Article: STONY BROOK ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION GIFT FROM RENOWNED FORMER MATH CHAIR JIM SIMONS

The State University of New York at Stony Brook issued the following news release:

Jim Simons, a world-renowned mathematician who as Chair built Stony Brook University's Mathematics Department into one of the best in the nation, announced today that the Simons Foundation is donating $25 million to the University - the largest single cash gift in its history and, in fact, the largest single cash gift ever given to any SUNY institution.

Simons, President of Renaissance Technologies, a private investment firm located in East Setauket, N.Y., has undertaken numerous philanthropic causes related to math, science and autism. Together with his wife, Marilyn, he manages the Simons Foundation, a ...

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