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T is the happy experience of most American colleges to have, at some time in their history, some man who nurtures and loves them with such devotion as to make his memory beautiful for all time. In the history of Western University of Pennsylvania, William Thaw was one of these men. In 11X64 he was one of the largest contributors to the $20,000 endowment of the chair of Natural Sciences, but for years previously he and Josiah King had provided the annual salary. In 1875 lie gave to permanent endowment $100,000. To the )bservatory he gave $30,000. In his will he bequeathed to the University another $100,000. Me contributed other sums from time to time. The writer has not at hand the data which show the exact aggregate, but it is doubtless as much as $400,000. 'The money, large as it was—in that day vastly larger than the same sum would be today—was not. as the record shows, the largest of his gifts; for his anxious thought, his tender solicitude and devotion, his loyal and unwavering affection, were worth even more than the money. As the University enters upon a new period in its history, we ardently hope and confidently expect that both love and gifts will be lavished upon it without stint, in emulation of the worthy example set by this man. to whose memory this volume is dedicated. Chanckllor S. L . McCormick. “My compensation conies to me in the having done somewhat of that which a man with my means ought to do for his kind, with the exceptional satisfaction of having the privilege of giving to the race, so far as mere material means can do it. the labors and results which might otherwise have been delayed or defeated. Wuxi am Thaw. A great man, not only as a philanthropist in the largest sense of that word, but one whose whole life was characterized by that love of truth, which prompted him to noble deeds in behalf of advanced scientific research, and in developing a knowledge of the good and beautiful in nature, lie shall always live in our memory. The monuments he has left behind him have been hewn from the quarries of solid truths—truths that shall live when monuments of granite have crumbled into dust: aye, until the stars themselves have faded, and the new dawn has been ushered in. 8 John Ai.prkd Urashkar.
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Extracts from Minutes of the Board of Trustees on the Death of William Thaw. K. THAW was richly endowed with varied and remarkable gifts. I le possessed unusual powers of discernment, sound judgment and rare executive ability, which enabled him to prosecute with phenomenal success the various enterprises in which he engaged, and n ample means, as well as a high and honorable position in the business community, lie was by nature generous: and this inherent disposition, sanctioned by Divine Grace, made him keenly alive to the appeals of the suffering and the unfortunate. In his daily experience he found it more blessed to give than to receive. Realizing that wealth was a trust committed to him by his Creator. his life was characterized by the most liberal and wide-spread philanthropy. Rverv enterprise calculated to advance the interests of religion, to elevate and purify human society, to widen and improve the sphere of human knowledge, to relieve the unfortunate, or to mitigate suffering, found in him an energetic and munificent benefactor. From the time he became a trustee of the University, more than twenty-eight years ago, until the day of his death, he was constantly active and liberal in promoting its welfare. Amid his many cares and anxieties, and the ceaseless demands upon his time and attention, he was seldom absent from our meetings. To the University he gave freely of his lime, of his thought, and of his means; and it is only just to say that but for his earnest efforts, his wise counsel, his unfailing liberality, it would not have attained its present prosperity, or have the bright prospects of future usefulness now opening hopefully before it. In the death of William Thaw our country has lost an honorable and patriotic citizen; our community an honorable, enterprising and useful member; our religious and charitable institutions an interested, unfailing and generous friend; the University a wise counselor and liberal supporter; and the cause of science one of its most zealous and unselfish benefactors. 7
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