Frederick S. Pardee (1932 – June 27, 2022) was an American economist, real estate investor and philanthropist from

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. An alumnus of

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, Pardee was one of the largest donors to the University. He was a researcher at the RAND Corporation from 1957 to 1971. In his life, he was a philanthropist and real estate investor who owned and managed apartment buildings in Los Angeles. He made charitable contributions to the RAND Corporation as well as several universities in the United States and a school in

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. His most prominent charitable gift was of US$25 million to

for the establishment of the

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, named for him.

Early life

Frederick S. Pardee was born in 1932. He graduated from

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and received a master's degree from its School of Management in 1954.Rich Barlow
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''Boston University Today'', March 20, 2013 He then served in the

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Career

He worked as a researcher for the RAND Corporation from 1957 to 1971. He then became a real estate investor, owning and managing apartment buildings in Los Angeles.

Philanthropy

Pardee made many charitable contributions to his alma mater

and to the RAND Corporation, where he worked for many years. In 2001, he donated US$5 million for the establishment of the RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Human Condition. Two years later, in 2003, he donated US$10 million for graduate student scholarship. As a result, the graduate school was renamed the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School in his honor. In 2000, his monetary gift to Boston University led to the establishment of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. In 2013, he donated US$7 million for the Campaign for Boston University, a fundraising campaign. Later that year, he donated US$25 million for the establishment of the

, also at

. He also donated to the

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. In 2007, he donated US$7.45 million for the establishment of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies.Frederick S. Pardee Donates $4M to the University of Denver
May 1, 2014 Two years later, in 2009, another gift led to the construction of an annex to Ben Cherrington Hall on the University of Denver campus. In 2013, he received an honorary doctorate from the university. A year later, in 2014, he donated US$4 more million. Additionally, he donated to the African Leadership Academy in

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, where the Frederick S. Pardee Library for the Future of Africa was named in his honor in 2009.

Bibliography

*''Weapon System Cost Sensitivity Analysis as an Aid in Determining Economic Resource Impact'' (RAND Corporation, 1960, 27 pages). *''The Financial Portion of a Management Information System'' (RAND Corporation, 1961, 45 pages). *''Scheduling State of the Art - Anathema Or Necessity?'' (RAND Corporation, 1961, 26 pages). *''Measurement and evaluation of transportation system effectiveness'' (RAND Corporation, 1969, 463 pages). *''New Developments in Transportation Analysis: Evaluation of Mixes of Modes in Alternative Regional Environments'' (RAND Corporation, 1970, 28 pages). *''Measurement and Evaluation of Alternative Regional Transportation Mixes'' (with Charles T. Phillips, Keith V. Smith, RAND Corporation, 1970, 126 pages). *''A Methodology for Developing Environmental Quality Indices'' (with Vikram S. Budharaja, Institute for Analysis, 1972, 24 pages). *''Methodology for Evaluation of the Environmental Consequences of Alternative National Highway Investment Programs'' (with Vikram S. Budharaja, Institute for Analysis, 1973, 510 pages).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pardee, Frederick S. Living people 1932 births People from Los Angeles Economists from California RAND Corporation people Philanthropists from California University of Denver people Boston University School of Management alumni