***CORRECTION: In this article The Daily stated that a substantial amount of Richard Weiland’s donation will go to the LGBT Community Resources Center. In actuality, while a portion of the gift is earmarked as support for services to the LGBT community, the money will be administered by the Vice Provost for Student Affairs.***

Richard Weiland ‘76, a close friend of Bill Gates and one of the first employees at Microsoft, has left the largest estate gift to the University in its history.

According to Senior Assistant to the President Jeff Wachtel, the donation is estimated at $60 million and is unrestricted, meaning it will be spent at the discretion of University deans. Wachtel said the money will be spread across several schools, including Humanities and Sciences, Engineering and Business.

“The donation was given to support the University’s multidisciplinary programs in these schools,” Wachtel said. “I think it covers a broad cross section of departments and programs throughout the University.”

A substantial amount of the donation will also go to the LGBT Community Resources Center.

Wachtel said Weiland has been a major contributor to the University in the past. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, Weiland has funded professorships in his parents’ names and established a Stanford Graduate Fellowship, along with donating various unrestricted gifts.

Weiland left a total of $160 million from his estate, $60 million of which was gifted to Stanford and $65 million of which was given to gay-rights groups, according to The Chronicle.

Weiland took his own life at age 53 in 2006. The sorting of his estate took more than year.