Rich Poor Man Leaves $2.1 Million to School

In 2003, Whitlowe Green died of cancer at age 88.  His family was tremendously surprised when they learned that he left $2.1 million to Prairie View A&M University.

Mr. Green was a teacher in Houston making less than $30,000 a year.  However, he was very thrifty.  Here are some of things his family and friends said he would do:

• Buy expired meat products,
• Purchase secondhand clothing, and
• Divide gas bill among adults when the family took driving vacations.

See Frugal public school teacher donates $2.1 million US to alma mater, Yahoo Canada News, June 20, 2005.