Nike Chairman Phil Knight And His Wife Give $125 Million Gift To Advance Cardiovascular Health

Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the University of Oregon throughout his life.  While he thoroughly enjoys the university's sports programs and has donated a large sum of money to the athletics department, he has been extremely charitable elsewhere.  In 2008, Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, donated a total of $100 million to the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) Cancer Institute, which was the largest gift received in th...