FW: Daily Briefing: Who was Susan Gresham, the biggest donor in Topeka USD 501 history?

 

 

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Subject: Daily Briefing: Who was Susan Gresham, the biggest donor in Topeka USD 501 history?

 

Before she was an intrepid photographer, before she trekked the world, before she was an angel investor — she was Susan Gresham, and she was a Scot.

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Who was Susan Gresham, the biggest donor in Topeka USD 501 history?

 

Susan Gresham, who later went by Susan Guffy, donated $5 million to her alma mater Highland Park High School, the largest gift in Topeka Public Schools Foundation history.

 

Before she was an intrepid photographer, before she trekked the world, before she was an angel investor — she was Susan Gresham, and she was a Scot.

 

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