Victory Park facility to be named the Perot Museum of Nature & Science DALLAS, May 30
DALLAS, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling it "an extraordinary tribute and a
momentous gift that makes the dream of a new museum at Dallas' Victory Park a
reality," Museum of Nature & Science officials today announced that
fundraising efforts have topped the $100 million mark with a $50 million gift
made by the Perot children in honor of their parents, Margot and H. Ross
Perot.
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The Victory Park facility, which will supplement the existing Fair Park
facilities to address the growing demand for math and science education, will
be named the Perot Museum of Nature & Science.
"The Perot children's incredible gift of $50 million is significant
because, by reaching the $100 million milestone, it will allow us to break
ground at the Victory Park site in 2009," said Nicole G. Small, CEO of the
Museum of Nature & Science, in Dallas. "We are honored to receive this
meaningful tribute from the Perot children celebrating their parents' amazing
contributions to society."
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ross Perot and their five children - Katherine Perot,
Carolyn Perot Rathjen, Suzanne Perot McGee, Nancy Perot Mulford and Ross
Perot, Jr. -- were joined today by Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, Museum leadership
and other guests at the W -- Dallas Victory Hotel. The Perots' gift is the
largest made to the Museum of Nature & Science and is believed to be one of
the single-largest cash gifts to a Dallas museum.
Including the Perots' gift, the Museum has secured nearly $106 million in
capital towards its current project goal of $155 million to fund site
acquisition, exhibition planning and design, construction of the new building,
education programs and an endowment. Other major gifts include $10 million
from Hunt Petroleum, $10 million from the Hoglund Foundation and Family, $10
million from The Rees-Jones Foundation, $10 million from T. Boone Pickens, and
$2.5 million from the Corrigan Family.
The Perot Museum of Nature & Science will be constructed on a 4.7-acre
site adjacent to Victory Park in downtown Dallas. In January 2008, the Museum
named 2005 Pritzker Prize Laureate Thom Mayne of Morphosis as architect for
the new facility.
For more information, go to www.natureandscience.org.
SOURCE Museum of Nature & Science
