Gerard Swope, former president of the General Electric Company, who left the bulk of his estate to the Haifa Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, was termed today the greatest American benefactor of the Technion by General Yaacov Dori. president of the institution, who is now on a visit to the United States. Mr. Swope’s bequest to the Technion was estimated at several million dollars when his will was made known yesterday.
The officers and governors, the faculties and students of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and the officers, directors and members of the American Technion Society are proud and profoundly grateful that Mr. Gerard Swope has made the Technion at Haifa the chief beneficiary of his will, Gen. Dori’s statement said. This is but a continuation of Mr. Swope’s deep interest and great benefactions to the Technion, and more especially its students, during the last several years of his life.
“It emphasizes his far-sighted and statesman-like vision of the vital role of the Technion its scientists, students and research facilities, not only in the economic and technological progress of Israel, but of the entire free world, of which Israel is an integral part. For the scientific and research facilities and services of the Technion have been and are now being availed of, and gladly placed at the disposal of, the defense forces of the United States. especially the Air Force. Mr. Swope is undoubtedly the greatest American benefactor of the Technion, the statement declared.
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