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she transferred substantially all of her remaining estate "to establish and endow a professorship in the
Department of Jurisprudence in the University of California, to be known as the 'John H. Boalt Professorship of Jurisprudence.'" She later modified the fund as a permanent endowment "for such chair or chairs as my said trustees or their successors, may designate and determine, or, in lieu of such designation, as the said Board of Regents shall determine." She was also a secret patron of artists, musicians, and writers.
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destroyed the properties. The trustees were able to sell only one parcel, for far less than the original value. In recognition of the gift, the new building was named Boalt
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