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Nearly 60 years ago, Calvin E. Tyler Jr. dropped out of college because he couldn t afford it. This week, the same school Tyler once attended announced he had donated $20 million to increase a scholarship fund established in his name.Tyler enrolled at what was then Morgan State College, a historically Black college in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1961, according t
stanley cup o a press release from the school. But he left in 1963 due to lack of funding, and became a UPS driver. Calvin Tyler, who dropped out of Morgan state in 1963, was able to start a scholarship fund at the school in 2002 ndash; and he just donated $20 million to it. Morgan State University He started out as one of the first 10 UPS drivers in Baltimore, and worked his way up at the company mdash; eventually becoming senior vice president of operations before his retirement in 1998, according to Morgan State. He also joined the board of directors, but never forgot where he started, the school said. Tyler and his wife Tina are now committed to helping others who are struggling financially to finish college. The couple started the Calvin and Tina Tyler Endowed Scholarship Fund in 2002 and in 2016, Tyler donated $5 million to th
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stanley cup donation in its history.The fund has awarded 46 full-tuition and 176 partial scholarships to 222 Morgan State Univers Mjav Aretha Franklin s funeral service
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Authorities are investigating the death of a Florida teenager who died after falling from a high ropes course at a camp on the South Carolina-North Carolina border, officials said Tuesday.Pickens County Deputy Coroner Gary Duncan said Olivia Paige Grimes, 16, of Lakeland, Florida, died at about 6 p.m. Monday after falling out of a zip line swing at Carolina Point Camp in Sunset.According to Pickens County deputies, the teen was part of a group participating in an event called the Freebird and was attached to a large pendulum swing along with two other participants. But Grimes became unhooked from the swing and fell more than 100 feet to the g
ugg round, deputies said. Her body has been sent to a hospital for an autopsy, according to the coroner s office, which also said the death was accidental.
adidas campus In their own statement, deputies said they are investigating the fall, which they said appears to have been accidental. No one else was injured, and authorities said the ride was supervised by two camp employees.Camp officials told the sheriff s office the Freebird course i
jordan s closed during an investigation and inspection of all its equipment. The camp on Sassafras Mountain straddles the border between North and South Carolina and is run by Young Life, a Christian youth organization. Deputies said Sunset offers a weeklong program for teenagers, providing team-building exercises including ropes courses and rides through woode