The $300 Million Gift - University of Arkansas - Fayetteville AR
N 36° 04.226 W 094° 10.468
15S E 394239 N 3992398
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Waymark Code: WMKQTJ
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2014
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Marker Inscription -
THE $300 MILLION GIFT
ON APRIL 11, 2002, THE UNIVERSITY RECEIVED THE LARGEST
GIFT IN THE HISTORY OF U.S. PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION -
A $300 MILLION CHALLENGE GIFT FROM THE WALTON FAMILY
CHARITABLE SUPPORT FOUNDATION. THE GIFT ESTABLISHED
AND ENDOWED AN UNDERGRADUATE HONORS COLLEGE AND
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL. ITS EXPRESS PURPOSE WAS TO
ELEVATE THE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE OF ARKANSAS,
"PLACING AN ASPIRING FLAGSHIP PUBLIC UNIVERSITY ON A
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH THE BEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
IN AMERICA." THE GIFT WAS THE FIFTH-LARGEST EVER
TO ANY AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. THE
WALTON FAMILY CHARITABLE SUPPORT FOUNDATION
WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY OF THE LATE SAM M.
WALTON, CREATOR OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CORPORATION,
WAL-MART STORES, INC. OF BENTONVILLE, ARK.
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