Nike cofounder gives $1bn to University of Oregon in historic donation

Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder, at the Sun Valley conference in Idaho in July 2019. via Getty Images Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder, at the Sun Valley conference in Idaho in July 2019. via Getty Images Oregon Nike co-founder gives $1bn to University of Oregon in historic donation Phil Knight and wife, Penny, make largest known donation to a public university to fund a new engineering school

Prefer the Guardian on Google Nike co-founder Phil Knight, and his wife, Penny, have donated $1bn to the University of Oregon in what the institution described as the “largest gift ever made to a comprehensive public university”.