Jim Rogers is co founder of Quantum Funds. George Soros international investment fund.
>>>Named one of the nation’s top 12 philanthropists by Time magazine in 2000, James Rogers has donated in excess of $200 million to schools, universities and other non-profits in recent years. Rogers owns Sunbelt Communications, which operates NBC and Fox affiliate TV stations in nine western U.S. communities, including KVBC Channel 3 in Las Vegas and KRNV Channel 4 in Reno.<<<
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Rogers donation is Desert Research Institute's largest ever
The Desert Research Institute has secured the largest private donation in its 44-year history from one of the nation’s leading philanthropists, James E. Rogers, CEO of Nevada-based Sunbelt Communications, DRI President Stephen G. Wells and Nevada Test Historical Foundation (NTSHF) President Troy E. Wade announced today.
Rogers has pledged $3 million to DRI for its new Las Vegas Science and Technology Building, which includes the Atomic Testing Museum operated by the NTSHF. As approved by the University and Community College System of Nevada Board of Regents in today's meeting, the facility will be named in honor of Rogers’ father, Frank H. Rogers, a central figure in the early development and operation of the Nevada Test Site.
Slated for completion this summer, the 66,000-square-foot $13.1 million addition to DRI’s campus at 755 E. Flamingo Road marked its groundbreaking last June. Funding for the project comes from state capital-improvement appropriations, state revenue bonds, and a capital campaign being conducted by DRI and the NTSHF.
Two-thirds of the Rogers donation is earmarked for construction of the new facility and build-out of the museum. With the remaining $1 million, DRI will create a new interdisciplinary center dedicated to environmental contaminant detection and clean up. Called the Center for Environmental Remediation and Monitoring, it will also be named in honor of the senior Rogers.
Frank Rogers played an early and important role in the establishment of the Nevada Test Site, and this naming will acknowledge his personal role at the Nevada Test Site,” Wells said. “It will also acknowledge him as a symbol for all the engineers, scientists, technicians, craftsmen, and support personnel who played significant roles in the establishment of the Nevada Test Site.”
Wade, who was a manager at NTS during the nation’s most active nuclear weapons testing periods, worked with Rogers. “Like so many others at the test site, Frank was a patriot,” Wade said. “He knew there was a job to be done in the defense of freedom, and he dedicated his life to that goal. This museum will be a fitting tribute to the men and women of Frank’s generation.”
Named one of the nation’s top 12 philanthropists by Time magazine in 2000, James Rogers has donated in excess of $200 million to schools, universities and other non-profits in recent years. Rogers owns Sunbelt Communications, which operates NBC and Fox affiliate TV stations in nine western U.S. communities, including KVBC Channel 3 in Las Vegas and KRNV Channel 4 in Reno.
This donation has deep, personal meaning for me. My father was a hard-working man of great integrity who was proud of the work he did at NTS. I know he would be profoundly pleased that this building and center will bear his name in memory of people who put duty to country at the top of the list during perilous times,” Rogers said.
The 8,000-square-foot Atomic Testing Museum will feature exhibits depicting the Cold War role of the Nevada Test Site in southern Nevada, placing it in context within American daily life and current affairs during that period. Another 2,000 square feet of museum space will be dedicated to traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution, with which the museum is affiliated, and other entities.
A nonprofit, statewide division of the University and Community College System of Nevada, DRI pursues a full-time program of basic and applied environmental research on a local, national, and international scale. Nearly 500 full- and part-time scientists, technicians, and support staff conduct some 150 research projects at DRI annually. More than 85 percent of DRI's annual $33 million operating budget consists of research grants and contracts obtained by its scientists. The balance is received from the state of Nevada for administrative costs.
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Crap....I used to kind of like Jim Rogers. ANYONE involved with George Soros is DIRTY!!!!!