N.Y. College Receives $85-Million Gift

September 24, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy - The businessman Raymond A. Rich has bequeathed a 60-acre estate valued at approximately $75-million to Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., along with a $10-million cash gift. Mr. Rich, who lived primarily in Boca Raton, Fla., died in June at 97.