The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
MORE ROCKEFELLER
CASH FOR INSTITUTE
New Gift of S2,550,000 In
creases Total to S12,5OO,O00,
Exclusive Of Realty.
S3.55O,OOO GIVEN THIS YEAR
Now Most Amply Endowed In
stitutiOn for Medical Re-
search in World.

The trustees OF the Rockefeller Insti-
tute announced yesterday the receipt OF
new gift Of s2.55o.o00 from John d.
Rockefeller. the founder OF the great
laboratories for the study OF the causes
OF human disease. Only recently Mr..
Rockefeller set aside In a special fund
1000 900 to enable the institute to found
department OF animal pathology, so
1914 gift to the institute Is $3.550.0O0.
From his bounty the Institute has re-
ceived since its inception in 1901 s12.-
500. 900. and this does not include the
value of the real estate. In edition to
valuable plots of ground the institute
owns a farm OF 100 acres which 10 used
not so much for experimental purposes
as for the breeding and care OF labora-
tory animals and the supply OF farm
! products. II. as has been estimated.
the real estate is worth 22.50O.O00 the
resources OF the Rockefeller Institute now
approximate sI5.o00,00o.
Mr.. Rockefeller began his series OF
for the commencement OF the work for
which the institute was designed. At
the end OF the first year he set aside
81, 00O, 900 In October. 1902. his seneros-
ity made II possible for the institute to
buy from the Schermerhorn estate a plot
Of land at Avenue A and Sixty-sixth
street.
Other Rockefeller Gifts.
In 1907 the work OF the institute wal
put on a permanent basis by Mr.. Rookie.
Teller with a gift of s2.620.6lO for en-
dowment. In 1908 there was a gift OF
$500, 900 for the erection of hospital
This sum was augmented by subsequent
gifts amounting to s170,o15.2O. In 1905
also money was provided for the pur'
chase OF more ground In 1911 the in
stitute acquired nearly four acres be
tween Avenue A and the East Rive'
and Sixty-fourth street and Sixty-sev
enth street Mr.. Rockefeller responded
to every need OF the work.
The terms OF the new gift and the pur
poses for which It will be used are ex
planned in the statement which the insti
tute gave out yesterday:
in order that further opportunities
may be afforded for the more complete in
vestigation OF the nature and causes o
human disease and methods OF Its proven
ton and treatment Mr.. John ID. Rookie
Teller has Just donated s2.65o,Ooo to tn
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search.
"of the sum just donated part will b
utilized 20 purchase additional land II
New York city so that the institute will
have acquired the entire tract where IL
buildings are now located. between Sixty
fourth and Slxty-seventh streets on Ave
nue. A, extending through to East River
about four acres. The remainder will b.
used 10 erect and equip additional labora
tories, buildings and plant and to insur
, the proper maintenance and conduct o
the extended work.
, Leads All In Endowments.
This gift of s2.55o.ooo is in addition
TO a special fund OF 100000 which Nj
Rockefeller has provided in order that tn
; institute may establish a department O
: animal pathology. DIR. Theobald Smith
now professor of comparative patholog
; in Harvard medical school. is to becom
. director OF the new department.
4 at will be the purpose OF this branc
. of the Institutes work to give special a,
tention TO the study Of maladies such a
hog cholera, foot and mouth disease an
diseases Of poultry. which are OF such I'm
mediate and practical concern to farmer
. and the elimination OF which Is NO In
portant. This will be the frst enterpris
s Of this kind upon an adequate basis to
). established In this country. The result
e Of It's work should eventually be Of gres
r, value In improving the health OF cattl
and other farm animals
a Mr.. Rockefeller's previous gifts 10 III
|. institute had amounted to practically -
. 900, 900, exclusive OF real estate in Ne
> York city. so that the endowment of II
institute will now approximate S12.600
e 900.
r '-The Rockefeller Institute will with II
= new gift now become the most amply Of
dowed institution for medical research
the world.~