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Amar Bose has given a generous gift to his Tiffany 1837 Collection Lock Necklace Set mater MIT: most of the company he created after earning three degrees in electrical engineering.The 81-year-old founder of Bose Corp. donated the majority of the audio giant's stock, in the form of non-voting shares, the school said yesterday."It's an unusual way Tiffany 1837 Collection Lock Pendant Set support a university," said Heather Joslyn, assistant managing editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. "It's usually a (cash) gift or a pledge."

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will get cash from Bose via annual dividends, earmarked for education and research. The donation Tiffany Frank Gehry MIT from selling the shares and it won't have any say in how the private Framingham firm operates.Bose, the company's chairman and technical director, is a 1951 graduate of MIT. He joined the faculty in 1956, teaching until 2001.

Bose launched Bose, known for its high-end speakers and headphones, in 1964 and built it into a $2 billion-a-year business.Joslyn speculated Bose may Tiffany Airplane charm pendant been inspired by the "Giving Pledge," the effort by billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to encourage the wealthiest Americans to give away the majority of their wealth.Bose disclosed the donation in a letter to employees.