The new Medical School is now assured by the announcement that Mrs. C.P. Huntington has given $250,000 to the fund for the erection, equipment, and endowment of the School, in memory of her late husband, Collis P. Huntington. This generous gift makes up the required balance of the sum needed and makes immediately available the gift of over $1,000,000 by J. Pierpont Morgan, and the $1,000,000 given by J.D. Rockefeller, as well as other smaller amounts that were pledged on the condition that the whole amount be raised.
The announcement of the gift is made in the two letters that follow:
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, Mass., March 7, 1902.
To the President and Fellows of Harvard College:
GENTLEMEN:--We take great pleasure in forwarding the enclosed letter just received from Mrs. C.P. Huntington, offering $250,000 for the erection of a building to be called, in memory of her late husband, The Collis P. Huntington Laboratory of Pathology and Bacteriology. This generous gift, taken in connection with previous subscriptions already reported, more than completes the sum of $765,000 required to secure Mr. J.D. Rockefeller's gift of $1,000,000 for the enlargement and endowment of the Harvard Medical School and thus insures the realization of our great project.
Congratulating the University on this successful result of our efforts, we remain,
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed)J. COLLINS WARREN, H.P. BOWDITCH.
2 EAST FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET, NEW YORK, March 6, 1902.
To the President and Fellows of Harvard University:
GENTLEMEN:--After careful consideration of the plans which have been recently submitted to me for the construction of new buildings for and the equipment and endowment of the Harvard Medical School, I am happy to say that I have reached the conclusion that the serious and important work which is to be done there in connection with pathology and bacteriology would have most strongly commended itself to the personal interest and the wise judgment of my deceased husband, who was always deeply interested in promoting opportunities for sincere and earnest work in the best fields of labor. I will therefore contribute the sum of $250,000 for the construction of the pathological and bacteriological laboratory, and should prefer that this amount should be paid from time to time as the construction of the building progresses and in such manner as my son Archer M. Huntington may approve.
It is my understanding that the laboratory is to be known as the "Collis P. Huntington Laboratory," and so designated by a suitable inscription upon the exterior of the building.
Trusting that this contribution will be of service in connection with the investigations, for the pursuit of which the staff of your Medical School is so notably qualified, and that such investigations, will prove to be of great and constantly increasing service in the important fields of inquiry upon pathological and bacteriological subjects which are now being explored and will ultimately contribute to the relief of all who suffer from bodily pain, illness or injury, I remain,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) ARABELLA D. HUNTINGTON.
Besides the gift of Mrs. Huntington and those of Mr. J.D. Rockefeller and Mr. J.P. Morgan, the following subscriptions to the Medical School fund have been received:
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