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Stony Brook University receives $150M gift

James Simons addresses a gathering at the Simons

Photo credit: Newsday / John Dunn | James Simons addresses a gathering at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at the Stony Brook University. The building was started by a gift from the James and Marilyn Simons Foundation. (Oct. 26, 2010)

Stony Brook University is being granted $150 million, the largest gift in the school's history, according to a published report.

The Simons Foundation's gift, said The New York Times, is the sixth-largest donation ever to a public university, citing The Chronicle of Higher Education.

"I want to thank Jim and Marilyn Simons and the Simons Foundation for their immense generosity," said...

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