Giving News & Stories

Browse the articles below to learn more about the impact of gifts to Stanford GSB.

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April 15, 2008
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Investing in Faculty: the Moghadam Family Professorship

Christina, BA ’78, and Hamid Moghadam, MBA ’80, established the Moghadam Family Professorship in Stanford GSB, adding their names to an honor roll of donors.
Christina, BA ’78, and Hamid Moghadam, MBA ’80
April 15, 2008
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Investors in Social Innovation Leverage Matching Funds

John Morgridge, MBA ’57, and his wife, Tashia, made a $5 million gift to the Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at Stanford GSB.
Jane Chen, MBA ’08
April 15, 2008
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Leading the Way: A Young Alumnus Gives Back

Roy Gilbert, ’02, has served as co-chair of his fifth reunion committee and, since 2004, as a member of the Business School Fund Council.
Roy Gilbert, MBA ’02
April 15, 2008
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Service-minded Alumnus Sets Shining Example

Ralph Thrane, MBA ’58, made a five-year pledge toward increased annual support, a charitable gift annuity, and a bequest to the school. He then recruited and led a team to reach out to his classmates.
Ralph Thrane, MBA ’58
July 15, 2007
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Classmates Establish Fund to Support and Inspire International Students

In honor of their 25th reunion, Sacha Lainovic and Yasunori Kaneko jointly established a $1 million fellowship to support international students and inspire them to give back.
Lainovic-Kaneko
July 15, 2007
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Generations of a Stanford GSB Family Envision the New Campus

John G. McCoy, MBA ’37, and John B. McCoy, MBA ’67, committed $4 million toward the McCoy Family GSB Building Fund to support the school’s efforts to construct new state-of-the-art facilities.
July 15, 2007
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Honoring a Legend: Collaboration at Work

Douglas Burgum and Robert Kagle, both MBA ’80, were inspired by their 25th reunion to honor Chuck Holloway and create The Charles A. Holloway Professorship.
Douglas Burgum and Robert Kagle
July 15, 2007
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Instilling a Global Perspective in Students

Roger Deromedi, MBA ’77, and his family recently established endowed and expendable funds to support the Center for Global Business and the Economy (CGBE).
Roger Deromedi, MBA ’77
July 15, 2007
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PepsiCo Supports Diversity Efforts Across Stanford GSB

PepsiCo established the PepsiCo Diversity Fellowship Fund, enabling five participants from a range of backgrounds to attend the Summer Institute for General Management.
(From left) Darcy Heppenstall, GSB; Julie Fuller, PepsiCo Inc., Joia Pardo, MBA ’07, PepsiCo recruit; and Celia Harms, GSB.
July 15, 2007
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The Business of Preserving Our Planet

The new Stanford GSB campus––the Knight Management Center––is being made possible by Stanford GSB’s Campus Sustainability Fund, which received $5 million––its first and largest gift.
August 01, 2006
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Nike Founder Phil Knight to Give $105 Million to Stanford GSB

Believed to be the largest gift ever given to a business school, the majority of the gift will be used to construct a $275 million campus for Stanford GSB.
Phil Knight will give $105 million to Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.