In 2012, he gave Philadelphia University another $15 million for a new interdisciplinary college, now named the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce. In 1997, Kanbar donated $5 million to the Tisch School of the Arts, part of New York University, which named its film school after him: The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. Kanbar Hall, an academic building at Bowdoin College, the alma mater of Maurice's brother, Elliott, was funded by donations from the Kanbar Charitable Trust and from Elliott. Kanbar, who was Jewish, had given millions of dollars to various Israeli charities as well. Kanbar owned and lived in an eight-story residential tower in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco; he received attention for his 1999 decision to evict his tenants in order to become the sole occupant of the building. He was a member of Mensa. He has received honorary degrees from Philadelphia University, Kenyon College, Bar-Ilan University, and Yeshiva University. Legacy Kanbar Award Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Kanbar Campus Center, Thomas Jefferson University Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce, Thomas Jefferson University Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, New York University Maurice Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering, Cooper Union Personal life Kanbar never married or had children. He died on August 20, 2022, at his home in San Francisco at the age of 93 and was survived by his brother Elliott. References External links Bibliography Secrets from an Inventor's Notebook, by Maurice Kanbar, Penguin Books. 1929 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American inventors American businesspeople Mensans Thomas Jefferson University alumni People from Brooklyn