A Mid-Pacific Institute alumnus who made it big in the computer graphics chip and semiconductor industries is making a large contribution to his former school.

Ron Yara and his wife, attorney Maggie Eaton, presented a $1 million check to the Manoa school on Friday.

Yara is a 1965 Mid-Pac graduate. He co-founded two companies in the 1980s: SONICblue Inc., which develops and manufactures internet and digital media electronic devices and was formerly known as S3 Inc.; and Chips & Technologies Inc., which is now part of Intel Corp.

Yara also was a general partner of Tallwood Venture Capital, a firm investing in semiconductor and semiconductor-related technologies, and a general partner of Silicon Clocks Inc., a company that developed semiconductor timing products.

The $1 million gift does not come with restrictions on its use, and follows a $200,000 donation Yara and Eaton made to Mid-Pac in 2016 to launch an immersive technology initiative.