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I’m really honored that he or she decided that this was the right place to spend that kind of money on,” Menon said. “I’d like them to know that firstly, we are thankful for the gift. Tuition at CCNY is about $7,500 per year, so the gift will fund the scholarships for a decade, Menon said. Menon said he doesn’t know what happened to the box, but his department would honor the anonymous donor’s wish by giving out two full-tuition scholarships each year. Once they knew the gift was legit, the CUNY board of trustees voted unanimously on December 13 to approve a resolution accepting the money.īoard members marveled at the unheard-of gift during their meeting and one suggested that they bronze the box and put it on display as a tribute to the donor’s generosity and the honesty of the campus mail system. The return address didn’t solve the mystery either, Menon said. They were not able to identify the donor - there was a name on the package, but it didn’t match anyone in the CCNY alumni records. Investigators from the school, The City University of New York (CUNY) system, NYPD, US Postal Service and the FBI and Department of Treasury determined the money was clean. Menon said he called the Dean of Sciences immediately and they contacted campus police and the department that handles gifts when they realized how much money they had.īefore CCNY could keep the money, officials had to make sure that it wasn’t the proceeds of some sort of criminal activity. The letter asked that the money be used to help junior and senior students also double majoring in physics and math who need financial support to continue their studies. Reading the letter really made me proud and happy to belong to this institution, which actually made a difference in that person’s life,” Menon said.

Menon said he has been going to his lab pretty regularly during the pandemic, but not to the science building where he taught classes. It had been delivered to CCNY on Novemlong after the school had moved to distance learning in March because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The box of money weighed 4 pounds, 8 ounces and it cost $90.80 to send by 2-day Priority Mail from Pensacola, Florida. The donor said they had had “a long, productive, immensely rewarding” scientific career.

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“Assuming that you are (a) bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is straightforward: the excellent educational opportunity available to me - which I took full advantage of at CCNY (and Stuyvesant High School) - gave me the basis to continue to develop,” the letter said.

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