Hedge Fund CEO Ken Griffin Gives Record $3 Billion to Carnegie Mellon to Build Miami Campus (Connecting the Dots: Carnegie Mellon University, Ken Griffin, The Commercial Club of Chicago, Anne Dias-Griffin, The Soros Fund Management, Michael Bloomberg, Nike & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
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Wednesday,
30 September 2026 07:11 AM EDT
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Carnegie Mellon University announced
Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the
bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges.
The
Pittsburgh-based private research university said the gift is the largest ever
single gift to a U.S. university. Other donations topping the billion-dollar
mark include $1.8 billion from former New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg to Johns
Hopkins University in
2018. And Nike
co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, also have been prolific donors,
including a $2 billion gift to Oregon Health & Science University in 2025.
Griffin's
gift includes $2 billion to build a new 35-acre campus in Miami's Wynwood
neighborhood, just north of downtown. The campus is expected to enroll around
3,500 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. Construction is scheduled
to begin next year.
Rather
than academic majors, it will focus on what the university and Griffin
described in a news release as "grand challenge areas," such as human
health and biological discovery; national security and strategic capabilities;
energy and climate resilience; and advanced manufacturing and industrial
transformation.
The
rest of the money will be divided evenly between the Pittsburgh campus'
computer science program, which will be renamed after Griffin, and other
unspecified projects on the main campus.
"Throughout
our history, CMU has anticipated moments of profound technological change and
responded with new ways of thinking and solving problems," Carnegie
Mellon's President Farnam Jahanian said in a news release praising Griffin.
" Artificial intelligence represents one of the defining intellectual
developments of our time, and it demands that we rethink how we educate
students, conduct research and partner with others."
Colleges
are facing growing pressure to prepare students for a workforce that is rapidly
being transformed by AI. Job postings including AI and machine learning in the
skills requirements or job title are exploding.
At the
same time, financial pressures on higher education are mounting. International
enrollment is dropping, just as many states are seeing their classes of high
school seniors begin to shrink because of U.S. demographic changes. Meanwhile,
expenses like fuel, healthcare, and technology are rising.
Griffin,
a GOP megadonor who founded the Citadel investment firm, owns a waterfront home
in Miami, which is part of a growing metropolitan area whose population tops
6.4 million.
The
area already is home to the University of Miami, a private research university;
Florida International University, a public research university; and Miami Dade
College, which started out as a community college but also offers some
four-year degrees. Combined, enrollment at the three schools totals around
135,000. Several smaller private colleges are also based in the area.
But
Griffin, who has donated over the years to causes such as medical research,
charter schools, and other universities, saw room for something new.
"The
opportunity to bring Carnegie Mellon to Miami places our city at the heart of
humanistic and scientific advancement and amplifies the University's
international reach and impact," said Griffin, who is joining Carnegie
Mellon's Board of Trustees, in a news release.
Even
before the announcement, Carnegie Mellon had growing ties to Florida, a state
where conservatives have increased their influence on higher education.
Its
computer science department runs a program designed to teach middle school
students in Florida and several other states about AI. The university also is
involved in a partnership with the Gates Foundation to deploy AI-powered course
materials for introductory math classes at Miami Dade College.
