Article: CU TO RECEIVE $200 MILLION GIFT CALIF. SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEUR COLEMAN TARGETS RESEARCH INTO TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES.(Local)

Byline: Julie Poppen News Staff Writer

The University of Colorado will receive a gift of more than $200 million from a California technology entrepreneur - the largest cash contribution ever to an American public university.

CU will announce the gift - to be distributed over five years - today. The sum dwarfs any gift ever given to a public or private university in Colorado.

It comes from Bill and Claudia Coleman of Los Altos, Calif. Bill Coleman is chairman and CEO of San Jose-based BEA Systems, one of the world's leading e-business software infrastructure companies, which boasts WebLogic as its centerpiece product.

The money will be ...

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