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Now he hopes to help future graduate students make breakthroughs of their own. READ MORE Fostering Connection for Graduate Students Through estate planning, Antony "Tony" Bakke (PhD ’78) is helping to link graduate students to everything that makes the Caltech community special. READ MORE Pioneering Neurosurgeon Frances Conley and US Olympian Phil Conley Leave $30 Million Bequest to Caltech Phil Conley (BS '56), inducted into the Caltech Athletics Hall of Honor in 2014, and Frances Conley, the first tenured female neurosurgeon in the United States, leave a lasting legacy to the Institute. READ MORE Alumni Establish Ingenuity SURF to Support Research that Could Lead to the Unexpected Vladimir Fedorov (BS ’01, MS ’01) and Jean Wang (BS ’01) look to provide undergraduates with the same opportunities that proved foundational to their own careers. READ MORE Honoring a Lifelong Passion for Physics The family of alumnus Mike Klein ensures his legacy by endowing a scholarship in his name. READ MORE Point72 Gift Funds AI Research Program at Caltech A $3 million gift from Point72 Asset Management establishes a five-year research program at Caltech aimed at building AI tools for scientific discovery. READ MORE Gates Family Legacy Spans Generations in Championing Caltech's Entrepreneurial Spirit The Gates Investment Fund is the latest gift helping the Institute translate ideas into commercial and societal impact. READ MORE Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Autoplay Carousel Previous Next Initiative for Caltech Students Make a planned gift Join the Caltech Associates Start a gift conversation > Our close-knit community brings together some of the world's most brilliant and creative minds to work toward a healthy, sustainable, and inspiring future for all. Join us in illuminating ambitious new paths to discovery. A better tomorrow starts today. 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