A Seattle philanthropist has left a $187.6 million gift to be shared by Seattle Children’s Hospital, the University of Washington School of Law and the Salvation Army.
Jack Rupert MacDonald, a Canadian-born attorney who lived most of his life in Seattle, died in September at 98. His fortune was a secret that he kept from most people in his life, having made plans to donate the bulk of it when he died.
“He purposely wore sweaters with holes in the elbows, never wanting people to know of his…
A Seattle philanthropist has left a $187.6 million gift to be shared by Seattle Children’s Hospital, the University of Washington School of Law and the Salvation Army.
Jack Rupert MacDonald, a Canadian-born attorney who lived most of his life in Seattle, died in September at 98. His fortune was a secret that he kept from most people in his life, having made plans to donate the bulk of it when he died.
“He purposely wore sweaters with holes in the elbows, never wanting people to know of his…