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Knight's son, Matthew, died in a scuba diving accident in El Salvador in 2004. Another son of Knight’s, Travis Knight, runs the Laika animation studio. Phil Knight serves as Chairman.
- University of Oregon, Stanford University
- US$ 48.7 billion (November 2020)
- 3, including Travis Knight
- Chairman emeritus, Nike, Inc.
It is named for chief donor Phil Knight 's son, Matthew Knight, who died at the age of 34 in a scuba diving accident. The arena cost $227 million and was designed as collaboration between TVA Architects of Portland and Ellerbe Becket of Kansas City, Missouri. Hoffman Construction Company of Portland was the general contractor.
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- January 13, 2011
- $227 million, ($258 million in 2019 dollars)
- 1390 Villard St., Eugene, OR 97401, United States
The donation was made with Matthew Knight in mind, his father said. “That was a big part of it, sure,” Phil Knight said. Father and son were ever unified by their love of Oregon sports. “He was...
Jun 13, 2020 · Phil knight son Matthew knight, died inside a diving crash in 2004.
Jul 24, 2012 · Hollywood Knights Phil Knight famously made a fortune as a founder of Nike. Now the shoe king and his son Travis are vying for a foothold in the super-competitive world of filmmaking with a cartoon girl named Coraline. By Tom McNichol 7/24/2012 at 12:00pm Published in the February 2009 issue of Portland Monthly
In May 2004, two years after Knight bought Vinton, his son Matthew, aged 34 years, traveled to El Salvador to film a fund-raising video for Christian Children of the World, a Portland nonprofit organization.
May 20, 2016 · Nike founder Phil Knight’s hidden heartache ... the bond between a father and his son. Knight’s recently released memoir Shoe Dog tells the ... code of Matthew Knight.” Shoe Dog by Phil ...
And Knight describes in loving detail the births of his first son, Matthew, and his second, Travis. "You talk about the feeling of being torn as a father," Gopnik said. "And that's something that...
Knight and Travis traveled to El Salvador to return Matthew Knight's body to the U.S. Laika Studio's 2005 short film Moongirl was dedicated to Matthew's memory. Knight resigned as the CEO of Nike on November 18, 2004, several months after his son Matthew's funeral, but retained the position of chairman of the board.