April 17, 2008
$272-Million Bequest to Be Split by Two Massachusetts Universities
Tufts and Lesley Universities will share a $272-million gift from trusts established by the late Frank C. Doble, a businessman and Tufts alumnus, the universities announced last week.
Each institution's $136-million share of two dissolved trusts will be the largest gift in its history.
While each university will make its own decisions about how to use its portion of the gift, the situation has "brought our two institutions together," said Lawrence S. Bacow, president of
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