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...owner, a Serb named Vaso L. Chucovich, contributed heavily to the mayor's campaign, remained his warm friend, grew rich in Denver real estate and on his death in 1933 left $100,000 for a Robert W. Speer memorial. Denver's wrangles over the execution of this bequest have been periodic art news ever since...
Nieman $5,000,000 bequest finally upheld by court...
...Steam appeared to be condensing at an alarming rate, there was little reason for a preferred stockholder to dump his shares. At one time control of New York Steam rested with the Andrews Institute for Girls in Willoughby, Ohio, the executors of Founder Andrews' estate having paid a bequest in Steam stock. Eventually huge Consolidated Edison of New York bought control, now owns 96% of the common stock. Consolidated plans to merge Steam with the rest of its utility business, has asked the New York State public utility commission to approve an exchange offer by which holders of Steam...
...Dexter scholarships were established in 1922 from the bequest of Annie L. Dexter in memory of her father, Charles Dexter, to encourage young men to "to study profoundly the English language," and to enable them "to visit Oxford and Cambridge in England, or the cathedral towns in England...
...Creighton University. The other municipal universities had various origins. The University of the City of Toledo grew out of a manual training school whose funds were turned over to the city in 1884. Big and distinguished University of Cincinnati was opened in 1873, largely from a $1,000,000 bequest made to the city some 20 years before by Merchant Charles McMicken. College of the City of New York (City College for men, Hunter for women, co educational Brooklyn College) sprouted from a free academy and a Normal school. Detroit's Wayne University was formed by bundling together five...