- Amanda Reed
Amanda Reed (1832–1904) was the wife and widow of
Simeon Gannett Reed , Americanentrepreneur fromOregon .In Simeon's will, he suggested that his wife could "devote some portion of (his) estate to benevolent objects, or to the cultivation, illustration, or development of the fine arts in the city of
Portland, Oregon , or to some other suitable purpose, which shall be of permanent value and contribute to the beauty of the city and to the intelligence, prosperity, and happiness of the inhabitants."Fact|date=December 2007Amanda Reed followed that suggestion in her will by setting up a board of trustees to found an institution of learning in
Portland, Oregon , with no limits other than an insistence onequality andsecularism .Fact|date=December 2007 In 1908,Reed College was established;William M. Ladd (son of former Portland mayorWilliam S. Ladd ) provided the lands on which the college stands today,cite web|url=http://web.reed.edu/facilities_and_grounds/history.html|title=Facilities and Grounds: History and Description|publisher=Reed College|accessdate=2008-02-06] and almost all of Reed's estate was passed on to the college, Reed having left no heirs. Amanda Reed and her husband Simeon are buried near the family plot of Jacob Kamm in Portland's River View Cemetery. In the ensuing years, Reed College has become one of the nation's pre-eminent institutions of theliberal arts and sciences.References
* [http://www.reed.edu Reed College History]
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