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Boston College

~ June 21, 2010

Boston College has received a $20-million donation from Fidelity's vice chairman, Peter Lynch, and his wife, Carolyn, The Boston Globe says. The money will establish a new training program for school principals. The program will work to improve urban education and prepare more low-income students for college in what is thought to be the first program in the county to bring together education leaders from Catholic, charter, and public schools.

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Carleton University

~ June 3, 2010

Canadian businessman has given a $15-million gift to Carleton University, in Ottawa, to create a master's program for political management, writes The Ottawa Citizen. Clayton Riddell's gift will create a program modeled on similar ones at Fordham and George Washington universities in the United States and at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The one-year program will train political staff members, campaign workers, and key employees in Canada's government.

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Drury University

~ May 12, 2010

Drury graduates Craig and Tracy Curry donated $500,000 to Drury University as the final major gift to finish construction costs for the O’Reilly Family Event Center. For their gift, Drury’s athletic field and training facilities will be named the Curry Sports Complex. This designation encompasses the field and track at Harrison Stadium along with Drury’s indoor training facility at the corner of Central Street at Summit Avenue. Harrison Stadium will retain its name.

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SAIT Polytechnic

~ April 22, 2010

Amid drum rolls, confetti and standing ovations, SAIT celebrated receiving the largest individual donation to a college or polytechnic school in Canadian history with a gift of $15 million Wednesday. John Aldred, founder and former chairman of Enerflex Systems, presented the donation with his wife Cheryl, thanking SAIT for kick-starting a career that progressed well beyond what he ever dreamed, years after he was granted his licence as a heavy duty mechanic at SAIT in 1968. The $15-million donation will go toward the new Aldred Centre, the largest of three buildings in the new Trades and Technology Complex, set to be complete by 2012.

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Metropolitan Opera

~ March 31, 2010

The Metropolitan Opera has received a $30 million gift from philanthropist Ann Ziff, the largest single donation from an individual in its history, the New York Times reports. The unrestricted donation, made on behalf of Ziff's family, will help the opera address a projected deficit of up to $4 million for the current fiscal year. The gift also represents the beginning of a five-year, $300 million campaign to rebuild its endowment and has prompted donations from several board members totaling about $30 million, according to Peter Gelb, the opera's general manager.

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