* $6 million to The Wilmer Eye Research Institute at Johns Hopkins

University. The gift will help construct a new research and eye care

facility for the Institute, which is long-recognized as an

international leader in ophthalmology.

* $5 million to Texas Woman's University. This gift will help fund

construction of TWU's new $32-million T. Boone Pickens Institute of

Health Sciences-Dallas Center. The state-of-the-art facility will be

built at the TWU Parkland location in the heart of Dallas'

Southwestern Medical District, and will offer programs in nursing,

occupational therapy, physical therapy, healthcare administration and

library science. The TWU Stroke Center also will be housed in the

facility. The donation is the largest single gift from an individual

to TWU, the largest public university primarily for women in the

United States.

* $2 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas. The local

chapter of the oldest, largest youth-mentoring organizations in the

United States is receiving a matching grant for its Campaign for

Children in Crisis.

* $1.25 million to The Senior Source, Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas,

which is recognized throughout Texas and the Southwest for improving

the quality of life and promoting the independence of older adults.

The Senior Source is one of the few nonprofits addressing a full

spectrum of needs of older adults, from the most active senior to the

very frail, incapacitated elderly. Through nine distinct programs,

the agency supports nursing home residents, provides eldercare

counseling, coordinates money management, serves as legal guardian,

provides in-home companions, and matches older adults with employment

and volunteer opportunities.

* $1 million to The Phoenix House, which has been providing substance

abuse services in Texas for nearly ten years. The gift will fund the

T. Boone Pickens Scholarship Endowment, income from which will pay for

residential drug rehab treatment for from six to eight teenagers per

year.

* $1 million grant to the Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Foundation. The

Foundation helps U.S. veterans wounded in action. Most initial

contact with recipients for these awards is by "word of mouth" in

federal medical centers.

* $1 million to M.D. Anderson to support their ongoing cancer research

initiatives, with a particular focus on the early detection, treatment

and prevention of cervical cancer. Funds are designated to support

Dr. Michele Follen's research and education projects in the Center for

Biomedical Engineering.