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[Robert Sutherland] had drawn up his will just three weeks before his death and left his entire $12,000 estate to Queens. It is unclear why he did so, but friends recalled that he often said Queen's was one place where "he had always been treated as a gentleman."
Sutherland's gift was used to launch a fundraising campaign that helped stop Queen's from being annexed by the University of Toronto.A task force created by students in the mid 1990s led to a room being named for Sutherland in the student centre. There's also a memorial plaque, prizes and several student assistance funds that recognize Sutherland's significance to Queen's.See the full content of this document
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Canadian University Honours First Black Graduate
TORONTO, Canada:
ADMINISTRATORS AT the Queens University, in Toronto Canada have voted to rename one of its core faculty buildings in honor of its first recorded black graduate, Jamaicaborn Robert Suth...See the full content of this document
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