05/31/10
The woman named Grace.
She was orphaned at age 12,
taken in by family friends
during the Depression
and she learned
a lifelong lesson in frugality.
Her adoptive family managed to
pay her way through Lake Forest.
And afterward,
she took a job as a secretary
at Abbott Laboratories.
She never married,
lived her whole life in this cottage,
never had a car.
And used her savings
to make a small investment
in Abbott's stock.
By the time of her death,
those three shares
bought at $60 each
were now worth $7 million.
She gave it all to Lake Forest
for a foundation to allow
students to study abroad.
It's just giving hope.
Grace in every sense of the word.
グレースさんは—
大恐慌時代に12歳で
知人一家に引き取られ—
倹約の大切さを学んだ。
里親は大学にも行かせてくれた。
卒業後には医療関連企業に就職。
生涯独身で住居も質素
車も持たなかった。
だが貯金で勤め先の企業の株を購入。
1株60ドルで買った3株が
亡くなったときには—
700万ドルになっていた。
大学に全額を寄付し
留学の奨学金になっている。
夢が広がります。
名前のとおり恵み深い。
