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*$12 million for the creation of the [[Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award]]s in 2005<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/05/gerryLenfest.html  $12 Million Gift by Trustee Gerry Lenfest Funds New Teaching Awards]</ref>
 
*$12 million for the creation of the [[Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award]]s in 2005<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/05/gerryLenfest.html  $12 Million Gift by Trustee Gerry Lenfest Funds New Teaching Awards]</ref>
 
*$48 million for a "challenge" fund to endow 32 new professorships in 2006<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/09/campaign.html Columbia Launches Major Fundraising Campaign]</ref>
 
*$48 million for a "challenge" fund to endow 32 new professorships in 2006<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/09/campaign.html Columbia Launches Major Fundraising Campaign]</ref>
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*2 million for the [[Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building]]
  
 
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Revision as of 18:49, 7 December 2007

H. F. "Gerry" Lenfest Law '58 is a trustee of the university, and a major sugar daddy. Lenfest made his fortune by buying a small cable television system in Pennsylvania and selling it years later to Comcast for $1.2 Billion.[1]

Along with Lenfest Hall, the law school residence hall he helped fund, Lenfest Cafe and the adjoining lounge in Jerome Greene Hall are named in recognition for his support of the school.

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