Ken Griffin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Griffin
Education
Griffin
has worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to promote charter schools in the
U.S.[11] and fund tutoring.[77]
In
2011, he worked with University of Chicago economics professor John A. List to
test whether investment in teachers or in parents produces better student
performance outcomes.[78]
At the
beginning of 2014, Griffin made a $150 million donation to the financial aid
program at Harvard University, his alma mater, the largest single donation ever
made to the institution at the time.[79][80] In 2014, he was elected to a
five-year term on the University of Chicago's board of trustees. He is also a
member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the civic committee of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.[81]
Griffin is the vice chairman of the Chicago Public Education Fund.[79]
In
October 2017, Griffin's charitable fund donated $1 million to the Obama
Foundation.[82][83] In November 2017, Griffin's charitable fund made a $125
million gift to support the Department of Economics of the University of
Chicago, renamed the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics.[84]
Griffin
donated $21.5 million to the Field
Museum of Natural History and its dinosaur exhibit is named the Griffin
Dinosaur Experience.[85]
In
October 2019, Griffin's charitable fund announced a $125 million gift to the Museum
of Science and Industry in
Chicago, the largest gift in the museum's history. The museum was renamed the
Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.[86][87]
In
April 2021, he donated $5 million to an initiative to provide Internet access
to students in Miami.[88] In November 2021, Griffin outbid a group of crypto
investors to purchase the last privately held copy of the United States
Constitution at auction for $43.2 million. Griffin said, "I intend to
ensure that this copy of our Constitution will be available for all Americans
and visitors to view and appreciate in our museums and other public
spaces", with plans to display it first at the Crystal Bridges Museum of
American Art in Arkansas.[89][90]
In
March 2022, Griffin donated $40 million to the American
Museum of Natural History in New
York to help complete the 230,000 square foot renovation.[91] In July 2022, he
donated $130 million to Chicago nonprofits before his move to Florida.[92] In
October 2022, Griffin donated $250,000 to a Miami scholarship program for STEM
students, his first donation since moving Citadel's headquarters there.[93]
Griffin,
the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Walton Family Foundation
have funded The Education Recovery Scorecard, an analysis of pandemic learning
loss released in October 2022 that uses local and national test score data to
map changes in student performance.
Philanthropy
Arts
In
December 2015, Griffin donated an unrestricted $40 million to the Museum
of Modern Art in
New York.
COVID-19
donations
In
March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Griffin contributed $2.5 million to support
food services for children in Chicago Public Schools.[72] In May 2020, Griffin and his partners at Citadel
made a £3 million donation to help develop a COVID-19 vaccine and to support NHS Nightingale Hospitals.[73] Griffin oversaw a $2 million donation from Citadel
to Weill Cornell Medicine to
help fund the development of new ways to protect people from COVID-19 and identify new cases of the illness.
Anne
Dias-Griffin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Dias-Griffin
Early
life and education
Dias
was born in Strasbourg, France.[2] She moved to the United States to study at
the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1992.[3] She graduated summa cum
laude and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3]
Dias
worked full-time in public policy research during college, on both domestic and
foreign policy issues.[4] She was a research assistant to constitutional law
scholar Walter Berns, the Olin Professor of Government at Georgetown
University, and
helped research a book on the Electoral College.[5] She also assisted Patrick
J. Glynn, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, on his book
about the history of the Cold War.
Early
career
After
receiving her degree from Georgetown University, Anne worked as an analyst in
the Investment Banking department of Goldman Sachs in London and New York City
and at Fidelity International in London.
After
obtaining her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997, she joined Soros
Fund Management as an
analyst and was promoted to portfolio manager one year later.
Personal
life
Dias
was born in France to a Franco-Argentine father and Franco-German mother.[32]
She married hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin in 2003. In 2015, Griffin and Dias
divorced.[33] The couple has joint custody over their three children.[34][35]
As of 2023, both Griffin and Dias live in Miami, Florida, after moving their
business operations from Chicago.
Kenneth
and Anne Griffin Foundation
Dias
was co-president of the Kenneth and Anne Griffin Foundation, which she
co-founded in 2009; it was dissolved in 2014 due to the couple's
divorce.[21][22] The foundation focused on early childhood education, the arts,
and medical research, with particular emphasis on the health of women and
children. The Griffins pledged more than $100 million to leading innovators and
entrepreneurs whose initiatives are bringing measurable and sustainable change
to the community.[23] Dias organized a national conference on early childhood
education every year in Chicago for teachers, academic researchers and public
policy experts.[24]
In
2006, Dias and Griffin gave $19 million to the Art
Institute of Chicago,
and in 2009, the Griffins donated $10 million to establish the Griffin Early
Childhood Center.[25][26]
In
2010, they donated $16 million to the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's
Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern University to create an Emergency Care Center,
which opened in 2012.
