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2011–2026
The Mathile gift: On 26 March 2011 Saint Mary's College announced the largest single private gift in its 167-year history: 9 million dollars from MaryAnn and Clayton Mathile — founders of the Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition, and parents of alumna Jennifer Mathile Prikkel '95 — for the renovation of Science Hall. Prikkel, a college trustee, added 1 million dollars of her own, for a combined gift of 10 million; the table ranks the two gifts separately, as the college announced them.
The Neuhoff bequest: Weeks later the college announced its largest bequest: the trust of Marjorie A. Neuhoff '61 had given 4.7 million dollars, the college first announced — and when the estate settled, the bequest stood at 6.2 million dollars, the figure the college's corrected announcement of 4 June 2011 carries and the figure printed here, with the superseded announcement kept in the record because the college itself kept it. The bequest endows a chair in nursing, a need-based scholarship and the Summer Science Research Communities, all in Neuhoff's name.
The Wilson Sheehan gift: In May 2026 the college announced a gift of 7.5 million dollars from Lorraine Sheehan Wilson, class of 1985, and her husband Chris Wilson — a Notre Dame graduate of the same year — establishing the Wilson Sheehan Scholarship Fund: the largest cash scholarship gift in the college's history, providing need-based scholarships from the 2027–28 academic year. The Wilson Sheehan Foundation's name stands also on Notre Dame's poverty-research laboratory, across the road; the two campuses' records of one family's giving belong to both entries, and the Notre Dame side is told in the Poverty Initiative entry above.
Sources:
- Saint Mary's College news releases (26 March 2011; 4 June 2011) — the Mathile and Prikkel gifts, and the Neuhoff bequest at its announced and settled figures.
- Saint Mary's College announcement, carried by Building Indiana Business (May 2026) — the Wilson Sheehan Scholarship Fund gift of 7.5 million dollars.