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==Philanthropy==
In 2007, Day made a gift of $200 million to his alma mater [[Claremont McKenna College]], creating the Robert Day Scholars Program. The donation was the largest recorded gift to a liberal arts college, the largest gift in the field of economics and finance, and among the top 20 gifts ever given to a college or university at the time.<ref name="LAngeles">Larry Gordon, 'Claremont McKenna gets huge donation', in ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'', September 27, 2007 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/27/local/me-claremont27]</ref>
Day was the chairman and former chief executive officer of the W. M. Keck Foundation, named after William Myron Keck. In 1997 under Day, the W.M. Keck Foundation funded a US$50 million grant for the Claremont Colleges, establishing a graduate-level, application-based scientific research and education program called the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences.<ref name=CMC200>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmc.edu/news/alumnus-robert-daymakes-200-million-gift-toclaremont-mckenna-college|title=Alumnus Robert Day Makes $200 Million Gift to Claremont McKenna College|author=Staff|date=September 27, 2007|website=Claremont McKenna College}}</ref>
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===Politics===
Day has previously been a donor and economics advisor to the former Governor of California, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].<ref name=LAngeles/> Since 1980, Day supported and hosted events from Congressman [[David Dreier]]. In October 2006, Day hosted a fundraiser with then-President [[George W. Bush]], which raised US$1 million for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref name="gabrielsnyder">Gabriel Snyder, [https://variety.com/2006/scene/news/inside-move-h-wood-picks-side-in-campaign-fund-fight-1117951312/ Inside Move: H'wood picks side in campaign fund fight], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', October 04, 2006</ref> In 2015, Day donated $1.1 million to Super PACs supporting Republican presidential candidates [[Jeb Bush]] and [[Carly Fiorina]].<ref name=mddonors>{{cite news|title=Million-Dollar Donors in the 2016 Presidential Race|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/top-presidential-donors-campaign-money.html|accessdate=14 October 2015|work=New York Times|date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
==Recognition==
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