{"id":1138699,"date":"2021-12-21T17:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138699"},"modified":"2021-12-21T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:19:47","slug":"secret-donor-mails-180k-cash-for-needy-students-to-new-york-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-donor-mails-180k-cash-for-needy-students-to-new-york-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Donor Mails $180K Cash for Needy Students to New York College"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecret-donor-mails-180k-cash-for-needy-students-to-new-york-college%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-607927560-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Upon his return to teaching in-person classes, Vinod Menon, a physics professor for City College of New York, searched through office mail and discovered a small cardboard box, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy box was addressed to \u201cChairman, Physics Department,\u201d which is his own title, the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/21\/nyregion\/city-college-mystery-donor.html\">reported<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The package was apparently postmarked from November 2020, and had remained there for more than nine months.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Menon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccny.cuny.edu\/profiles\/vinod-menon-0\">specializes<\/a> in&nbsp;nano and microphotonics, and what was inside the box gave him a feeling of excitement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was full of $50 and $100 bills bundled in paper bands, totaling $180,000,\u201d the <em>Times<\/em> report said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4347826086957\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf81 \ud83d\udcb4 Here&#8217;s a holiday story you&#8217;d only find in the movies: A box full of $180K in cash was sent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityCollegeNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityCollegeNY<\/a> physics department. An enclosed note from the mysterious donor asked the school to use the cash to fund scholarships for needy students. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T5bYrw4sdM\">https:\/\/t.co\/T5bYrw4sdM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The City University of New York (@CUNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUNY\/status\/1473311070366441486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A letter to Dr. Menon said the money was a donation to assist needy physics and math students attending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccny.cuny.edu\/about\/history\">City College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Per the <em>Times<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The letter explained the donor\u2019s motivations. \u201cAssuming that you are bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is straightforward,\u201d wrote the donor, who said he or she \u201clong ago\u201d took advantage of the \u201cexcellent educational opportunity\u201d of attending both Stuyvesant High School and earning a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in physics at City College, which helped lead to \u201ca long, productive, immensely rewarding\u201d scientific career.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" readability=\"9.4576523031204\">\n<div id=\"c-col-editors-picks\" class=\"css-j64t31\" readability=\"33.848439821694\">\n<p>&nbsp;There was no signature, and the title on the return address, Kyle Paisley, was unlisted as a graduate in the school\u2019s records.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Menon, the donation\u2019s value was not so much about the amount but rather \u201ca testament to what the physics department has been providing all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added since tuition at the college was $7,500, the gift would help more than at an expensive private school in regard to scholarships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Another interesting aspect was that the donation was earmarked for the physics department, which boasts a distinguished history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\" readability=\"24.805699481865\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cIn 1921, Albert Einstein gave one of his earliest U.S. lectures there, and the department has long punched above its weight, with three of its alumni becoming Nobel laureates in physics,\u201d according to the&nbsp;<em>Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to clues on the bands around the cash, federal agents apparently determined it was withdrawn from multiple banks in Maryland over the past few years and had no connection to criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>Following a month-long investigation, authorities informed college officials the donor\u2019s identification was untraceable, and CUNY\u2019s Board of Trustees later voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=2348&amp;v=53YLU7il4Uc&amp;feature=youtu.be\">accept<\/a> the donation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Menon explained the funds would have a big impact on the department that would use the money to fund two full tuition scholarships every year for over 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