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Summary: Professor of Mathematics
Michael Brin and dog Toby.
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS MICHAEL BRIN is an
exacting man, and when he decided to give a
major gift to the department that has been his
refuge and his home for 25 years, he knew exactly
what he wanted his money to achieve: the support
and promotion of the highest quality research and
education in mathematics.
Brin's $2-million gift--the largest made to any
university department by a faculty member--will
support a mathematician whose research and
teaching are world class along with his or her entire
team, including a postdoctoral fellow and several
graduate students.
Brin's extraordinary gift is his way of say-
ing thank you. "I am extremely grateful to
all the people who reached out and made
me feel welcome when I came here from
Russia in 1979. My years at the university
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