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October 04, 2017

Grateful Lawyer Bequeaths $140 Million to 3 NC Universities

Three private North Carolina universities will share $140 million bequeathed by a Charlotte attorney and business investor, the schools said Monday.  The money left by Porter Byrum are for scholarships for students to attend Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, Queens University of Charlotte and Wingate University. With this final gift, the Wake Forest alum who died this year at age 96 provided the three institutions more than $235 million in all, they said.
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