Wu '58 fulfills $100M pledge to Princeton

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<p>Business leader and alumnus Sir Gordon Wu returned to campus Monday, May 14, to celebrate 25 years of extraordinary support to the University, including funds to construct buildings, provide financial aid, endow faculty positions and support innovative research.</p>

<p>Wu, a member of the class of 1958, completed payments this year on a historic gift of $100 million that he pledged in 1995 to support the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The gift is the second largest in Princeton's history; in 2006, Peter B. Lewis, a member of the class of 1955, gave $101 million to support the creative and performing arts.</p>

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<p>That's a lot of money...</p>

<p>Cool!:)</p>

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<p>Giving $101 million, I love it...just to make sure that you'll come ahead of the $100 million guys. It's like being the guy on Price is Right who bets $501 when the person before him guessed $500.</p>

<p>That is one smart guy--which I guess has something to do with his being able to make $101 million in the first place ;)</p>