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The Gazette
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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The Southern Education Foundation, managing funds totaling about $3,000,000 for education, held its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 1941, at the Brookings Institution. New members elected include Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Benjamin C. Mays, and Frederick G. Patterson. Officers for 1941: President Arthur B. Wright, Chairman R. Ogden Purves, Secretary Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Treasurer Manufacturers Trust Co. of New York. Assets: $2,906,242.
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Only One Now Exclusively Devoted To Our Education - Assets Approximately $3,000,000 -- New Members Elected Includes Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Southern Education Foundation, administering the George Peabody, the John F. Slater, the Anna T. Jeanes, and the Virginia Randolph Funds, amounting approximately to $3,000,000, and composed of northern and southern outstanding colored and white men, held its annual meeting here, Jan. 9, '41, at Brookings Institution. Our new members of the foundation are President Benj. C. Mays of Morehouse College, Atlanta, and President Frederick G. Patterson of Tuskegee, Ala. Institute.
There are several old members. The following officers were elected for 1941:
Pres., Arthur B. Wright; Chairman of the board of directors, R. Ogden Purves; Sec., Dr. Emmett J. Scott; and Treas., the Manufacturers Trust Co. of N. Y. City. Foundation assets, $2,906,242. Dr. Scott was re-elected a member for a five-year term.
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Washington, D. C., Brookings Institution
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Jan. 9, '41
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The Southern Education Foundation held its annual meeting, electing new members including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Benjamin C. Mays, and Frederick G. Patterson, and officers for 1941: President Arthur B. Wright, Chairman R. Ogden Purves, Secretary Dr. Emmett J. Scott, and Treasurer Manufacturers Trust Co. of New York. The foundation administers funds totaling approximately $3,000,000 with assets of $2,906,242.