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Freund, a member of the New York City law firm of Shearman, Sterling and Wright since 1923, decreed that part of his bequest should be devoted to stimulating "interest in International Law, European History, and high scholarship...
...Gifts fluctuate a great deal, and it wouldn't be wise to see any trend in the big jump in capital donations," Eugene G. Kraetzer '29, Recording Secretary of the University, commented yesterday. He added that the capital gift total included a bequest for $844,000 and another for $597,000. "But you can't always depend on such gifts," he said...
...recent scholarship bequest in memory of a former Maine governor will provide $1,750 annually in aid to undergraduates who have lived or attended school in Maine...
Bodies by Bequest...
...occurs to me that the best way to promote the giving of bodies by bequest would be for each physician to bequeath his own body to the school from which he graduated. In this way, he would be repaying a debt which he alone can fully pay. Furthermore, if the medical profession would lead the way, the general public would eventually follow...