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John D. Rockefeller has given $7,000,000 to educational institutions-more than any other living man has given. But Stephen Girard exceeded him in his benefactions by about $1,000,000. The following is a list of these who have given more than $1,000,000 for educational purposes:

Stephen Girard, Girard College, Pa., $8,000,000.

John D. Rockefeller, Univ. of Chicago, $7,000,000.

George Peabody, various institutions, $6,000,000.

Leland Stanford, Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ., $5,000,000.

Asa Packer, Lehigh Univ., $3,500,000.

Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Univ., $3,500,000.

Paul Tulane, Tulane Univ., $2,500,000.

Isaac Rich, Boston Univ., $2,000,000.

Jones G. Clark, Clark Univ., $2,000,000.

Vanderbilt Brothers, Vanderbilt Univ., $1,775,000.

James Lick, Univ. of California, $1,650,000.

John C. Green, Princeton College, $1,500,000.

Wm. C. De Pauw, De Pauw Univ., $1,500,000.

A. J. Drexel, Drexel Industrial School, $1,500,000.

Leonard Case, School of Applied Sciences, Cleveland, $1,200,000.

Peter Cooper, Cooper Union, $1,200,000.

Ezra Cornell, Cornell Univ., $1,100,000.

Henry W. Sage, Cornell Univ., $1,100,000.

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