ONLINE UPDATE, 9/21: Billionaire David Murdock plans to donate a substantial monetary gift to Duke University, WRAL reported Friday morning. The amount and specific purpose of the gift will be announced Monday at the North Carolina Research Campus currently being built by Murdock, the owner of the firm Castle &
Cooke, which includes the Dole Food Company. Sources expect the donation to focus on disease research and possibly be upward of $10 million.
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