Knights pledge $500M if OHSU can match it


Phil and Penny Knight are pledging $500 million for cancer research if Oregon Health & Science University can match it in the next two years.

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Phil and Penny Knight are pledging $500 million for cancer research if Oregon Health & Science University can match it in the next two years.

The $500 million donation would easily be the largest gift in OHSU’s history.

Joe Robertson, OHSU’s president, said Saturday the pledge gives his institution”the opportunity to move from excellence to true preeminence” in the field of cancer treatment.

Read more at OregonLive.com.


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