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T

he American Technion Society
(ATS) has completed its
$1 billion "Shaping Israel's
Future" campaign.
The latest gift for $20 million from for-
mer Detroiters Nancy and Stephen Grand
of San Francisco to create the Nancy
and Stephen Grand Technion Energy
Program (GTEP) — a campuswide quest
for alternative energy — brought the
campaign to a successful conclusion.
"Thanks to thousands of devoted
supporters across the United States,
many of whom continued and even
exceeded their giving history during dif-
ficult economic times, as well as a hard-
working core of volunteer and profes-
sional leaders and the world-renowned
work of the Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology, we have achieved a breath-
taking goal:' said Joel Rothman, ATS
national president.
The funds raised have helped the
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
"advance in multiple immeasur-
able ways:' said Technion President
Professor Peretz Lavie.
During this campaign, ATS donors
have changed the campus with major
research and teaching facilities.
These include $50 million from
Lorry I. Lokey for the Lorry I. Lokey
Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences
and Engineering ($25 million of which
is designated for the center's Nanomed
Initiative); $30 million from Dr. and
Mrs. Irwin Jacobs for the Irwin and
Joan Jacobs Graduate School; $26 mil-
lion from the Russell Berrie Foundation
for the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology
Institute; $15 million from the Detroit-
based Kahn Family Foundation for the
D.Dan Kahn & Betty Kahn Mechanical
Engineering Building; $13.9 million from
the estate of Louis Edelstein for vari-
ous projects; $13.8 million from Alfred
E.Mann for the Alfred Mann Institute
for Biomedical Development; $10 mil-
lion from Henry and Marilyn Taub for
the Leaders in Science and Technology
Program and faculty recruitment; $10
million from Stephen and Nancy Grand
for the Stephen and Nancy Grand Water
Research Institute; and $10 million from
the Gabriel and Matilda Barnett Trust for
various projects.
The ATS has now begun a period
of assessment and planning in prepa-
ration for the next campaign, to be
launched in 2012. ❑

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