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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS 97" by SUSAN PEEK on April 15, 1997 at 14:24
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CONTACT:  Ralph E. Baker                          463(10-71B){275}
          Nashville, Tenn. (615) 742-5470            Aug. 19, 1997

Georgia two-year college receives
$7.5 million bequest

                 by United Methodist News Service

     Officials at United Methodist-related Andrew College,
Cuthbert, Ga., announced Aug. 11 that the school will receive a
$7.5 million bequest, the largest gift ever given to the two-year
liberal arts college.
     The gift is from the estate of the late Gertrude Castellow
Ford, a 1933 graduate and widow of U.S. House of Representatives
member Aaron Ford.
     Andrew College has 25 faculty members and 300 students.  Last
October the college received a $1 million gift from Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hord.
     While use of the Ford bequest has not been decided,  "A gift
of this magnitude re-positions Andrew's presence in the state and
sets the stage for tremendous enhancements that will benefit the
student, the community and the region," said college President
Kirk Treible, in a story in the Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
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