing Advanced Placement exams. The project's success,
particularly among minority students, led to its
replication at schools throughout Texas.
FCnote: Peter O'Donnell Jr. is president, donor, and a director of the O'Donnell Foundation (TX), which had assets of $140,668,448 and made grants totaling $14,236,600 in the fiscal year ending 11/30/99.
Jayson, Sharon. "Benefactor Builds on a Dream." Austin
American-Statesman 8/25/2000.
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