in 2000, rogers and his wife loretta gave $26.8 million to the university of toronto. the landmark contribution was directed to the university of toronto faculty of applied science and engineering, which named the "edward s. rogers sr. department of electrical and computer engineering" in honour of his father. the rogers' gift allowed the faculty to establish the edward s. rogers sr. graduate scholarships, the edward s. rogers sr. undergraduate scholarships, the edward s. rogers sr. chair in engineering, the velma m. rogers graham chair in engineering, the rogers at&t wireless communications laboratories and the rogers scholarship program.