Dec 19, 2003 -- Yeshiva University exceeded its $400 million capital campaign goal two years ahead of schedule. News of the campaign reaching $405 million came in a speech by YU board chair Ronald P. Stanton at the university’s 79th Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation. Mr. Stanton told 700 guests, including YU leaders and prominent philanthropists, at Manhattan’s Waldorf=Astoria, that the figure was significant as it underscored the depth and commitment of support for academic excellence for current and future students. Campaign gifts, he said, included 90 gifts of more than $1 million, 610 gifts of between $25,000 and $1 million, and more than 22,000 gifts of less than $25,000. The funds support an array of academic and student life projects. Hundreds of other projects have been supported by this effort. They include: • The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College • The S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College • 143 new endowed scholarship and fellowship funds – the Madoff Scholars • The Beker Program for Psychological Services in Schools • The Wilf Scholars • The Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine • The Harold and Muriel Block Research Pavilion • The Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center • Cardozo School of Law Lobby and Renovation Project • The Diener-Weissberg Reception Room at the 36th Street Residence • The Wexner Kollel Elyon and Semikhah Honors Program • The Norman F. Levy Lobby at 215 Lexington Avenue • The Wilf Campus • 26 chairs and deanships, including but not limited to, the Gottesman chairs, the E. Billi Ivry chair, the Kukin chair, the Merkin Family chair, the Katz deanship, among others. “We are grateful to all those who contributed to our campaign to provide the best possible education to our students.”