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...gift of $475,000 has been made for the Division of Chemistry in the University from the family of the late E. C. Converse of New York, one of the most prominent of the group of international financiers who founded the United States Steel Corporation, it was announced yesterday by Bishop William Lawrence '71, Chairman of the Committee to Extend the National Service of Harvard University...
...gift is in response to the $10,000,000 drive started last spring by the University in an endeavor to improve the Business School, the Division of Chemistry, and the Division of Fine Arts...
...Gift Made by Converse Family...
...gift, given by Mrs. E. C. Converse, her daughters Mrs. Benjamin Strong and Madam Antoinette Converse, and her son E. C. Converse, brings the Chemistry total to $2,553,775, which is within $446, 225 of the necessary amount...
...Converse was a man of sterling character and force," declared Bishop Lawrence in his letter telling of the gift, "He had many interests, and was well known as a collector of Chinese porcelain, paintings and armour. He was also the owner of one of the largest and most successful fruit farms in the East. He typified the best of professional business men, and his interest in educational effort was always intense. Among other things he endowed a professorship of banking in the School of Business Administration at the University...