Gifts and Bequests.

ENDOWMENTS; BAKERSFIELD College (Bakersfield, Calif.); OREGON State University; UNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles; UNIVERSITY of Missouri; CALDWELL, William; LEE, David (Businessman); STRACHAN, Richard; LEVAN, Norman; SCHOLARSHIPS; DENTISTRY; CONTINUING education; MEDICINE; HUMANITIES

This article offers a list of gifts and bequests to universities. Bakersfield College is being given $5.7 million from Norman Levan in support of programs in the humanities in relation to medicine and in support of scholarships, essay programs and continuing education. Oregon State University is receiving $3.6 million from Richard Strachan in support of a new endowment of a professorship for the forest-management program. University of California at Los Angeles has received a pledge of $1 million from David Y. Lee in support of an endowment for the university's school of dentistry. University of Missouri at Columbia has received a pledge of $1.94 million from William Caldwell to the College of Business in support of an undergraduate professional development program.