A site was chosen in Houston, Texas on land donated by Rice University, and Administrator Webb announced the conversion on September 19, 1961.

The axes represent the school's origins in a rural setting, and the determination of its founders who cleared the land and built the school on donated items and labour.

Arther Fleming donated the land for the permanent campus site.

It was recorded for years in the local history books that the land on which Columbus sits was donated by General Tipton ; however, a deed purporting to show a sale of the land was acquired in 2003 by Historic Columbus Indiana.

Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth.

The city of Fairfax purchased and donated of land to the University of Virginia for the college's new site, which was referred to as the Fairfax Campus.

The college constructed its current campus on land donated by the Harmony Society.

On April 26, 2010, Hefner donated the last $ 900, 000 sought by a conservation group for a land purchase needed to stop the development of the famed vista of the Hollywood Sign.

The group invested in the construction of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, established the Economy Savings Institution and the Economy Brick Works, and operated the Economy Oil Company, as well as the Economy Planing Mill, Economy Lumber Company, and eventually donated some land in Beaver Falls for the construction of Geneva College.

The property used to be owned by Thomas C. MacCready in the late 19th century, and after three generations of family, Douglas, Lynn, and Willis MacCready donated the land to Michigan State University in 2001.

From 1962 until 1980, the U. S. donated $ 280 million in aid to Liberia, in exchange for which Liberia offered its land free of rent for U. S. government facilities.

Gisulf II of Benevento had donated a large swathe of land to Montecassino in 744 and that became the basis for an important state, the Terra Sancti Benedicti, which was a subject only to Rome.

The owners of the land on which Lindow Man was found donated the body to the British Museum, and on 21 August it was transported to London.

Extensive parcels of land were donated to monasteries to exempt those lands from royal taxation and to preserve them within the family.

The original campus-site at the corner of Presque Isle and Kaye Avenues was on land donated by local businessman and philanthropist John M. Longyear, whose namesake academic building, Longyear Hall, opened its doors to students in 1900.

Pepin the Short subdued the Lombards and donated Italian land to the papacy.

The town was founded by merchant George W. Wright, who donated of land in February 1844, when the community was also designated the county seat.

Henry Ford donated much of the necessary land as did many local farmers.

Local businessman and Congressman Azariah Boody donated of land for the new campus, and the University purchased a further from him.

The three donated 308 lots of land to establish the campus and provided the necessary seed money for the construction of the first buildings.

Their son-in-law, Samuel Robertson, donated $ 5, 000 and of land.

* Environmental protection: Many pieces of land have been donated to the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation and the South Florida Water Management District as conservation easements, and the District collects data and ensures that large portions remain in their natural wetland state.

The land and other facilities for the institution were donated by H. H.

The Maharaja donated about of land worth 2 billion US dollars

When he had given the call a few moments thought, he went into the kitchen to ask Mrs. Yamata to prepare tea and sushi for the visitors, using the formal English china and the silver tea service which had been donated to the mission, then he went outside to inspect the grounds.

Funds may be readily donated for some purposes but not others.

She managed a missionary drive for the church once and got the books so confused that old Mr. Webber, the eldest elder, who'd never donated more than five dollars to anything, had to cough up five hundred dollars to avoid a scandal in what Edythe called `` the bosoms of the church ''.

In some rounds, the game resulted in the volunteers winning money for themselves, and in others it resulted in money being donated to a charity of the volunteer's choice.

The highlight for them all was a triumphal return to Dunfermline, where Carnegie's mother laid the foundation stone of a Carnegie Library for which he donated the money.

Carnegie contributed $ 1, 500, 000 in 1903 for the erection of the Peace Palace at The Hague ; and he donated $ 150, 000 for a Pan-American Palace in Washington as a home for the International Bureau of American Republics.

Before his death on August 11, 1919, Carnegie had donated $ 350, 695, 654 for various causes.

The show's creator and producer, Paul Henning is from Independence, Missouri, and donated for the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area near Branson.

She has donated more than $ 140, 000 over two years for a mass sterilization and adoption program for Bucharest's stray dogs, estimated to number 300, 000.

He served for two and a half years as Deputy Sheriff in the Valencia County Citizens ' Patrol ; during that time he personally purchased and donated three highway patrol pursuit cars.

He also produced a short propaganda film, donated to the government for fund-raising, called The Bond.

He donated some of his fortune for the establishment of an " industrial school ".

Screening of donated blood, blood components, and solid organ donors, as well as donors of cells, tissues, and cell and tissue products for T. cruzi is mandated in all Chagas-endemic countries and has been implemented.

For example in the mid 350 ’ s the city of Jerusalem was hit with drastic food shortages at which point church historians Sozomen and Theodoret reported “ Cyril secretly sold sacramental ornaments of the church and a valuable holy robe, fashioned with gold thread that the emperor Constantine had once donated for the bishop to wear when he performed the rite of Baptism ”.

People have also crocheted clothing and then donated it to hospitals, for sick patients and also for newborn babies.

In May 2007, Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme and later donated $ 1 million to the cause.

Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth — an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's earlier efforts but who, in fact, opposed creation of the College and never donated to it — Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college and the last institution of higher learning established under Colonial rule.

England players donated all their pay for international matches to charity causes via the Team England Footballers Charity, which in 2009 was raising awareness about bowel cancer.