Word: countway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...projected medical library will act as the nucleus of the Center, upon its completion, and will probably be the most modern medical library in America. A recent gift of $3.5 million by Miss Sandra Countway, plus other substantial donations to the Medical School Fund Drive, have made it possible for the University to consider immediate action on the estimated $7.5 million library project...
...largest in the history of the University, was donated by Miss Sanda Countway of Brookline, a lifelong resident in the area who is interested in medicine and medical research. Because of the gift, construction for the new library will begin a year from June, and the building will be ready for occupancy by the 1961 Fall Term...
Medical School officials originally set a goal of $7.5 million for the building project. Miss Countway's gift will cover the cost of construction, but an endowment of $4 million on the new library will be sought...
Died. Francis A. Countway, 79, longtime (1913-46) president of Lever Bros. Co., U.S. subsidiary of the British-Dutch Unilever empire; after long illness; in Boston. After his rise from general manager and treasurer, quiet, publicity-shy Countway raised sales from less than $1,000,000 in 1913 to $250 million in 1944. He invented B.O. during a golf game to boost his product, Lifebuoy; presided over the debuts of Lux Toilet Soap, Rinso, Swan and Spry; in 1939 received the highest salary with bonuses ($469,713) outside Hollywood...