As an attorney who does some estate planning as part of his practice, and a ham who loves his hobby (and who has always very much appreciated what the ARRL does), I have always hoped for the opportunity to put such a thing into an estate plan. I'm excited to see it happen, even if it wasn't one of my clients. 73, Grant Grant Hopper, KB7WSD ARRL Northwestern Division, Vice Director -----Original Message----- From: Gary Johnston KI4LA [mailto:ki4la@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:06 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19447] Re: A substantial bequest WOW! That's great! Congratulations! Sent from Gary's iPhone 4. On Oct 21, 2010, at 3:04 PM, "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner@arrl.org> wrote: Normally I would be reluctant to steal Mary Hobart’s thunder, but Mary will forgive me in this case. In June, Mary was notified that Iona Mathias, the wife of the late Dr. Charles Mathias, W8KGD, had passed away and that the assets of the Charles & Iona Mathias Joint Trust would be distributed equally among five charitable organizations. The ARRL was one of the five. Today we received the initial distribution from the Trust: a check for one million dollars. We understand that this represents the bulk of the bequest although there will be one or more additional distributions. The funds are being turned over to Treasurer McCobb and will be added to our endowment. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