Endowment History
George Platsis endowed $250,000 (USD) in remembrance of his parents, Arthur and Mary Platsis, both from Crete. After service with the 32nd Michigan Infantry in World War I, Arthur Platsis was head chef at the American Legion Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan that cared for veterans recovering from poison gas attacks. Mary Platsis had volunteered for the American Red Cross and founded a post-World War II group to ship clothes to Crete and the orphanages of Kandanos and Sougia, her grandfather's village, under the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. In addition to funding the annual University of Michigan symposia, the Arthur and Mary Platsis Endowment awards prizes to graduate and undergraduate students for original work relating to Greek culture.
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