Dear Colleagues, You may have read about Skidmore gift in Purdue today (yesterday): http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/chemical-engineering-alum-to... The gift will come in batches of $250K over 3 years, when the Univ match will be added. Depending on the gift receipt and endowment income schedule, it may be possible to name the Professorship recipient before the entire gift is in - I'll let you know in due course. Best, Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University