Gerhard Andlinger's donation, announced Tuesday, is to create an engineering center to study energy and the environment, focusing on climate change.
Gerhard Andlinger is chairman of the Andlinger & Co. investment firm in Tarrytown, N.Y.
He says he aims to work on technological solutions to climate issues. He calls it a personal and institutional responsibility to create a better world for future generations.
The work of the center will help create a better world for our children and grandchildren, which I see as a personal as well as institutional responsibility
Princeton President Shirley Tilghman says the gift will be the start of $400 million in spending by the university on energy and climate issues.
Princeton has received two other gifts so large in its history.
