Famous Givers and Their GiftsBolton, Sarah Knowles
History
Famous Givers and Their Gifts
Bolton, Sarah Knowles
Philanthropists
Mr. Jonas G. Clark gave to found Clark University, Worcester, Mass.,
about a million dollars to be devoted to post-graduates, or a school
for specialists. Mr. Clark spent about eight years in Europe studying
the highest institutions of learning. Matthew Vassar gave a million
dollars to Vassar College for women at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Ezra B.
Cornell gave a million to Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y. Mr. Henry
W. Sage has also been a most munificent giver to the same institution.
Dr. Joseph W. Taylor of Burlington, N.J., a physician and merchant, and
member of the Society of Friends, founded Bryn Mawr College for Women,
at Bryn Mawr, Penn. His gift consisted of property and academic
buildings worth half a million, and one million dollars in invested
funds as endowment.
Mr. Paul Tulane gave over a million to Tulane University, New Orleans.
George Peabody gave away nine millions in charities,--three millions to
educational institutions, three millions to education at the South to
both whites and negroes, and three millions to build tenement houses for
the poor of London, England.
HORACE KELLEY,
Of Cleveland, Ohio, left a half-million dollars for the foundation of an
art gallery and school. His family were among the pioneer settlers, and
their purchases of land in what became the heart of the city made their
children wealthy. He was born in Cleveland, July 8, 1819, and died in
the same city, Dec. 5, 1890.
He married Miss Fanny Miles, of Elyria, Ohio, and spent much of his life
in foreign travel and in California, where they had a home at Pasadena.
His fortune was the result of saving as well as the increase in
real-estate values.
Mr. John Huntington made a somewhat larger gift for the same purpose.
Mr. H. B. Hurlbut gave his elegant home, his collection of pictures,
etc., valued at half a million, and Mr. J. H. Wade and others have
contributed land, which make nearly two million dollars for the
Cleveland Art Gallery and School. Mr. W. J. Gordon, of Cleveland, Ohio,
gave land for Gordon's Park, bordering on Lake Erie, valued at a million
dollars. It was beautifully laid out by him with drives, lakes, and
flower-beds, and was his home for many years.
MR. HART A. MASSEY,
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