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Lindsey Wilson College receives $750,000; largest estate gift to LWC ever Estate of James S. Harris makes unrestricted gift in honor of the late A.P. White, second president of Lindsey Wilson College. Mr. Harris, a rural mail carrier was a shrewd investor. COLUMBIA, Ky. - Lindsey Wilson College has received its largest estate gift in the college's 102-year history, college officials announced today. The gift of about $750,000 is from the estate of the late James S. Harris of Gracey, Ky. The unrestricted gift was made in honor of the late A.P. White, who was dean of Lindsey Wilson's faculty from 1923-32 and then the college's second president from 1932-1942. "This is such a special gift because it comes from an alumnus of Lindsey Wilson," said Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. "It says so much about an institution when one of its former students makes a gift of this size." Harris attended Lindsey Wilson from 1929-30 when it was still a junior college, but college officials know little about the late alumnus or why he made the gift. Mr. Harris had never made a gift to LWC before record one "As far as we can tell, Mr. Harris never made a gift to his alma mater," Luckey said. "In fact, according to our research, he never returned to campus for a homecoming weekend or other alumni events. But while he was here as a student, President White must have done something to touch his life and cause him to make this gift to the college." After he left Lindsey Wilson, Harris returned to his native Western Kentucky. With the exception of military service, Harris worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a rural postal carrier in Gracey until his retirement. He died on September 22, 2005, after a brief residence in a Hopkinsville, Ky., nursing home. One thing that is known about Harris' life is that he was a shrewd investor who closely followed financial markets. Harris gleaned most of his investment information from several financial publications, including the Wall Street Journal and Baron's. He was caring and gracious person "He was a caring and gracious person who knew how to manage his money," said Wendell Rorie, a Hopkinsville lawyer who managed Harris' estate. "He was buying and selling stocks all the time, and he always had a good stock tip to offer you." Although Rorie knew Harris well, he did not know why Harris decided to leave the bulk of his estate to Lindsey Wilson. "I do know that he thought a whole lot of A.P. White," he said. "Somewhere, they must have clicked." Luckey said Harris' gift is an example of the "profound impact that college faculty and staff have on students." "Since Lindsey Wilson's founding in 1903, students have been at the center of our mission," he said. "Our mission is to serve 'every student, every day,' and this gift is an example of our mission in action. Our faculty and staff today are every bit as committed to students as they were in the day of James Harris and A.P. White." Click here to visit Lindsey Wilson College website Story courtesy Duane Bonifer and Emily Fryman, Lindsey Wilson Public Relations Department This story was posted on 2005-10-28 11:34:03
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