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Penniless in 1939 Belfer Donates $2 Million to Yeshiva Univ
Arthur B. Belfer, arriving from Poland with no assets after World War II began, donates 2 million dollars to Yeshiva University’s Graduate School of Science. He later builds a diverse business empire in feathers, sleep gear, foam rubber, and oil with Belco Petroleum, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1946.
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