Harold Uris

[[File:UrisLibrary24.jpg|thumb|right|[[Uris Library]] at [[Cornell University]]]]

[[File:UrisLibrary24.jpg|thumb|right|[[Uris Library]] at [[Cornell University]]]]

[[File:Uris Hall and cyclist.jpg|thumb|right|Uris Hall at Cornell University]]

[[File:Uris Hall and cyclist.jpg|thumb|right|Uris Hall at Cornell University]]

Harold and Percy Uris created the Uris Brothers Foundation in 1956, and gave money to Cornell, Columbia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Harold Uris was a Cornell trustee from 1967 to 1972, and was an influential member of Cornell's Buildings and Properties Committee. Two buildings bear his name on Cornell's Ithaca campus. A social sciences building built in 1972 was named for Uris and his brother Percy.[https://www.cornell.edu/search/index.cfm?tab=facts&q=&id=766 Uris Hall] Retrieved 2009-01-28. Earlier in 1962, the main University Library building was renamed Uris Library. In 1998, the Uris Brothers Foundation was dissolved after donating all its remaining assets: $10 million to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], $10 million to the [[Central Park Conservancy]], $3 million to the [[New York Public Library]], $3 million to [[Thirteen/WNET]], $2.5 million to [[Carnegie Hall]], and $1.5 million to the [[New School for Social Research]].[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/25/nyregion/a-foundation-gives-away-30-million-and-calls-it-quits.html New York Times: "A Foundation Gives Away $30 Million and Calls It Quits" By GLENN COLLINS] June 25, 1998

Harold and Percy Uris created the Uris Brothers Foundation in 1956, and gave money to Cornell, Columbia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Harold Uris was a Cornell trustee from 1967 to 1972, and was an influential member of Cornell's Buildings and Properties Committee. Two buildings bear his name on Cornell's Ithaca campus. A social sciences building built in 1972 was named for Uris and his brother Percy.[https://www.cornell.edu/search/index.cfm?tab=facts&q=&id=766 Uris Hall] Retrieved 2009-01-28. Earlier in 1962, the old University Library building was renamed Uris Library. In 1998, the Uris Brothers Foundation was dissolved after donating all its remaining assets: $10 million to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], $10 million to the [[Central Park Conservancy]], $3 million to the [[New York Public Library]], $3 million to [[Thirteen/WNET]], $2.5 million to [[Carnegie Hall]], and $1.5 million to the [[New School for Social Research]].[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/25/nyregion/a-foundation-gives-away-30-million-and-calls-it-quits.html New York Times: "A Foundation Gives Away $30 Million and Calls It Quits" By GLENN COLLINS] June 25, 1998

In 1983, Uris donated $10 million to establish the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center of Education at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].{{cite news|url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/met-opens-renovated-education-center/65170/|title=The Met Opens Renovated Education Center|work=New York Sun|first=Kate|last=Taylor|date=October 24, 2007|accessdate=2009-01-28}}

In 1983, Uris donated $10 million to establish the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center of Education at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].{{cite news|url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/met-opens-renovated-education-center/65170/|title=The Met Opens Renovated Education Center|work=New York Sun|first=Kate|last=Taylor|date=October 24, 2007|accessdate=2009-01-28}}