University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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George E. Merrick Mr Merrick was educated at Rollins College. Winter Park. Florida, and at the New York Law School. He i» not only a great land developer but a poet at shown by the published volume ol poems. Song of the Wind on a Southern Shore. Hit genius hit been one of the salient phenomena in the great development ol South Florida. Mr. Merrick greatly wattled the citizens of Miami when he announced in March. 1925. tlial his great Miami Riviera Development would extend over ten years and would cost s hundred million dollars. It wai largely through Mr. Merrick's gift to the University of Miami that the institution was able to open last fall He gave one hundred sixty acres ol land in Coni Gables and presented the Administration Building, which is dedicated to his father. Solomon Merrick. C 24 3