耐克联合创始人菲尔·奈特和妻子彭妮向俄勒冈大学捐赠10亿美元，用于创建新的工程学院1。这笔捐款创造了向旗舰公立大学的最大已知捐赠记录1。88岁的菲尔·奈特是俄勒冈大学毕业生1，此次捐赠使奈特家族对该校的已知总捐赠额超过20亿美元1。
菲尔·奈特在声明中表示，要使一个大胆的梦想成为现实，仅有生动的想象力是不够的1。大学校长卡尔·肖尔茨对这笔捐款做出回应，称其为"一个尖锐的认可，证明我们正在做的事情的重要性"1。本月早些时候，奈特家族还承诺向普罗维登斯圣文森特医疗中心投资11亿美元，用于在俄勒冈州创建首家专属女性健康医院1。
Phil Knight, the 88-year-old cofounder of Nike, and his wife Penny have donated $1 billion to the University of Oregon to establish a new engineering school 1. The gift represents the largest known donation to a flagship public university, marking a significant milestone in philanthropic support for higher education 1.
The Knight family's total known contributions to the University of Oregon now exceed $2 billion 1. Phil Knight, a University of Oregon alumnus, stated in a message accompanying the donation: "To make an audacious dream a reality requires more than a vivid imagination" 1. University President Carl Schotz described the contribution as "a sharp validation of the importance of what we're doing" 1.
Beyond this major gift to the university, the Knight family recently committed an additional $1.1 billion to Providence Saint Vincent Medical Center in Oregon to establish the state's first hospital dedicated exclusively to women's health 1.
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