Dr. Daniel T. Moran and Karen Moran: Why We Made a Planned Gift to Stony Brook
After pledging a residuary bequest that states the Morans will leave a portion of their estate to the University’s Department of Special Collections, Dr. Daniel Moran reflects on his family’s gift to Stony Brook and reiterates that gifts of any size can have an impact. “It gives me a great thrill to think that maybe one of my descendants, generations from now, will sit and get to know me by reading my work,” he said, “or that something that I helped establish will benefit someone else and that they can pass it on to the next person.” Read more…
Kristen Nyitray
Associate Librarian; Director, Special Collections and University Archives; and University Archivist at Stony Brook University Libraries
Contact her for research assistance with rare books, manuscript collections, historical maps, and SBU history. E-mail: kristen.nyitray@stonybrook.edu.
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