
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 5, 1990                   TAG: 9003052031
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

ANNENBERG BOOSTS BLACK COLLEGE FUND

With President Bush presiding at a brief ceremony, publishing magnate and former ambassador Walter H. Annenberg kicked off a $250 million fund-raising campaign for the United Negro College Fund by officially unveiling a $50 million personal donation.

"It's an important effort. It's a noble effort," Bush said. "And our mission must be to strengthen our historically black colleges and universities to meet the challenges of the 21st century," he said.

Annenberg's gift, which became known Friday, is the largest single donation ever to black higher education in the United States.

- Los Angeles Times

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