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* M. E. Grenander ( Mary Elizabeth Grenander ) ( 21 November 1918 – 28 May 1998 ), born in Rewey, Wisconsin, was a professor of English and philanthropist, for whom the M. E.

Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives of the University Libraries of the University at Albany, the State University of New York is named.

She and her second husband, James Corbett ( a professor of physics at SUNY ), prospered through the stock market.

She donated $ 1 million to SUNY in his memory after his death in 1994.

Grenander died in East Berne, New York, at 79 years of age.