Connecting
the Dots:
Kenneth Griffin donated to Northwestern University, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, married to Anne Dias-Griffin, donating to Carnegie Mellon University, worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, donated to the American Museum of Natural History, donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, donated to the Art Institute of Chicago and donated to the Museum of Modern Art.
JB Pritzker is a trustee and
serves on the investment committee of Northwestern University and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the governor of
Illinois.
John A.
Canning Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Edward M.
Liddy is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W.
James McNerney Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M.
Daley was a trustee at Northwestern University, the
chief of staff or the Barack Obama administration and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lee M.
Mitchell was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Patrick
G. Ryan Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Gordon I.
Segal was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
David B.
Speer was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Louis A.
Simpson was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Deborah
L. DeHaas is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Michael
W. Ferro Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Dennis
J. FitzSimons is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
J. Douglas
Gray is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Dean M.
Harrison is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester B.
Knight is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lawrence
F. Levy is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William
A. Osborn is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
J.B. Pritzker is
a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Patrick
G. Ryan Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Morton
O. Schapiro is the president of Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Charles
A. Tribbett III is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Frederick
H. Waddell is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Arnold R.
Weber is the president emeritus for Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
David B.
Weinberg is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Miles D.
White is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W.
Rockwell Wirtz is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William
Wrigley Jr. II was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Dennis
H. Chookaszian was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Judge April Perry
received her BS &
JD from Northwestern University and is serving as a United States
district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Illinois.
Gary Scott
Feinerman is a judge for the U.S. District Court - Northern
District of Illinois and was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cameron F. Kerry
is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Teresa Heinz
Kerry’s brother-in-law, John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Cameron F. Kerry’s sister-in-law, married to John
F. Kerry, a trustee at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and
a life trustee at Carnegie Mellon University.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the endowed
predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University, the founder of
the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Donna E. Shalala
was a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the president
of the University of Miami.
Helene D. Gayle is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and an honorary
trustee at the American Museum of Natural History.
Ellen V. Futter is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the
president of the American Museum of Natural History.
Steven A. Denning is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
was a trustee at the American Museum of Natural History.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the
founder of the Soros Fund Management.
Anne Dias Griffin was an analyst for the Soros Fund Management, studied at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, is married to Kenneth Griffin and a director at the French-American Foundation.
Christine Lagarde attended George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception and
was the finance minister for France.
Howard H. Leach
was a U.S. ambassador for France, a director at the French-American
Foundation, a regent at the University of California and a board
member for the Haas School of Business.
Richard C. Blum was
a regent at the University of California, a board member for the Haas
School of Business, married to California Senator Dianne Feinstein
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
C. Douglas Dillon
was a chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a U.S.
ambassador for France.
Richard L.
Kauffman was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
a director at the French-American Foundation.
John A. Thain is a
director at the French-American Foundation and was Timothy F.
Geithner’s unofficial adviser.
Timothy F.
Geithner’s unofficial adviser was John A. Thain and is an overseer,
director for the International Rescue Committee.
Tom Brokaw is an
overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a trustee at
the American Museum of Natural History.
Maurice R.
Greenberg is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee
and was a benefactor & trustee at the American Museum of Natural
History.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the International Rescue
Committee and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Madeleine K.
Albright was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee,
a professor at Georgetown University, a professor at the Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service and a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Anne Dias Griffin
studied at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and is married
to Kenneth Griffin.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
and the
endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and the International Rescue Committee.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Helene D. Gayle is
a director at the ONE Campaign and an honorary trustee at the American
Museum of Natural History.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is an advocate for the ONE Campaign and the
founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
David H. Koch is a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and an emeritus trustee at Johns
Hopkins University.
David M.
Rubenstein was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
is a trustee at Johns Hopkins University.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Lester Crown’s son
and a trustee at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is James
S. Crown & Steven Crown’s father, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and a life trustee at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Kenneth Griffin
donated the Museum
of Science and Industry, donated to the Art Institute of Chicago and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
A. Steven Crown
is Lester Crown’s son, a trustee at the Art Institute of
Chicago and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
J. Christopher Reyes is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
John W. Rowe is a
life trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
David J. Vitale is
a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Frederick H.
