T denny sanford biography of michael
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Longtime ASU supporter, philanthropist Sanford endows scholarships for ASU, 11 other universities
T. Denny Sanford’s name is associated with major philanthropic gifts throughout the U.S. With few exceptions, they are associated with the health and welfare of children and young people — such as the Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, built to resemble a fairy-tale castle. At Arizona State University, the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics is named for Sanford.
Sanford’s life has been called a rags-to-riches story, one that was appropriately recognized in when he received the Horatio Alger Award, named for the American author who became famous for inspirational tales.
Now Sanford is partnering with the Horatio Alger Association to benefit 12 universities in five states, providing scholarships to outstanding high school students who are committed to pursuing higher education and giving back to their communities. His $30 million gift
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T. Denny Sanford Commits $ Million to National University System
National University System, a private nonprofit system comprised of university and education-related affiliates, has announced a $ million gift from South Dakota businessman and Giving Pledge signatory T. Denny Sanford in support of efforts to provide social emotional learning in grades pre-K
The gift will support the expansion of the Sanford Harmony social emotional learning program, which was developed at Arizona State University's T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics and offers a toolkit of lessons and strategies that emphasize diversity and inclusion, empathy and critical thinking, communication, bekymmer solving, and peer relationships. The schema, which currently is available to more than million students in all fifty states in English and Spanish editions, has been shown to increase academic achievement while reducing stereotyping, bullying, and aggressive behavior. In addition to making the p
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"Kid from Brookings” finds world-leading research career in South Dakota
As a computer science student at South Dakota State University, Mike Headley had a specific research path in mind: he wanted to study the Earth through the eyes of humankind’s most advanced satellites.
After graduation, he started doing just that. In the U.S. Air Force, Headley worked for six years on complex defense satellite systems orbiting our planet. At the same time, he earned a MBA from Loyola Marymount. Then, Headley began a long stint at EROS, a science center run by the U.S. Geological Survey, where he once again surveyed the Earth through the eyes of satellites orbiting the planet.
Having found this niche, Headley thought he would continue to study the Earth from the skies. But in , he was offered a very different opportunity, a role that would take him out of Earth’s orbit and into a laboratory nearly a mile underground. Headley became the laboratory director for what would become the Sanfo