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Final Grant From Atlantic Supports The Cornell Tradition
By Diane Lebo Wallace The Cornell Tradition awards 500 fellowships each year to Cornell students who demonstrate significant work experience, a commitment to campus and/or community service, and academic achievement. Photo: Lindsay France/University Photography The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney ’56,…
Author: Cornell Chronicle
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Inaugural Director of the Atlantic Institute Announced
Dr Penelope Brook has been named as the inaugural Director of the Atlantic Institute, following a successful career at the World Bank Group including as Ombudsman and as Country Director for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Earlier this year the Rhodes Trust joined with The Atlantic Philanthropies in…
Author: The Rhodes Trust
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Makes New Grants to Cornell
By Jose Beduya The Atlantic Philanthropies, created by Charles F. Feeney ’56, made its very first grant in 1982 to Cornell University. By the end of this year, the foundation will conclude its grant-making, realizing the full impact of the foundation’s largesse within its founder’s…
Author: Cornell University
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A Conversation with Atlantic's CEO Christopher Oechsli
Join Cornell University President Emeritus Frank H. T. Rhodes for a conversation with Christopher Oechsli, CEO and president of The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation created by Chuck Feeney who graduated from Cornell in 1956. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have called Feeney their role model—and…
Author: Cornell University
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Cornell gala honors philanthropic icon Chuck Feeney '56
Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, the man who quietly amassed an enormous fortune as a duty-free trader and then secretly gave away more than $5 billion through his charitable foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies, stood for the cheers of his fellow Cornellians June 8 at the…
Author: Cornell University
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The Irish-American Billionaire Who Gave Away His Fortune
Chuck Feeney with Ed Walsh, then president of University of Limerick, and Frank Rhodes, president of Cornell, meeting in Plessy House, Limerick, in 1988 at the beginning of a process that would translate into hundreds of millions for higher education in Ireland. Chuck Feeney, ‘the…
Author: The Irish Times
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Buildings, Bridges and Big Bets
Chuck Feeney, with Cornell University President Frank Rhodes and Ed Walsh, Limerick president, at Plassey House in 1988. From Elizabeth, N.J., where our founder, Chuck Feeney was born and raised, you can follow the Elizabeth River into New York Bay, all the way across the…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Fritz Schwarz to Head The Atlantic Philanthropies Board; Two New Board Members Named
New York, July 3, 2008 The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies has elected Frederick Fritz A. O. Schwarz, Jr., as chairman and appointed two new board members. The two new board members are Cecilia Munoz, Vice President of the National Council of LaRaza,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Olin Lecture Reflects on Philanthropy of Chuck Feeney '56
Christopher G. Oechsli, foreground, speaks with President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes, center, and interim President Hunter Rawlings during the 2016 Olin Lecture in Bailey Hall. Photo: Lindsay France/University Photography By Blaine Friedlander In the Olin Lecture – a Reunion weekend highlight – Christopher G. Oechsli,…
Author: Cornell Chronicle
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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions
Taking a big risk in grantmaking has paid off hugely for Ireland and Atlantic by creating a competitive strategic research environment. By 1996, Atlantic had made major contributions to the country’s university educational infrastructure. Yet, Chuck Feeney, our Founding Chairman, envisioned a quantum leap to…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies