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...governing system of Harvard is the outgrowth of a Massachusetts Bay Colony act of September, 1642 that empowered a group of overseers, financed by the bequest of a tuburcular John Harvard, to ensure the "piety, morality and learning" of the students of the College. The act presaged what was to be a significant theme for the first two centuries of the University's history: the strong hold that the state legislature was to carry over Harvard's governing boards, particularly the overseers...
Built on land obtained through the 1956 bequest of Trustun Beale, the center has a library containing 44,000 volumes ad it entirely supported by revenue from the nearly $10 million endowment. The center is directed by an administrative staff of senior fellows drawn from universities throughout the world. These scholars select eight junior fellows who live and study on the grounds for one year, receiving a stipend...
...Cornell alumnus has left approximately $15 million to his alma mater, the largest bequest in the university's history and one of the largest ever donated to an American institution of learning...
...record bequest will have "a substantial influence" on the university, Provost Robert Baker told the Daily...
...intrigued that he decided to bequest half of his wills and 400 pounds to the workings of this institute of higher education located a brisk half hour horse ride from his parish, now known as the First Church of Charlestown...