Waseda University - Benefactors

Benefactors

Waseda University has had numerous benefactors, including:

  • Eiichi Shibusawa, businessman and philanthropist
  • Ichizaemon Morimura, businessman
  • Koichiro Kagami, businessman
  • Kenkichi Kodera, presenter of over thirty-six thousand foreign books to the Library
  • Kisaku Maekawa, businessman and philanthropist
  • Masaru Ibuka, after whom Masaru Ibuka Auditorium (Hall) is named.
  • Robert J. Shillman, founder & CEO of Cognex Corporation, namesake of Robert Shillman Hall

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