Waddell is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Norman R. Bobins
was a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Linda Johnson
Rice is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
David J. Vitale
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a trustee at the Museum
of Science and Industry.
Kenneth Griffin donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, donated to the American Museum of Natural History and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Ellen V. Futter was the president of the American Museum of Natural
History and is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Steven A. Denning was
a trustee at the American Museum of Natural History and is an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Center for American
Progress and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Center for
American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Center for
American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, a supporter for the Center
for American Progress, is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and Daisy M. Soros’s brother-in law.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress, was the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the health care policy
adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
The National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID is
one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Anthony Fauci
is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and attended Cornell University's
Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medicine), graduating with a Doctor
of Medicine degree in 1966 ranked first in his class.
Daisy M. Soros is George Soros’s sister-in-law
and an overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Abby Joseph Cohen was
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is an
overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Jeffrey W.
Greenberg was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and is an overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Charles O.
Prince III was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and an overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Jessica
Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a trustee
at the Rockefeller Foundation.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Rockefeller
Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank)
and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
David Rockefeller was the founder of the Rockefeller Foundation and an honorary chairman at the Museum of Modern Art.
David Rockefeller Jr. was the chair for the Rockefeller Foundation
and is a trustee at the Museum of Modern Art.
Kenneth Griffin
donated to the Museum
of Modern Art, married to Anne Dias-Griffin and donated to
the American Museum of Natural History.
Anne Dias Griffin
is married to Kenneth Griffin and was an analyst for the Soros Fund
Management.
George Soros is the founder of the Soros Fund Management
and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Helene D. Gayle is a trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and an honorary trustee at the American Museum of
Natural History.
Ellen V. Futter is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the
president of the American Museum of Natural History.
Steven A. Denning is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
was a trustee at the American Museum of Natural History.
Shirley M. Malcom
was an honorary trustee at the American Museum of Natural History, a
trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the
Environment and is a director at the Heinz Endowments.
Teresa Heinz Kerry is the vice chair for the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, the chair emeritus for the Heinz Endowments, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to John F. Kerry and Cameron F. Kerry’s sister-in-law.
Cameron F. Kerry
is Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law, a fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Gary Scott
Feinerman was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and is a judge for
the U.S. District Court - Northern District of Illinois.
Judge April Perry
is serving as a United
States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois and received her BS & JD from Northwestern
University.
JB Pritzker is a trustee and serves on the
investment committee of Northwestern University and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago, the governor of Illinois.
John A.
Canning Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Edward M.
Liddy is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W.
James McNerney Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M.
Daley was a trustee at Northwestern University, the
chief of staff or the Barack Obama administration and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lee M.
Mitchell was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Patrick
G. Ryan Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Gordon I.
Segal was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
David B.
Speer was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Louis A.
Simpson was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Deborah
L. DeHaas is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Michael
W. Ferro Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Dennis
J. FitzSimons is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
J. Douglas
Gray is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Dean M.
Harrison is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester B.
Knight is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lawrence
F. Levy is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William
A. Osborn is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
J.B. Pritzker is
a trustee at Northwestern University and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Patrick
G. Ryan Jr. is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Morton
O. Schapiro is the president of Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Charles
A. Tribbett III is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Frederick
H. Waddell is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Arnold R.
Weber is the president emeritus for Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
David B.
Weinberg is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Miles D.
White is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W.
Rockwell Wirtz is a trustee at Northwestern University and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William
Wrigley Jr. II was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Dennis
H. Chookaszian was a trustee at Northwestern University and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Kenneth Griffin
donated to Northwestern
University, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, married
to Anne Dias-Griffin, donating to Carnegie Mellon University, worked
with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, donated to the American
Museum of Natural History, donated to the Museum of Science and Industry,
donated to the Art Institute of Chicago and donated to the Museum of
Modern Art.
Anne Dias Griffin
is married to Kenneth Griffin and was an analyst for the Soros Fund
Management.
George Soros is
the founder of the Soros Fund Management and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter
for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Philip H.
Knight is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)
and the chairman & co-founder for Nike, Inc.
