On Feb. 20, 2020, Tim Boyle, CEO of Columbia Sportswear, and his wife, Mary, made a $10 million gift to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in support of a new Oregon-based collaboration focused on utilizing ‘big data’ to better fight cancer and other diseases.

The Boyles have a long history of supporting cancer research and scholarship at OHSU. In 2014, they donated $10 million to the Knight Cancer Institute to recruit and support the next generation of cancer researchers. Currently, that mentorship fund supports eight scholars.