February 7, 2010
Notable Gifts: $60-Million Donated to Private School
How much: $60-million bequest
Who gave it: Henry C. Woods Jr., an English teacher, and his wife, Janie. Mr. Woods’s family founded the Sahara Coal Company, in Chicago, which is now an investment holding group. He died in 2005, and his wife died two years later.
Who got it: The Lawrenceville School, a private high school in New Jersey. Mr. Woods graduated from the school in 1940, taught English there from 1952 to 1986,
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