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David Duffield: Cornell President
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Six years ago, David Duffield '62, MBA '64, founder and former chief executive of Peoplesoft, provided a major boost for Cornell's planned nanotechnology building by making a gift of $20 million. He takes great pride in this project, not just because it will benefit the College of Engineering, where he earned his undergraduate degree, but because naming the building is a "dedication to my parents; it's for my mom and dad."
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Mr. Duffield was in his early 50s then, and he had waited a long time to celebrate. As an electrical-engineering major at Cornell, he struggled to pay tuition in the early 1960s after his father died. His early jobs at International Business Machines Corp. involved constant travel. When he started PeopleSoft in 1987, cash was so tight he took a potentially ruinous mortgage on his home to raise funds.
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The dedication ceremony will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 at a Grand Opening Event and Reception in the Duffield Hall atriums, presided over by Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman. During the ceremony, a presentation will be made to Lehman by NASA astronaut Daniel Barry, a 1975 Cornell alumnus. The event is open to the public, but tickets are required.
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