July 23, 2009
After Canceling a Donation, a Big Donor Decides to Give
Herbert A. Wertheim, who in 2006 rescinded a $20-million pledge he had made two years earlier to Florida International University, in Miami, has decided to give the money to the university after all, Florida International officials have announced.
Dr. Wertheim, an optometrist and chairman of Brain Power, a Miami company that manufactures optical chemicals and instruments, in 2004 pledged to give the university $20-million to establish a medical school. The state of Florida promised to
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