BISMARCK — Billionaire businessman Harold Hamm has donated $50 million to the group behind the planned Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a massive tourism project slated for Medora, North Dakota.
Hamm, founder of oil giant Continental Resources, emerged as one of the leading beneficiaries of western North Dakota's oil boom in the late 2000s. The Oklahoma native has since grabbed headlines in the state for his philanthropic work, including eight-figure donations to the University of North Dakota and the University of Mary.
The hefty check Hamm has written the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation makes him the project's leading donor. Melani and Rob Walton, of the Walmart fortune, previously committed $50 million to the project, but they later pared down their gift to $15 million.
Hamm, 77, ....
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A cursory internet search suggests upwards of $200 million now available for this library.
- Obama library: $500 million
- Reagan library: $60 million ($100 million in 2020 dollars)
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