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$5 million gift arrives in Temple's mail
The checks to Temple University really were in the mail - for $5 million.
The checks arrived last week in nondescript envelopes sent via U.S. mail from a bank in Arizona, Stuart Sullivan, Temple's senior vice president for institutional advancement, said yesterday.
One envelope contained a $1 million bank check for the university to use however it chooses, Sullivan told the Associated Press. The second held a $4 million check to endow a scholarship for women and minorities.
The envelopes were addressed to a development office staff member, who was stunned when she opened them on Thursday, Sullivan said. He guessed the donors must have found the staff member's name on a Web site or on a brochure.
"It was quite a thrill for her," Sullivan said.
The school contacted the bank to try to find out more, but the donors insisted on remaining anonymous, Sullivan said. They just asked for the school to give them periodic reports on how the money is being used.
The donations come at a serendipitous time, as Temple is the midst of its first-ever comprehensive fund-raising campaign. With these gifts, the school has raised about $285 million of its $350 million goal, he said.
