The model ship donated to Stevens in February of last year has been found this week. The discovery of the $4,500 ship comes one week after The Stute published an article that said efforts to find the ship “have not been successful.”
“Stevens also received a total of $22,970,900 in gifts and contributions,” the article stated. “Notably, this included the donation of a model ship evaluated at $4,500. The Stute’s efforts to locate this ship over the course of the past two weeks have not been successful.”
The Stute previously reported the donation of the boat last week as part of a broader examination of Stevens’s tax returns. The ship is a model of Charlie’s Flying Fish 1851, and was donated by the estate of Charles Berendsen ’51, according to Amy Roberts, Assistant Vice President for Development Services. The original ship was Berendsen’s senior design project.
Students can view the model ship in the Mary Stevens room on the first floor of the Samuel C. Williams Library. The ship’s designer and namesake, who passed away in December 2016, was a member of the Stevens Legacy Society. His estate also donated $800,000 in cash at the time of the ship’s donation.
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