The school estimates that by the time he died previous year at the age of 77, he had read 1,938 books.
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A longtime librarian at the University of New Hampshire who died quietly donated his $4 million estate to the school that employed him for almost a half-century.
A former University of New Hampshire librarian donated his $4 million estate to the school.
Morin, who lived alone, left the entire amount to UNH. The university said that Morin left his entire fortune to the school, with $100,000 set aside for the library where he worked. The money will go toward scholarships for work-study students and the renovation of one of the library’s multimedia rooms.
“As an alumnus, Bob would be pleased to know that a majority of his estate, $2.5 million, will help to launch an expanded and centrally located career center for our students and alumni”.
The university says it will spend the windfall on the library as well as a video screen for football games. The university announced the gift last week, after it had cleared probate court. From 1979 to 1997, he reportedly watched more than 22,000 video movies. In fact, he was such a lover of the bounded written word that he read every book published in the USA between 1930 and 1940 in chronological order with some exceptions.
The university said in his lifetime he had read 1,938 books.
Morin’s financial adviser, Edward Mullen, described him as a “very unusual gentleman” and a recognizable figure on campus, the Globe reported. Some money will also be dedicated to student scholarships, said Tara Lynn Fulton, UNH Library Dean.
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The library staff sometimes had to persuade him to shop for clothes.
