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Anonymous donors have given a $3.2 million endowment to a Radcliffe research center that studies how social change impacts individual women's lives.
The Henry A. Murray Research Center, which was founded in 1976 by Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner, specializes in "longitudinal studies," or analyses of women's experiences across their entire lifespans.
The endowment comes from the family of a former radcliffe trustee who served on the college's governing boards for almost 20 years. The family has asked to remain anonymous, Radcliffe officials said.
"It's a major gift that's going to make a major difference in terms of the extent of the programs," said Aida K. Press, director of public information for Radcliffe.
"Every institution [at Radcliffe] is in need of money," said Anne Colby, director of the Murray Center. The gift "means that we will have the money to support more research. Doctoral candidates who want to use our data can be provided with funds or small grants. We can have lots...