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According to the will of Mrs. Gladys Carroll Marvin, widow of Benson Marvin, banker, Harvard University receives a conditional bequest of $165,000 for research work to find a cure for tuberculosis.
The condition attached to the bequest is that if the University accepts the money, it must agree to pay an annuity of $10,000 for life to Mrs. Marvin's mother, Mrs. Mabel Trowbridge of Noroton, Connecticut.
By the terms of the will, if the University refuses the bequest, the money will go to Mrs. Trowbridge and her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Carroll Draper of Boston.
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