Rockefeller pledges $3 million to University of Chicago
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- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book
In October 1895, Gates went to Chicago armed with a letter from Rockefeller pledging another three million dollars for the school’s endowment—possibly the largest such sum ever given at one time by one man for educational purposes and worth about $50 million today. Soon after, Harper and the university secretary, Thomas W.
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