Fritz and Drinker

John Fritz and Henry Sturgis Drinker

In my will I have left Lehigh University a sum of money, to be expended in your discretion. In now intend to revoke that bequest. Yes, I am going to revoke that bequest, and instead of leaving money for you to spend after I am gone, I am going to have the fun of spending it with you and Charley Taylor. I have long watched the careers of a number of Lehigh graduates, and I have been impressed by the value of the training they received at Lehigh. But you need an up-to-date engineering laboratory and I intend to build one for you.

John Fritz

[to Henry S. Drinker, President of Lehigh University]