Kavli Strives to Leave Mark on Science

Fred Kavli, founder of the Kavli Foundation that supports scientific research aimed at improving the quality of life in the fields of cosmology, neuroscience and nanoscience, poses Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 at this Santa Barbara, Calif. home. He might be the most active philanthropist you\'ve never heard of: a retired technology entrepreneur putting his stamp on science research centers at the world\'s top universities and sponsoring what he hopes will be 21st-century versions of the Nobel Prizes. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant)

(AP) -- He might be the most active philanthropist you've never heard of: a retired technology entrepreneur putting his stamp on science research centers at the world's top universities and sponsoring what he hopes will be 21st-century versions of the Nobel Prizes.

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