Born: Jan. 6, 1943, in Salisbury

Hometown: Reared in Greensboro and Wilmington

Education: N.C. State University, B.S., 1965; M.S., 1968; Ph.D., 1972

Career: NASA Apollo space program, 1966, computer programmer; N.C. State University, 1966-1971, graduate student; N.C. State University, 1971-1976, faculty member; SAS Institute, 1976-present, president, CEO, computer programmer.

Hobbies: Golf, rock collecting, Sudoku

Children: The Goodnights have three children: Leah, 38; Susan, 36; and James, 25.

Ann Goodnight

Born: Sept. 30, 1945

Hometown: Lillington

Education: N.C. State University, BA, 1968

Career: Worked for state consumer protection division in 1970s. Became a full-time mother and housewife. Currently, director of community relations at SAS.

Hobbies: Walking their 1-year-old English retriever, Heidi; spending weekends at the beach.

Philanthropy

EDUCATION

N.C. State University

* Gave $5 million to the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

* Donated $2 million for a new graduate business degree program in analytics.

* Awarded a $1 million software grant.

* Endowed several professorships.

* Made unspecified contributions to special-collections libraries.

* Ann Goodnight is chairwoman of a committee trying to raise $1 billion for building projects.

Other Initiatives

* Awarded $3 million in software grants to the UNC system and made grants to at least five universities in other states.

* Supplied students with personal computers at Garner High School and Centennial Middle School in Wake County and at Wilson County high schools.

* Trained public sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade teachers in technology at Cary Academy.

* Financed a 3,000-square-foot expansion and supplied computers at a Communities in Schools learning center in the Kentwood public housing complex in Raleigh.

* Created the Goodnight Educational Foundation, a $10 million fund that benefits education programs at the N.C. Museum of Art, Cary Academy, N.C. State University, the Contemporary Art Museum and the Wake Education Partnership. Lesser amounts have gone to the N.C. Symphony, Carolina Ballet and others.

* Helped raise $1 million for the Wake Education Partnership.

* Donate the proceeds from the annual SAS Championship golf tournament to three education groups.

* Match employees' donations of up to $500 each per year for materials that public school teachers have requested through the nonprofit Web site DonorsChoose.org.

* Coordinate numerous community volunteer efforts, including a program that allows employees to earn financial donations for education through their volunteer work.

N.C. MUSEUM OF ART

* Committed a substantial, undisclosed amount of money for an endowment and are helping raise money for that effort.

* Paid $62,000 for a conference on the park project.

* Held a fundraising party at their home, raising $75,000.

* Purchased about a dozen paintings, including a Monet and a Wyeth, in partnership with the museum for future donation.

* Gave $1 million to establish an Egyptian gallery.

* Gave $1 million to demolish and remove a defunct prison to make room for museum park expansion.

ELSEWHERE

* Donated 12 acres valued at roughly $3 million for the Veterans Freedom Park in Cary.

* Bought naming rights for the SAS soccer park in Cary.

* Financed the Mountains to the Sea exhibit and donated a rock collection, called North Carolina Treasures, to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences.

* Financed more than $3 million in software, services and employees' time for education programs for students in Louisiana displaced by Hurricane Katrina. It also funded a program for students and parents there.

* Granted access to its online curricula for some students in Louisiana and Florida for a limited time.

AWARDS AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS INCLUDED WHERE KNOWN