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James K. Moffitt

JAMES K. MOFFITT  1865-1955  GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA  DEVOTED ALUMNUS. AND REGENT FOR THIRTY  SIX YEARS. A BUSINESSMAN AND BANKER BY  CAREER AND A CLASSICIST BY AVOCATION, THIS ...

JAMES K. MOFFITT 
1865-1955 
GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
DEVOTED ALUMNUS. AND REGENT FOR THIRTY 
SIX YEARS. A BUSINESSMAN AND BANKER BY 
CAREER AND A CLASSICIST BY AVOCATION, THIS 
MODEST MAN WAS CONSTANTLY INTERESTED IN 
THE CAMPUS LIBRARY. HE CHAMPIONED IT IN 
POLICY DECISIONS. HELPED IT BY UNDERSTANDING 
CONCERN AND GENEROUS BENEFACTIONS. AND 
FINALLY ENRICHED IT BY THE BEQUEST OF 
HIS OWN COLLECTION OF BOOKS 
 

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