U. of Notre Dame Receives $35-Million; Other Gifts

Three higher-education institutions and a cathedral have received big gifts.

* Thomas F. and Kathy Mendoza, executives at the high-technology company Network Appliance, in Sunnyvale, Calif., have donated $35-million to the University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Ind.

Mr. Mendoza is senior vice president of sales and marketing at Network Appliance, and Mrs. Mendoza is senior director of worldwide strategic alliances. The couple earmarked the gift to support the College of Business, which has been renamed in their honor. Mr. Mendoza graduated from Notre Dame in 1973.

* Christopher Klaus, founder of Internet Security Systems, in Atlanta, has given $15-million to the Georgia Institute of Technology to build a computer and information-technology center.

Mr. Klaus, 26, was a student at Georgia Tech when, in 1992, he invented software that could identify security weaknesses in computer networks. Two years later he left the institute to establish the company and did not graduate.

* A Maryland woman has bequeathed $15-million to the Washington National Cathedral; the gift was not designated for any specific purpose.

Katherine Thomas, who died in 1994, also left $7.5-million to St. Albans, the National Cathedral School for Boys, a college preparatory school that her two sons attended.

* Donald Green, chairman of Advanced Fibre Communications, in Petaluma, Calif., and his wife, Maureen, have given $10-million to construct a concert hall at Sonoma State University, in Rohnert Park, Calif.

Other recent gifts:

Bowling Green State U. (Ohio): $2,000,000 bequest from the estate of Harry V. Frankfather of Lorain, Ohio, a high-school teacher, to endow scholarships for students who are gainfully employed at least 10 hours a week and who maintain at least a B average.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston: $1,500,000 from Jerry A. Greenberg and J. Stuart Moore of Cambridge, Mass., co-chairmen of Sapient, a high-technology consulting company, to renovate a warehouse in Chelsea, Mass., and to support education programs.

California State U. at San Marcos: $1,100,000 from Richard Sulpizio of Poway, Calif., president of Qualcomm, and his wife, Gaby, for the capital campaign.

Cazenovia College (N.Y.): $1,000,000 bequest from the estates of Elsie Beebe Haynes of Oriskany, N.Y., a former vaudeville entertainer, and her husband, Charles Haynes, who owned a construction company, for unrestricted use.

Columbia U. (N.Y.): $2,000,000 from the children of the late Daniel G. Ross of New York, founder of the law firm Becker Ross Stone DeStefano & Klein, to establish a professorship at the Law School.

Elmhurst College (Ill.): $1,000,000 from Shirley Klein Scott of Glen Ellyn, Ill., a retired elementary-school teacher, and her husband, Tom Scott, a realtor, to endow a professorship in education.

Georgetown U. (D.C.): $5,000,000 from Michael Mortara of New York, a managing director at Goldman, Sachs & Company, and his wife, Virginia, for a professorship and endowments at the School of Foreign Service.

Harvard U. (Mass.): $1,500,000 from Terrence Murray of Boston, chairman of FleetBoston Financial Corporation, and his wife, Suzanne, to establish a professorship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

The Johns Hopkins U. (Md.): $1,000,000 from R. Dale Hughes of East Stroudsburg, Pa., retired chairman of Monroe Printing, and his wife, Frances, to establish a professorship in urological cancer at the Oncology Center.

Moravian Academy (Pa.): $1,000,000 from a couple wishing to remain anonymous for unrestricted use. Moravian Academy enrolls 780 students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.

Ohio State U.: $1,000,000 from C. A. (Sandy) Sanders of Lexington, Ky., president emeritus of American Colloid Company, and his wife, June Garrison (Gary) Sanders, for capital projects at the Longaberger Alumni House.

Penn State U. (Pa.): $2,000,000 from Albert and Lorraine Klingman of Philadelphia, physician-scientists, for fellowships at the College of Health and Human Development.

Rutgers U. (N.J.): $2,000,000 from Alan V. Lowenstein of Maplewood, N.J., a lawyer, to endow a professorship and fellowships at the School of Law-Newark.

San Francisco State U.: $2,400,000 from Robert B. Pasker and Laurie Pitman of San Francsico, founders of WebLogic, to endow the history department.

Seattle U.: $2,000,000 from Kent L. Johnson of Seattle, managing director of Alexander Hutton Venture Partners, to establish a professorship in entrepreneurship at the Albers School of Business and Economics.

Slippery Rock U. (Pa.): $2,500,000 from Ethel Carruth of Houston, widow of Allen H. (Buddy) Carruth, a managing partner at John H. Wortham Insurance Company, to renovate West Hall.

St. Lawrence U. (N.Y.): $1,500,000 from Ledyard P. Hale II of Newport Coast, Calif., retired co-founder of R. S. Hughes, an industrial-distribution company, and his wife, Virginia, for scholarships for students from northern New York State.

St. Mary’s U. (Tex.): $1,000,000 from Dennis W. McCarthy of Houston, a retired oil executive, and his wife, Del, for the School of Business and Administration.

U. of North Carolina at Greensboro: $1,000,000 from William Pratt of Greensboro, chairman of RF Micro Devices, to purchase equipment for a new science facility.