Alum Donates Huge Tract of Land to Middlebury

[arcadia]

<p>Former trustee's donation of 377-acre parcel adjoining the campus more than doubles the size of the main campus!</p>

<p>Alumnus</a> Gives Middlebury 377 Acres Adjoining Its Campus - Buildings & Grounds - The Chronicle of Higher Education</p>

[Modadunn]

<p>Read this on the Midd News page of their website. [Major</a> gift of land to Middlebury College exceeds size of campus | Middlebury](<a href=“Middlebury News and Announcements”>Middlebury News and Announcements)
I was particularly impressed with the following: </p>

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The property had a connection to the college even before Jackson acquired it. “I bought most of it from Arnold LaForce, Class of 1935, who was a Middlebury trustee board chair, he explains. “He said he was selling it to me, because he knew I’d take care of it and ‘do the right thing.’ I’m confident that turning it over to the college is the right thing to do now.”

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