MILLION-DOLLAR LETTER” NOVEMBER 4, 2015 720 × 540 “MILLION-DOLLAR LETTER” Emory Historian https://emoryhistorian.org/candler-letter/

 MILLION-DOLLAR LETTER”

NOVEMBER 4, 2015 720 × 540 “MILLION-DOLLAR LETTER”

This letter from Asa G. Candler Sr., founder of the Coca-Cola Company, devout Methodist, and brother of former Emory president Bishop Warren Candler, offered $1 million to start a new Methodist university in Atlanta.