Lorry I. Lokey

Lorry I. Lokey (March 27, 1927 – October 1, 2022) was an American businessperson and philanthropist. A native of Portland, Oregon, he founded the company Business Wire in 1961 and donated in excess of $700 million to charities, with the majority of the money given to schools. He resided in San Francisco during his later years. practiced charity, setting the example for Lokey. then graduated from Grant High School before being drafted into the United States Army, then deployed to Japan during the final months of World War II. While in the service he worked on the Pacific Stars & Stripes as an editor after the war ended. At Stanford, he worked on The Stanford Daily, becoming editor of the school newspaper in 1949. The company expanded and became an international wire service with 30 offices around the world. Santa Clara University, Bellarmine College Preparatory, and Portland State University. These efforts led to his listing as one of the ten highest donors in the United States by the Chronicle of Philanthropy in 2006. During his lifetime, Lokey donated over 90% of his fortune, exceeding . He was the University of Oregon's 2017-2018 honorary degree recipient.

In 2018, he donated $10 million to the University of Haifa for the construction of a new building in downtown Haifa, Israel.

As of June 2014, Lokey had also donated a total of $139.9 million to the University of Oregon in Eugene. This includes a $74.5 million donation in 2007 that was the second most ever given to the school, and the largest donation designated for academics. The facility is named the Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building.

Personal life Lokey had three daughters. He died in Atherton, California, on October 1, 2022, at age 95.