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EASTMAN GIVES ADDITIONAL $100,000 FOR OXFORD CHAIR

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Announcement was made yesterday that George Eastman, Rochester philanthropist and manufacturer, has given an additional $100,000 for the salary and expenses of the George Eastman visiting professor at Oxford, a chair established by Eastman last year with an initial gift of $200,000.

John Livingston Lowes, professor of English, and author of "The Road to Xanadu", is the first recipient of this professorship, which is given to a distinguished American professor, and he will occupy the chair at Oxford next year.

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