News Type: Press Release

Andra AddisonSeattle Public LibraryPhone: 206.386.4103 SEATTLE — Bill and Melinda Gates, emphasizing their desire to help Seattle create a library system that will stand at the forefront of change in…

Bridget VoigtDe La SallePhone: 504.558.0311 NEW ORLEANS, La. — De La Salle high school will begin its 50th Birthday Celebration with a generous $250,000 gift from the William H. Gates…

Gerald BrooksSt. Louis Public LibraryPhone: 314.241.2288Email: [email protected] John PinetteMicrosoftPhone: 425.936.0755Email: [email protected] ST. LOUIS — Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman & CEO and co-founder of the Gates Library Foundation, joined St. Louis Public…

Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100, Email: [email protected] MONTREAL, Quebec — The Gates Library Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to partnering with USA and Canadian public libraries to bring…

Cathy N. DavidsonPhone: (919) 684-5783, Email: [email protected] DURHAM, North Carolina — A $20 million endowment gift from Duke University Trustee Melinda French Gates and her husband, Bill Gates, will launch…

Cynthia GlockerCARE Press OfficePhone: 404.681.2552 ext. 453 ATLANTA — CARE today announced a gift of $1.5 million from the William H. Gates Foundation. The gift will go to fund family…

Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] REDMOND, Wash. — The Gates Library Foundation today announced that applications for the second round of grants have been distributed to the…

Bernadette Simmons InterScience, in LondonPhone: 011.44(0).171.331.0331Email: [email protected]  Mark ChatawayInterScience, in LondonPhone: 011.44(0).171.331.0331Email: [email protected] GENEVA — The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) unveiled a new global scientific strategy to accelerate AIDS…

Barbara JirsaBellevue Art MuseumPhone: 425.454.3322 ext. 108 BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue Art Museum announced today a $1 million gift from The William H. Gates Foundation, providing a significant leadership gift…

REDMOND, Washington — The Gates Library Foundation announced today that Carol Erickson, director of the International Relations Office for the American Library Association (ALA), will join the Foundation as international…