Donors & Corporate Partners
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Icons and Innovators: Cornell Awards Shine Light on Hospitality’s Finest
The 2024 Icon is former IHG CEO Keith Barr ’92 and Innovators are José Andrés and Rob Wilder, founders of José Andrés Group and World Central Kitchen.
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Donor’s New Fund to Support Students, Mentoring
Meng Zhou, M.S. ’92, Ph.D. ’96 established a fund to support doctoral students in applied economics and management.
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Justin Wai ’06 Donates Gift to Create Dean’s Discretionary Fund
Nolan School graduate Justin Wai ’06 has made a $1 million gift to the dean’s discretionary fund at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
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Kyungbae Suh, MBA ’87, Endows Professorship of Global Marketing
Amorepacific CEO Kyungbae Suh, MBA ’87, and his wife, Yoonkyung Shin, established the Kyungbae Suh Professorship of Global Marketing.
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Donor-funded Scholarship Making a Difference for PhD Students
A scholarship funded by Johnson graduate Byron E. Grote, MS ’77, PhD ’81, supports the academic activity of seven Johnson PhD students.
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Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Taps Leaders for Corporate Engagement and Impact
Cornell taps leadership for corporate engagement
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First Among Giants: Chuck Feeney ’56
Learn more about Chuck Feeney’s colossal impact on Cornell, the tourism and retail industries, and, with no exaggeration, the world.
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Johnson honors distinguished alumni at the Big Red Bash
Johnson’s Big Red Bash included panel discussions with alumni honorees about their careers, leadership, and how Johnson prepared them as leaders.
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‘Feeney Way’ officially unveiled on donor’s 90th birthday
For the 90th birthday of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, Cornell University officially unveiled Feeney Way on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, honoring the man who has been called the university’s “third founder.”