Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Gives $26 Million to Washington State

Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft Corp., will give Washington State University $26 million for its School for Global Animal Health.

Allen attended the university based in Pullman, Washington, for two years and the gift is his largest to any educational institution, said David Postman, a spokesman for Vulcan Inc., a company Allen founded in 1986. The donation will be given in stages and will fund a building and support programs in Africa, Postman said in a phone interview today.