University of Oklahoma Foundation - Giving Facts
"The only visible immortality we possess lies in the continuing accomplishments which we leave behind as we wrap the draperies of the couch about us and lie down to pleasant dreams. To live in the hearts and in the acts which we leave behind is not to die. It is immortality."
Dr. John G. Gervey, '23, '25
OU commencement speaker for the Class of '33
1975
Date when all-time giving totaled $25 million
1983
Date when all-time giving totaled $100 million
1993
Date when all-time giving totaled $250 million
2000
Date when all-time giving totaled $500 million
2006
Date when all-time giving totaled $1 billion
2014
Date when all-time giving totaled $2 billion