Butler to Honor $350,000 Donor
- Feb 8
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From The Indianapolis News, Monday, February 8, 1926: The first new building at Butler University’s Fairview site will be named in honor of Indianapolis capitalist Arthur Jordan as a token of appreciation for his $350,000 (2024: $6,330,000) gift to the school’s building fund. The building will be known as Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall. The announcement was made by John W. Atherton, Butler’s executive secretary, at Saturday night’s Founders’ Day banquet. Butler University opened its doors in the month and year of Jordan’s birth, September. 1855. This is his second gift; Jordan gave $25,000 (2024: $452,000) to Butler’s fund last year. “Although I was deprived of the privilege of attending college, many of my closest and life-long friends have been Butler graduates and I have followed with interest the progress of the institution particularly in the last few years,” Jordan said.
“Butler to Honor $350,000 Donor,” The Indianapolis News, 8 February 1926, p. 1:6
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