Topic: wavemakers
$1.5 million gift for Lux Recovery House
The Tulane Recovery Community Center was renamed in honor of alumni Leslie (NC ’78) and Paul (A&S ’79, M ’83) Lux.
$4 Million Estate Gift
Gaylord M. Bickham (A&S ’56) left an estate gift of more than $4 million to Tulane, supporting priorities at his alma mater that were dear to his heart.
$10 Million to Fight Cancer
The gift, prompted by Board of Tulane member and alumnus E. Pierce Marshall Jr. (B ’90), honors the memory of Marshall’s father, E. Pierce Marshall.
$2.5 Million for Next Wave Scholarship Challenge
The anonymous donation kickstarts the third phase of the dollar-for-dollar matching program that supports undergraduate scholarship opportunities.
$17.2 million for geriatric medicine and research
A gift from Newcomb College alumna Myrna L. Daniels will fund geriatric initiatives and research at the School of Medicine.
$2.91 million for new Center on Climate Change and Urbanism
Tulane has received a gift to propel the School of Architecture’s multidisciplinary efforts in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.
$12.5 million gift in support of data science
Longtime Tulane supporters Libby and Robert Alexander donated more than $12 million to advance a university-wide data science initiative.
$5 million for Schwartz Family Center for Experiential Business Learning
A $5 million gift from Todd and Gina Schwartz will expand opportunities for students to “learn by doing.”
Gene and Mary Koss Professorship in Glass
Longtime Tulane Professor Gene Koss, who founded the Newcomb Art Department’s renowned glass program, has established an endowed professorship in glass as a parting gift upon his retirement.
$2 million gift to establish faculty chair in AI
The gift from alumnus Mark Wheeler and his wife, Amelia Archer, will create the Mark D. Wheeler Chair in Artificial Intelligence Endowed Fund at the School of Science and Engineering.
