Samuel A. Fryer, noted Los Angeles philanthropist, has endowed a trust of $250, 000 for the University of Judaism, West Coast division of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, it was announced here by the Seminary’s provost, Dr. Bernard Mandelbaum, and Dr. David Lieber, the University’s president.
The endowment will create the Samuel A. Fryer Professorial Chair of the Bible. Mr. Fryer’s earlier gift made possible the acquisition of the spacious University building bearing his name on Sunset Boulevard. “The establishment of the Samuel A. Fryer Chair means that funds are now available in perpetuity for an outstanding scholar of the Bible to teach and guide graduate students in Bible on the West Coast,” said Dr, Lieber, in making announcement of the gift.
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