Word: wieboldt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern University: "When Mr. & Mrs. William A. Wieboldt of Chicago gave $500,000 for a hall of commerce, the contracts for this and another structure on Northwestern's new 'downtown' campus [in Chicago instead of out in Evanston, Ill.] were given to R. C. Wieboldt & Co. Last week, Raymond C. Wieboldt, son of the donors, returned to the university $153,872 which he had not needed in fulfilling his specifications. Said I: 'The money so honestly and thoughtfully returned will enable the university to complete the campus structures without soliciting...
...Montgomery Ward had given a medical-dental centre, a 14-story Gothic building, in memory of her merchant (mailorder) husband. The widow of Levy Mayer, famed attorney, had given a hall of law. Judge Elbert H. (U. S. Steel) Gary of Manhattan had given a law library. W. A. Wieboldt had given a hall of commerce...