View source for H. F. Lenfest

'''H. F. "Gerry" Lenfest''' [[Law]] '[[1958|58]] is a [[trustee]] of the university, and a major benefactor of Columbia. Lenfest made his fortune by buying a small cable television system in Pennsylvania and selling it years later to Comcast for $1.2 Billion.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/02/22/lenfest.fortune.ap/index.html Cable TV billionaire giving away fortune - CNN Feb. 22, 2004]</ref>

Along with [[Lenfest Hall]], the [[law school]] residence hall he helped fund, [[Lenfest Cafe]] and the adjoining lounge in [[Jerome Greene Hall]] are named in recognition for his support of the school.

== Donations ==
*$15 million for the construction of Lenfest Hall in 2001<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/01/05/lenfest.html H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest and Marguerite Give Law School $15M to Build New Student Residence Hall]</ref>
*$15 million for the [[Earth Institute]] in 2004<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/04/05/gerryLenfest.html $15 Million Gift to Columbia Ties Economics to the Environment]</ref>
*$12 million for the creation of the [[Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award]]s in 2005<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/05/gerryLenfest.html  $12 Million Gift by Trustee Gerry Lenfest Funds New Teaching Awards]</ref>
*$48 million for a "challenge" fund to endow 32 new professorships in 2006<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/09/campaign.html Columbia Launches Major Fundraising Campaign]</ref>
*2 million for the [[Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category: Trustees|Lenfest]]
[[Category: Law school alumni|Lenfest]]
[[Category:Donors|Lenfest]]