Vernon
E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a senior counsel for Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Nike,
Inc.
Daniel R.
Glickman was a senior adviser for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP and is director, Congressional Program for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
David H. Koch is a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and an emeritus trustee at Johns
Hopkins University.
David M.
Rubenstein was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
is a trustee at Johns Hopkins University.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Lester Crown’s son
and a trustee at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is James
S. Crown & Steven Crown’s father, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and a life trustee at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Kenneth Griffin
donated the Museum
of Science and Industry, donated to the Art Institute of Chicago and
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
A. Steven Crown
is Lester Crown’s son, a trustee at the Art Institute of
Chicago and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
J. Christopher Reyes is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
John W. Rowe is a
life trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
David J. Vitale is
a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Frederick H.
Waddell is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Norman R. Bobins
was a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Linda Johnson
Rice is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
David J. Vitale
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a trustee at the Museum
of Science and Industry.
Kenneth Griffin donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, donated to the American Museum of Natural History and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Ellen V. Futter was the president of the American Museum of Natural
History and is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Steven A. Denning was
a trustee at the American Museum of Natural History and is an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Center for American
Progress and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Center for
American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Center for
American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, a supporter for the Center
for American Progress, is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and Daisy M. Soros’s brother-in law.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress, was the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the health care policy
adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
The National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID
is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Anthony Fauci
is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
and attended Cornell University's Medical College (now Weill Cornell
Medicine), graduating with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1966 ranked first
in his class.
Daisy M. Soros is George Soros’s sister-in-law
and an overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Abby Joseph Cohen was
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is an
overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Jeffrey W.
Greenberg was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and is an overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Charles O.
Prince III was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and an overseer at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Jessica
Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a trustee at the Rockefeller
Foundation.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Rockefeller
Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank)
and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
David Rockefeller was the founder of the Rockefeller Foundation and an honorary chairman at the Museum of Modern Art.
David Rockefeller Jr. was the chair for the Rockefeller Foundation
and is a trustee at the Museum of Modern Art.
Kenneth Griffin
donated to the Museum
of Modern Art, married to Anne Dias-Griffin and donated to
the American Museum of Natural History.
Anne Dias Griffin
is married to Kenneth Griffin and was an analyst for the Soros Fund
Management.
George Soros is the founder of the Soros Fund Management.
Resources:
Past Research
France’s
Macron Positions Himself as Globalist ‘Anti-Trump’ at UN Meeting (Past Research on the French-American Foundation)
Thursday,
September 21, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/09/frances-macron-positions-himself-as.html
Starbucks
Closing 250 Stores in North America (Connecting the Dots: Brian Niccol,
Starbucks, Unions, America Votes, Planned Unemployment, The Commercial Club of
Chicago & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the
University of Miami)
Tuesday,
September 29, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/09/starbucks-closing-250-stores-in-north.html
From
Chicago with Love: the Obama Love Story Is in the Works (Past Research on the Art Institute of Chicago)
Tuesday,
December 9, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/from-chicago-with-love-obama-love-story.html
ESPN
Analyst: 'Star Spangled Banner' a 'War Anthem,' Shouldn't Be Played Before
Games (Past Research on Northwestern University)
Friday,
November 8, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/espn-analyst-star-spangled-banner-war.html
Trump
Admin Withholding FEMA Funds From ‘Sanctuary’ States Is Illegal, Federal Judge
Rules (Connecting the Dots: Judge William E. Smith, Georgetown University, Mark
Milley, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), The
Chertoff Group, The Atlantic Council of the United States & Soros Funding,
All Networking) (Past Research on the Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service)
Wednesday,
October 1, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/10/trump-admin-withholding-fema-funds-from.html
Dr.
Henry Masur Wins Weill Cornell Medicine Alumni Association Award (Connecting
the Dots: Anthony Fauci, NIH, FDA, Vaccine Manufacturers, George Soros
Sister-in-law and His Funded Think Tanks All Networking) (Past Research on Weill Cornell Medicine)
Sunday,
August 28, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/08/dr-henry-masur-wins-weill-cornell.html
Dr.
