Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-11-11
KENNEDY GIVES TO
CHARITY S25,OOO,OOO
THE LARGEST SINGLE coNTRleU-
TON EVER MADE.
All sections and Even Foreign coun-
tries Share in the
5enefactiOns.

known rich men, who died Of whoop
ing cough in bis New York residence
on Sunday last left requests Of more
than s25.gOo.00o to religious. eharlta
bic and educational Institutions in his
will, filed for probate here yesterday
The gift is the largest single contrl.
button Of IFS kind ever made and the
benefciaries include educational and
church institutions, North. South, East
and West n this country and several
abroad. sixty In all
Nearly half OF the S25,OOOOOO goes
to institutions connected with the
Presbyterian Church, Of which Mr..
Kennedy was an active member.
Other large benehciaries include the
American bible Society. the Metro
polItan Museum Of Art, The New York
United Charities. Columbia University
and Robert C.llege. Constantlnople.
Aside from these gifts Mr.. Kennedy
left approximately sS5,OOO.OOO to his
wife, his relatives and great num-
Der OF friends and employees. The
widows share will be about $4,000
0OO All OF the testators' employees
receive gifts Of from $500 to $4,000
each.
The charitable. religious and educa-
tional institutions which receive the
largest requests are TO share the resi-
due OF the estate left after definite
gifts Of approximately $4,000 900 have
been paid out. Their shares are esti-
mated by the executors as follows:
Presbyterian board OF foreign mis-
sions. s2,25OOOO.
Presbyterian board OF home mis-
slons. $2,25OOOO.
Presbyterian church extension fund,
s2,25O,OOO.
Presbyterian Hospital, New York,
s2.25o,OOO.
Robert College, constantinOple.
si,5OO,OOO.
Presbyterian board OF aid for col
leges. s75O.0OO.
Metropolitan museum OF art. New
York, s2,25O.OOO.
New York Public Library. 49,.
25OOOO.
Columbia University, l225o.oOO,
United Charities. New York, ST.
100000.
American bible Society. S75O.OOO,
Charity Organization Society. New
York, 100000.
Among numerous smaller gifts are
The following;
Yale College. 100000.
University OF Glasgow. Scotland.
cNVhore from my infancy resided
until came to this oountry'1 100000.
Tuakegee Normal aud Industrial In
stitute. 100000.
Hampton Normal school and Agrl-
cultural Institute. 100000,
Anatolls College, MarsovRn, Turkey,
s5o.oOO
Syrian Protestant College, Beirut,
syrla s2s.ooO
American school at smyrna. Tur.
key. $4,000.
Center College, panville. Ky.
$4,000
Presbyterian board OF relief for ais.
ablcd ministers. $4,000
There are also numerous requests
o, from $4,000 10 $4,000, generally to
local religious aud charitable organi'
Eaacna
The long list Of giits Is prcfacod In
the YIN by THIS paragraph;
Having greatly prosperod in the
business which carried on Tor more
than thirty wears In This. my adopted
country. and being DESTROYS Of leaving
sonie expression % my sympathy With
IA religious. charitable. benevolent
ana educational Institutions. I make
these glfts"
ar. Kennedy, whose death on sun.
day occurred with only brief comment
by the press. vas one 81 che million
alre phuanthroplsts whose gifts,
thoueh measured In millions, we're
made with as little glare Of puhllelty
as possible, As he gave quietly. %
De had lived. uncstentatlously. and
made bis prinecly fortune 9th little
hhre o. trumPeis Besides being a
banker. be vas one % TIE coantry's
eA'ef builders % railroads. a patron