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New York Philanthropist Bequeaths $241, 000 to Hebrew University

August 2, 1957
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A sum of $241, 095 has been bequeathed to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem by the estate of the late Abraham P. Lubell, New York City manufacturer and philanthropist, it was announced today by Daniel G. Ross, national president of the American Friends of Hebrew University.

Mr. Ross disclosed that the funds have been earmarked by the executors of the estate for the erection of a building to house facilities of the Jerusalem university’s Faculty of Agriculture. The building will serve as a memorial to Mr. Lubell’s parents, Benedict Isaac and Golda Rebecca Lubell. Abraham Lubell died here in December 1955, at the age of 81.

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