For their part, the city and state would contribute about $150 million to build the park.
They contribute about $2 billion a year in positive economic impact.
He wrote or contributed to about 300 research papers and several books.
In the past five years, the association has contributed about $15,000 to these organizations.
The companies also contributed about $1,000 of the $1,500 administrative cost per child.
The company said it planned to contribute about $7.5 million to the project.
But oil and gas remain king, contributing about $8 billion to the state's economy in 2000.
Of the total research budget, the government contributes about half (the rest coming from private companies).
A record number of home viewers, though, are expected to contribute about $80 million.
Troops were contributed by 17 nations, about 9,900 in total.