The establishment by Samuel X. Gaylord of Detroit of the Gaylord Foundation of $200,000, the purpose of which shall be the creation of an adequate educational and recreational center for the Jewish youth of this city was announced on Wednesday by Dr. Leo M. Franklin of Temple Beth El.
Mr. Gaylord’s gift, which is by far the largest ever made by Jews to a Jewish cause in Detroit or Michigan, is to be payable in installments over a period of years.
The document conveys the gift to a Board of Trustees consisting, besides Dr. Franklin and the donor, of Adolph Finsterwald, Melville S. Welt, Fred M. Butzel and Joseph B. Gaylord.
The Trustees, under the terms of the agreement, will be permitted to undertake the work of furnishing an adequate home for the Jewish youth independently or of cooperating with other persons similarly minded in the building up of this institution.
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