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

Sighting a line from the bridge to a small field directly to the side, I pitched the tent that evening on the stateless `` line '', digging a small trench around it as best I could with a toy spade donated by a neighborhood child.

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

He spent much of his last two decades unable to afford heat in winter and subsisting on old bread donated by the local baker.

His government donated money to build the Taipei Grand Mosque on Taiwan.

Working alongside UNICEF's Halloween fundraiser founder, Ward Simon Kimball Jr., the actor educated the public on impoverished children in deplorable living conditions overseas and assisted in the distribution of donated goods and funds.

Enya released a special edition of the song, and a maxi single was issued on 20 November 2001 featuring a pop mix, with proceeds donated to the families of victims.

Much of his personal correspondence with those and other figures is featured in the book The Groucho Letters ( 1967 ) with an introduction and commentary on the letters written by Groucho, who donated his letters to the Library of Congress.

In 1935, they donated to the Dutch people their entire collection totaling approximately 12, 000 objects, on condition that a large museum be built in the gardens of her park.

Prayer shawls, or shawls in which the crafter meditates or says prayers of their faith while knitting with the intent on comforting the recipient, are donated to those experiencing loss or stress.

He also returned to Comerica Park on August 12 and 13. In December he went a 12 city club tour and donated proceeds to various charities in each city to support his single " Care ".

Foot did not make it generally known that HM the Queen Mother had complimented him on it ; he later donated the garment to the People's History Museum in Manchester.

In 2001 on the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati's first season, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, she won 50, 00, 000 that she donated for people affected in natural calamities.

In 2001 on the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati's first season hosted by Amitabh Bachchan she won 50, 00, 000 that she donated for the welfare of Gujarat's earthquake victims. The show was aired on February 10 at 8 pm on Star Plus. Madhuri Dixit is also requested to the producers of KBC to send part of her winnings to an orphanage in Pune.

He had two large alabaster urns transported from Pergamon and placed on two sides of the nave in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and a large wax candle dressed in tin which was donated by him to the Rila monastery in Bulgaria is on display in the monastery museum.

In 1872, Isaac Newton Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth donated his private collection of Newton's papers to Cambridge University.

The shield is donated by William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, the Governor-general of New Zealand.

It was used as a rock-shelter mountain monastery from about the 5th century BC, with caves prepared and donated by devotees of the Buddhist Sangha.

* Free Music Break: Named for its sponsor at the time ( for example, Papa John's Free Music Break ) was a nightly call-in contest in which the 5th caller could win a CD and prize donated by the sponsor.

According to the royal annals, the construction of the temple started in Userkaf's 5th year on the throne and, on that occasion, he donated 24 royal domains for the maintenance of the temple.

On June 5th, 2008, Geddy Lee ( of the Canadian band Rush ), himself an avid baseball fan, donated nearly 200 autographed baseballs to the NLBM.