Retired Professor Pledges $50-Million to UCLA

A retired University of California at Los Angeles professor, Paul I. Terasaki, has pledged $50-million to the university, says the Los Angeles Times.

Mr. Terasaki made his fortune by starting a company based on his research at the university. He devised a new way to ensure successful matches between donated organs and transplant recipients.

Most of Mr. Terasaki’s donation—$48-million—will support a new life-sciences building, and the remaining $2-million will endow a professorship in surgery.
 Mr. Terasaki, who is 80, told the newspaper that he owes much of his success to the university and wants to repay the institution.

He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees there, as well as a Ph.D. in zoology.

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