Ex-Marine gives Shriners hospital $1 million

Ex-Marine gives Shriners hospital $1 million

By Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — George Ruhberg, a 93-year-old retired Marine, figured there was no time like the present to write a $1 million check to the local Shriners Hospital for Children.



Ruhberg had been a volunteer at the hospital since 1994, and had included a bequest for it in his will. But the former accountant thought, why wait?

Ruhberg told hospital officials a couple of months back that he wanted to make the donation now.

Development Director Mark Thoreson told him to have his broker contact Shriners headquarters in Tampa, Fla., to arrange a funds transfer.

"But he said, 'Hold on, I want to write a check,'" Thoreson said. "And I totally understand that: I wanted to make the transfer safe and he wanted the thrill of writing that check."

Ruhberg got his moment on Memorial Day, when he wrote the check during a gathering with hospital officials in a common room of his retirement community.
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