A check for 125,000 pounds from the Information Media Guaranty program for the construction of a physics building bearing the name of Abraham Lincoln at Bar-Ilan University was handed to University officials yesterday–on Lincoln’s birthday–by Edward B. Lawson, American Ambassador to Israel.
In making the presentation, Mr. Lawson said: “The building can bring substantial and tangible benefits to the people of Israel and the United States, as well as to the world at large. Scientific research can thrive in the darkness of atheistic dictatorship. We know this but what are the benefits and what is the record of mankind’s betterment that derives from such scientific advances?” Dr. Tuvia Bar Ilan, acting Director General of Bar Ilan University, accepted the gift.
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