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College giving enriches next generation: Editorial Updated Dec 20, 2020; Posted Dec 20, 2020 Paul W, Dower, whose outdoor pursuits included spelunking, has made the largest gift in Westfield State University history. (Photo Provided) Facebook Share Ruth Simmons, the former president of Smith College in Northampton, is no stranger to how educational philanthropy works in our country. At Smith and later at Brown University, she witnessed first-hand the philanthropic patterns at schools rich wit...

$3.5M from former student Paul Dower’s estate is largest private donation in Westfield State University history Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 Paul W, Dower, whose outdoor pursuits included spelunking, has made the largest gift in Westfield State University history. (Photo Provided) Facebook Share It is the largest private donation in Westfield State’s 181-year history. The gift will support two restricted funds: $1 million to endow the Last Mile Fund and $1 million to establis...