Monday, Jun. 01, 1925
"Union"
To the greater glory of liberal Christianity: $4,000,000. Announcement that this building and endowment fund had been completed, was announced last week at the commencement exercises of Union Theological Seminary, Manhattan. This is the largest sum ever raised for a theological institution. Among the donors--chiefly Presbyterian : Edward S. Harkness $1,250,000
John Davison Rockefeller Jr 1,083,333
Arthur Curtiss James 365,000
Emily Ogden Butler 300,000
Friends of the late John Crosby
Brown 200,000
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie 100,000
Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness 100,000
Cleveland H. Dodge 50,000
Estate of Frank Hastings 50,000
$3,498,333
The balance was given by 14,500 persons living in 35 states and 15 foreign countries.