The dedication ceremony of a building for the Department of Architecture of the University of Chile took place here yesterday in the presence of the President of Chile, Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Cabinet members and other notables. The land on which the building stands, as well as a large part of the expenses connected with its construction, were donated by the Salomon Sack Foundation established by Jewish industrialists Salomon Sack.
Mr. Sack, who was present at the ceremony, was lauded by government leaders for his generosity. The Chilean press, in expressing appreciation of Mr. Sack’s action, estimated that his gift amounts to about 1,000 million pesos, the equivalent of $1,000,000.
Speaking at the ceremony, Gil Sinai, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Chile, stressed the contributions which the 74-year-old Mr. Sack made to the country as well as to the Jewish community. An immigrant from Russia he came to Chile as a young man some 60 years ago, and started as a worker in a factory. He accumulated his wealth later in the metals industry. For many years he served as president of the Jewish Community in Santiago and of the Federation of Jewish Communities.
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