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Pennsylvania school gets huge donation

Sept. 19, 2007
$128 million gift is one of the largest ever to a secondary school.

George School, a prep school in Bucks County, Pa., has received a gift that dwarfs some college endowments: $128 million. The contribution is believed to be one of the largest ever to a secondary school. The donor, Barbara Dodd Anderson, is an alumna of the high school, and acquired much of her fortune from an investment her father made years ago with a company owned by investor Warren Buffet.

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