“I realized she had millions and she had never mentioned a word,” recalled Ms. Lockshin. Ms. Lockshin, the longstanding treasurer of the settlement’s board, called the group’s executive director, David Garza, and asked him if he was sitting down. Like Ms. Bloom, Leonard Gigowski, a shopkeeper from New Berlin, Wis., who died in 2015, left his secret $13 million fortune to fund scholarships. While her aunt’s wealth was a surprise, Ms. Bloom’s quiet plan to help students was not, Ms. Lockshin said. The investment savvy Ms. Bloom gleaned from the firm’s founding lawyers must have been equally sound.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2018 17:17 UTC