THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, February 8, 1997 TAG: 9702080346
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
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The family of Pamela Harriman, the U.S. ambassador to France who died Wednesday, has requested that gifts in her memory be sent to the College of William and Mary.
Harriman was a member of William and Mary's board in the late 1980s. She received an honorary doctorate at the college's Charter Day ceremonies last year.
``I received a call from Ambassador Harriman's son, Winston Churchill, who told me of her great fondness for the college, and he asked that a memorial fund be established in her honor,'' said college President Timothy J. Sullivan, whose office has established a Pamela Harriman Memorial Fund.
``For years, the college has been the beneficiary of Ambassador Harriman's advice, support and generosity. These were the hallmarks of her life. Now the generosity of her family has made it possible for us to strengthen her legacy to the college,'' Sullivan said Friday.
William and Mary administrators also announced two gifts totaling $4 million:
The United Co., based in Bristol, and its owners have donated $3 million - $1.25 million for the renovation of the Wren Building, $1.25 million for the expansion of Swem Library and $500,000 for a new law school wing.
St. Paul, Minn., businessman Dwight D. Opperman has given $1 million for a new pavilion to house the papers of late U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger.
Burger served as the college's chancellor from 1986 to 1993. His papers were given to William and Mary last year. Opperman was a friend of Burger's.