The F. W. Olin Foundation was established in 1938 by
Franklin W. Olin, an engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and professional
baseball player. In the 60 years since, the F.W. Olin Foundation has awarded
grants totaling more than $300 million to construct and fully equip 72 buildings
on 57 independent college campuses. The majority of these are teaching and
laboratory facilities for engineering and science, but facilities for information
technology, business, the humanities, and the arts, plus a number of libraries,
have also been constructed. Grant recipients include Babson, Bucknell, Carleton,
Case-Western, Colgate, Cornell, DePauw, Hampton, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins,
Marquette, Rose-Hulman Institute, Tufts, University of San Diego, University
of Southern California, Vanderbilt, and Worcester Polytechnic.
