Word: vanderbilt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These officers, with three other men appointed last night, will comprise the Executive Committee of the Student Council. The three other men are John James Maher '26 of Bridgeport, Conn.; Frederick Vanderbilt Field '27 of New York City, and Carl Gustave Ture Lundell '27 of Dorchester...
Last April Mr. Vanderbilt gave $125,000 for a gymnasium for the dormitory. The inclusion of the gymnasium in the dormitory, which marks a precedent in medical education, is part of the general movement for the prevention rather than the cure of disease. It is the wish of Mr. Vanderbilt that the gymnasium be used in connection with courses in the Medical School...
...announced recently, Harold S. Vanderbilt '07 of New York City has given to the University an additional sum of $575,000 which completes the fund for the new dormitory of the Medical School, soon to be erected on Longwood Avenue, Brookline...
...that the land and the building, which will house 250 students and the gymnasium, will cost a little more than $1,300,000. Nearly 1500 doctors have subscribed to the fund a total of more than $110,000. About 600 other donors have given over $200,000 and Mr. Vanderbilt's two gifts aggregate $700,000. The University has agreed to contribute the sum of approximately $300,000 as an investment...
...campaign for the dormitory fund started in September, 1923. The support of the doctors was most inspiring, not only in their individual gifts but also in the large number of gifts they secured from others. Mr. Vanderbilt's gift of the gymnasium and his final gift to complete the fund, are, however, by far the largest part of the fund and constitute the most generous recognition of the wisdom of the project and a most valuable aid to the Medical School...