'28 Donates Largest Class Gift, Part for Conant Scholarships

The executive committee of the Class of '28 pointed with pride at its record last week as it closed its accounts. In a final report to his 875 classmates, Chairman Donald J. Hurley noted '28 not only gave Harvard its largest class gift in history--$270,000,--but also contributed a new President.

The record-breaking gift from '28 exceeds the '27 gift by $20,000.

Hurley said $10,000 of the gift has been set aside to establish a new James Bryant Conant Scholarship. The remaining $260,000 is in the form of an outright gift.

The Conant Scholarship is designed to promote international understanding, and provides for an exchange program between the College and other Universities.

Hurley said, "We will continue to maintain the continuity of class spirit which has been prevalent in the past and to provide all financial aid possible to Harvard."