Ben Carson: President Should Be ‘Sworn in on a Stack of Bibles, Not a Koran’ (Past Research on Johns Hopkins University)
Monday,
September 21, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/09/dr-ben-carson-president-should-be-sworn.html
Appeals
Court Restricts National Guard Use in Illinois (Connecting the Dots: Judge
April Perry, JB Pritzker, Northwestern University, The Commercial Club of
Chicago & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research
on Northwestern University)
Monday,
October 13, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/10/appeals-court-restricts-national-guard.html
PepsiCo
to Increase Prices on Some Chips, Sodas (Connecting the Dots: PepsiCo, Price
Control, Charlie Kirk Shooting, President Trump Shooting in Butler & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the
Carnegie Corporation of New York)
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/09/pepsico-to-increase-prices-on-some.html
Firing,
hiring and a mystery: The 225-year-old Library of Congress has never had a
moment like this (Connecting the Dots: James H. Billington, Carla Hayden, The
Library of Congress & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the Carnegie Mellon University)
Sunday,
May 31, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/05/firing-hiring-and-mystery-225-year-old.html
Madeleine
Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In
The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine
Albright & the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service)
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html
Dr.
Morton Halperin – J Street Education Fund (Connecting the Dots: J Street,
Morton Halperin, The Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin, Rhonda
(Randi) Weingarten, The ONE Campaign, MSNBC, ACLU, The Carnegie & Soros
Funding) (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)
Tuesday,
June 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/dr-morton-halperin-j-street-education.html
CDC
Turmoil Sparks Vance Attack on Democrats (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBS News, Michael Bloomberg, Carter
Center, Chuck Schumer, Al Sharpton, The Black Panthers & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the Bloomberg Family
Foundation)
Sunday,
October 12, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/10/cdc-turmoil-sparks-vance-attack-on.html
Minneapolis-Area
Hotels Shut Down Over Safety Issues (Connecting the Dots: Hilton, Crown Family,
Commercial Club of Chicago, Aspen Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Lester
Crown)
Monday,
January 26, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/01/minneapolis-area-hotels-shut-down-over.html
NYC
Museum Unveils 'Apex,' an Almost Complete Stegosaurus (Connecting the Dots: The
American Museum of Natural History, New York & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the American Museum
of Natural History)
Thursday,
December 5, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/12/nyc-museum-unveils-apex-almost-complete.html
Here's
how often airlines involuntarily bump passengers (Past
Research on the Museum of Science and Industry)
Monday,
April 10, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/04/heres-how-often-airlines-involuntarily.html
James
Talarico’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas (Connecting the Dots: James
Talarico, Teach For America, Presbyterian, Harvard University & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Center
for American Progress)
Wednesday,
September 30, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/09/james-talaricos-campaign-for-us-senate.html
Defiant
Marco Rubio Heads to South Carolina: ‘We’re Going to Win This Campaign’ (Past Research on Kenneth C. Griffin)
Wednesday,
February 10, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/02/defiant-marco-rubio-heads-to-south.html
Hidden
Agenda Norman Dodd 1 of 6 (Past Research on the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Rockefeller Foundation)
Saturday,
January 21, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/01/hidden-agenda-norman-dodd-1-of-6.html
The
Perfect Weapon, Medicine - DR LEE MERRIT INTERVIEW (Past
Research on Jessica Tuchman Mathews)
Thursday,
April 15, 2021
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-perfect-weapon-medicine-dr-lee.html
NYC
Museum Unveils 'Apex,' an Almost Complete Stegosaurus (Connecting the Dots: The
American Museum of Natural History, New York & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the American Museum
of Natural History)
Thursday,
December 5, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/12/nyc-museum-unveils-apex-almost-complete.html
Nike
Takes Heat for 'Never Again' Ad at London Marathon (Connecting the Dots: Nike,
CNN, The Jerusalem Post, Jonathan Greenblatt, Anti-Defamation League,
Holocaust, Bill Ackman, The ONE Campaign, Sidley Austin LLP & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Nike)
Tuesday,
April 29, 2025
