Meet Charles Feeney, Cornell's $350 Million Donor

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[i]The New York Times[/i][color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,] has[/font][/color][url="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=ApQO8MN8zSkeqRfpwg4sJPqhuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTFqMDgxZXM0BG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIEJvZHkEcG9zAzEEc2VjA01lZGlhQXJ0aWNsZUJvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJwYjc0czdtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYzM0YzA0ZjQtMjVjNi0zMjlmLWJjY2QtZjVkYjcwNGJhMDYyBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=0/SIG=1551ov81a/EXP=1325647086/**http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/nyregion/cornell-and-technion-israel-chosen-to-build-science-school-in-new-york-city.html%3F_r=2%26%2338;emc=na"] unmasked 80-year-old Cornell alum Charles F. Feeney [/url][color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,]as the anonymous donor who gave the school a $350 million donation to construct a new [/font][/color][url="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Anf1Mz6uEwTfalitTFlmgQGhuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTFqaWd2Ymg3BG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIEJvZHkEcG9zAzIEc2VjA01lZGlhQXJ0aWNsZUJvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJwYjc0czdtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYzM0YzA0ZjQtMjVjNi0zMjlmLWJjY2QtZjVkYjcwNGJhMDYyBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=0/SIG=1448gen3u/EXP=1325647086/**http%3A//www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/12/bloomberg-chooses-cornell-make-new-york-silicon-valley-20/46371/"]technology-based satellite campus [/url][color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,]on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Officials at The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation started by Feeney in 1982, confirmed to the paper last night that he was the one who made the gift for the project, which is expected to generate an extra $1.4 billion in tax revenue for the city, plus 20,000 construction jobs and as many as 30,000 new jobs once the facility is up and running.[/font][/color]


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