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...fundraisers at Stanford, who had been wooing Ellison??€”the C.E.O. of software giant Oracle and a two-time college drop-out—for months, said that they had no idea Harvard was after the same gift, money that would fund an institute to study technology and its effects on government, society and politics...
...after an initial flurry of press reports following Ellison??€™s surprise disclosure, both institutions have agreed to cooperate to keep further negotiations with Ellison out of the press...
...Ellison??€™s $150 million donation would rank as one of the largest donations to a U.S. university ever, although it is dwarfed by a $400 million gift to Stanford this year by the Hewlett Foundation. Harvard’s largest donation came from the Loeb family, who donated $70 million...
...according to both Glen and Mackey, press reports that described a competition for Ellison??€™s donation were misguided...