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The College for Creative Studies, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, will receive $50 million from her estate, officials announced Sunday at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center.
"It will make us the best endowed private arts college in the country," said Rick Rogers, president of the college.
Said Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A: "This really shows the Ford family's commitment to the arts." And to deepening the talent pool that Detroit's automakers and companies like Toyota, Nissan Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Corp. are hiring to work in Michigan and elsewhere.
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