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Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.appHeader = "fact file|Biggest Gifts of 2008";
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Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$4.5 billion (bequest)","James LeVoy Sorenson, chairman of Sorenson Development","To the Sorenson Legacy Foundation (Salt Lake City)");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$1 billion (pledge)","Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, and his wife, Joan Ganz Cooney","To the Peter G. Peterson Foundation (New York)");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$360 million (bequest)","Harold Alfond, founder of the Dexter Shoe Company","To the Harold Alfond Foundation (Portland, Maine)");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$300 million (pledge)","David G. Booth, founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors, and his wife, Suzanne","To University of Chicago Booth School of Business");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$300 million (bequest)","Donald B. Stabler, founder of Stabler Companies, and his wife, Dorothy","To the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation (Harrisburg, Pa.)");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$225 million (bequest)","Dorothy Clarke Patterson, widow of James J. Patterson, an heir to the Tribune Company fortune","To the Patterson Foundation (Sarasota, Fla.)");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$150 million (pledge)","Helen L. Kimmel, widow of Martin S. Kimmel, a co-founder of Kimco Realty Corporation","To New York University Langone Medical Center for a new facility");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$136 million (bequest)","Frank C. Doble, founder of Doble Engineering Company","To Lesley University (Cambridge, Mass.) for its endowment");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$136 million (bequest)","Frank C. Doble, founder of Doble Engineering Company","To Tufts University (Medford, Mass.) for its endowment");
Giving_BiggestGifts_090105.rows[i++] = new Array("$110.8 million","Jeffrey S. Skoll, former president of eBay","To the Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.)");

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