Seven decades after Captain William Anderson earned a business degree from Tennessee Tech University, his legacy is becoming clear with an estate gift that is the single largest gift (estate or outright) in university history.

When the retired merchant marine, who traveled the world but considered his university relationships his most enduring, passed away earlier this year, his gift began to come to fruition. Currently, the university has received about $2.1 million. But with an upcoming auction of his home and personal property added to other liquid assets, the total gift may climb as high as $2.5 million.

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• Nov. 17: Ecuador Oil Fights multimedia lecture
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• Nov. 20: Faculty Research Committee proposal seminars
• Nov. 28-30: Craft Center Holiday Festival
• Dec. 1: TnCIS conference proposal deadline
• Dec. 8: Iran panel discussion to air on WCTE
• Jan. 9: Faculty Research Committee proposal deadline

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