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Believing that the character of the law schools determines the character of the legal profession, I wish to aid in enlarging the scope and improving the standards of the law schools by aiding the one from which I graduated, namely, the Law School of the University of Michigan.
From the will of William W. Cook, lawyer and philanthropist who contributed $20 million in 1920 to construct the University's noted Law Quadrangle. See Margaret A. Leary, "William W. Cook: Brief Biography" (October 2006), University of Michigan Law Library; Gregory L. Cascione, Philanthropists in Higher Education: Institutional, Biographical, and Religious Motivations for Giving (Psychology Press: 2003), p. 33. | ||
