Nike Founder Phil Knight Gives Away a Billion Dollars – the Largest Single Donation to a Public University

Originally published on Good News Network

Phil Knight, who co-founded Nike alongside his former track coach at the University of Oregon (Bill Bowerman), has sprinted back to his alma mater with a huge philanthropic gift. And, when Mr. Knight called up the school president earlier in September, it’s fair to say he left a few jaws needing to be picked up