Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Allston Burr Lecture Hall will open for classes the week of April 14, it was announced yesterday. Equipped for demonstration of scientific experiments for large and small groups of students, the modernistic building will be used for classes in General Education...
...building will honor the memory of Allston Burr '89, a Boston investment banker who was active in University affairs throughout his life. At the time of his death in 1949, he left a large bequest without restriction and part of this was used to finance construction of the Allston Burr Lecture Hall...
...final portion of the Bender Report had gone through the Faculty, partly through some budgetry juggling by Provost Buck but mostly through a timely grant from the Corporation. Reaching into its closely hoarded supply of unrestricted funds, the Corporation came up with one million dollars from the Allston Burr bequest, a gift better known in connection with Varsity Clubs. Not only is this ". . . support . . . encouraging," as Provost Buck put it, "to those of us concerned with maintaining the educational standards of Harvard College," but it proves anew the Corporation's flair for holding on to money until the time when...
...Burr was long active in Harvard affairs, serving as an Overseer from 1931 to 1937. In 1912 he donated the money for construction of the present Varsity Club...
Speaking of Burr, Provost Buck said yesterday, "In his own lifetime he exemplified some of the traits of character we hope to foster in our students through the Houses, our instruction, and our advising...