William Donner

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William H. Donner (1864 - 1953) was an American businessman. He became extremely wealthy and founded two notable foundations that are still in operation today, the William H. Donner Foundation in the United States, and the Donner Canadian Foundation in Canada. Donner died in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec. In 1958, the William H. Donner Foundation used $2.5 million to fund five chairs in science at MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania thus creating the title of Donner Professor.[1]

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  1. ^ MIT receives $500,000 grant from the Donner Foundation, The Tech, May 23, 1958.

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