In 1796, George Washington endowed it with the largest gift ever given to a college at that time: $20,000 in stock, rescuing it from near-certain insolvency. In gratitude, the trustees changed the school's name to Washington Academy; it was subsequently chartered as Washington College. Dividends from Washington's gift continue to pay about $1.87 a year toward the cost of each student's education. Lee held office until his death in 1870, after which the school was renamed Washington and Lee University.
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| - Είναι ένα Πανεπιστήμιο στην Βιργινία (ΗΠΑ).
- In 1796, George Washington endowed it with the largest gift ever given to a college at that time: $20,000 in stock, rescuing it from near-certain insolvency. In gratitude, the trustees changed the school's name to Washington Academy; it was subsequently chartered as Washington College. Dividends from Washington's gift continue to pay about $1.87 a year toward the cost of each student's education. Lee held office until his death in 1870, after which the school was renamed Washington and Lee University.
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| - Είναι ένα Πανεπιστήμιο στην Βιργινία (ΗΠΑ).
- In 1796, George Washington endowed it with the largest gift ever given to a college at that time: $20,000 in stock, rescuing it from near-certain insolvency. In gratitude, the trustees changed the school's name to Washington Academy; it was subsequently chartered as Washington College. Dividends from Washington's gift continue to pay about $1.87 a year toward the cost of each student's education. Robert E. Lee was offered and accepted the office of president of the school after the American Civil War. He instituted reforms to shift the focus of this school which had specialized in Greek and Latin to the physical sciences and mathematics. He credited his defeat in the war to the Union's industrial base and believed that the best option for the future of Southern society lay in the South developing its own industrial base. Lee held office until his death in 1870, after which the school was renamed Washington and Lee University.
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