A gift of $272,000 from the Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation, presented by Mamdouha Bobst, New York University Trustee and long-time friend of the NYU Libraries, brings the Mamdouha Bobst Book Endowment Fund to three million dollars. The donation, announced recently by NYU Dean of the Libraries Carol Mandel, was presented as a welcome gift to the new dean, who joined NYU in late April of 1999.
Mrs. Bobst is the widow of Elmer Holmes Bobst, whose initial gift enabled the creation of the NYU Bobst Library, the central library in the NYU system.
MacDonald-Peterson Foundation Donates $62,000 The MacDonald-Peterson Foundation has donated $62,000 to the NYU Libraries; $50,000 for online tutorials, aimed at developing skills in doing library research; and $12,000 for the development of the French collection. A further gift from the Sharon Lee MacDonald Charitable Trust is earmarked for both the Asian and African collections, and for the French collection as well.