The way the university will spend its new cash, these critics feel, is not in keeping with Morin’s lifelong love for books.
在美國新罕布夏大學（University of New Hampshire）的學生，一定都認識這位老人，身高150總喜歡叼個煙斗，他叫Robert Morin，是這裡的圖書管理員，Robert的一生幾乎都在新罕布夏大學的圖書館度過。1963年Robert從新罕布夏大學畢業後，又在西蒙斯學院（Simmons College）拿到了圖書館學的碩士學位。一畢業他就回到母校新罕布夏大學當起圖書管理員。
他唯一的陪伴就是大學圖書館裡的那些書本、DVD，或者來來去去的學生。(圖/英國那些事兒)
然而他這一當就是50年，這期間他沒有結婚、沒有生子，他唯一的陪伴就是大學圖書館裡的那些書本、DVD、或者來來去去的學生，在外人看來他的工作單調又乏味，每天重複著同樣的事情：把新到的媒體資料輸入數據庫、在每個DVD寫上簡短的內容描述、將CD編碼號輸入系統、將一疊疊活頁樂譜分類歸檔等等。年復一年做著相同的事情，而他卻樂此不疲，因為這是他最喜歡待的地方，有他最喜歡的那些學生。
他總孤身一人穿梭在家裡到圖書館，這永遠不變的兩點一線中。(圖/UNH)
圖書館幾乎成了他生活的全部。這樣一做就是半個世紀，從初出茅廬的畢業生，到受人敬重的老者。他總孤身一人穿梭在家裡到圖書館，這永遠不變的兩點。一有空他就會看電影、看書，一部接一部、一本接一本，從1979年到1997年，他看過的電影已經超過22000部。之後他又把自己浸在書海裡，他決定將1930年到1938年美國出版的書看完，當然除了教科書、兒童書、烹飪書。
在物質方面，他過著非常節省的生活，在他的字典裡，從來沒有花錢享樂這幾個字。(圖/英國那些事兒)
他的生活除去圖書館和看書看電影的時間，幾乎真的沒有什麼了。在物質方面，他過著非常節省的生活，也很少為自己買新衣服，每天早餐就是一包餅乾一罐可樂，中午簡單的三明治就能滿足，到了晚上回家把冰箱裡冷凍的食物加熱，沒人見過他出去吃飯。他開著一輛1992年產的小破車，修修補補好多次，從來沒想過要換。在他的字典裡，從來沒有花錢享樂這幾個字。
圖書館幾乎成了他生活的全部。這樣一做就是半個世紀，從初出茅廬的畢業生，到受人敬重的老者。他總孤身一人穿梭在家裡到圖書館，這永遠不變的兩點。一有空他就會看電影、看書，一部接一部、一本接一本，從1979年到1997年，他看過的電影已經超過22000部。之後他又把自己浸在書海裡，他決定將1930年到1938年美國出版的書看完，當然除了教科書、兒童書、烹飪書。
在物質方面，他過著非常節省的生活，在他的字典裡，從來沒有花錢享樂這幾個字。(圖/英國那些事兒)
他的生活除去圖書館和看書看電影的時間，幾乎真的沒有什麼了。在物質方面，他過著非常節省的生活，也很少為自己買新衣服，每天早餐就是一包餅乾一罐可樂，中午簡單的三明治就能滿足，到了晚上回家把冰箱裡冷凍的食物加熱，沒人見過他出去吃飯。他開著一輛1992年產的小破車，修修補補好多次，從來沒想過要換。在他的字典裡，從來沒有花錢享樂這幾個字。
一個圖書管理員，生前甚至都沒吃過一頓所謂的豪華午餐，卻給母校獻上了賺了一輩子的積蓄。(圖/unh)
就這樣，Robert在圖書館工作了一輩子，2014年帶著滿滿地不捨，他退休了！退休之後，他仍然跟圖書館的同事們保持著緊密的聯繫，他無兒無女，生病需要人照顧時，圖書館的員工一個一個都會挺身而出。雖然有著同事們無微不至的照顧，Robert還是在退休一年後就離開了人世，享年77歲。
就在他離世後不久，人們發現了他的驚人遺囑，他把所有錢都留給了他工作了一輩子的新罕布夏大學。更讓人驚訝的是遺囑上的數目：近400萬美元！一個圖書管理員，生前甚至都沒吃過一頓所謂的豪華午餐，卻為母校獻上賺了一輩子的積蓄。
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A frugal librarian drove an old car, ate TV dinners — and left $4 million to his university
就這樣，Robert在圖書館工作了一輩子，2014年帶著滿滿地不捨，他退休了！退休之後，他仍然跟圖書館的同事們保持著緊密的聯繫，他無兒無女，生病需要人照顧時，圖書館的員工一個一個都會挺身而出。雖然有著同事們無微不至的照顧，Robert還是在退休一年後就離開了人世，享年77歲。
就在他離世後不久，人們發現了他的驚人遺囑，他把所有錢都留給了他工作了一輩子的新罕布夏大學。更讓人驚訝的是遺囑上的數目：近400萬美元！一個圖書管理員，生前甚至都沒吃過一頓所謂的豪華午餐，卻為母校獻上賺了一輩子的積蓄。
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Robert Morin lived a simple, frugal life.
He drove a ’92 Plymouth, the Boston Globe reported. In his free time, Morin read — a lot. And he didn’t eat fancy meals.
“He would have some Fritos and a Coke for breakfast, a quick cheese sandwich at the library, and at home would have a frozen dinner because the only thing he had to work with was a microwave,” his financial adviser, Edward Mullen, told the Globe. “He was a very unusual gentleman.”
Morin was a longtime employee at the University of New Hampshire library; he worked as a cataloguer, which is basically someone who writes descriptions of new material coming into the library.
Last week, the university announced that when Morin died in March 2015 at the age of 77, he left his estate to the school.
His $4 million estate.
“It’s very inspiring and exciting,” Erika Mantz, a UNH spokeswoman, told the Globe. “In our history, I’m not aware of anything like this.”
A UNH news release about the gift noted that “few suspected” Morin, a graduate of the school, had “quietly amassed” millions. But his life wasn’t super extravagant. He watched thousands of videos, according to the release, and read a bunch of books. Okay, that’s all sort of an understatement. I don’t know if I can really capture it, so I’m just going to go ahead and quote this portion of the news here, because, wow:
Morin also had a passion for watching movies, and from 1979 to 1997 he watched more than 22,000 videos. Following this feat, he switched his attention to books. He read, in chronological order, every book published in the U.S. from 1930 to 1940 — excluding children’s books, textbooks and books about cooking and technology. At the time of his death he had reached 1,938, the year of his birth.
“He never went out,” Mullen, the financial adviser who helped Morin build his wealth, told the New Hampshire Union Leader.
Morin was employed by the university for nearly five decades before his retirement in 2014. In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, he was paid $102,220, according to a Nashua Telegraph database of salaries provided by the University System of New Hampshire.
Mullen, in his interview with the Globe, called Morin a “very bright guy and a very smart guy.” He told the newspaper that Morin wanted to give UNH freedom to spend the gift and trusted them to use his funds.
“He said, ‘They’ll figure out what to do with it,’ ” Mullen told the Globe.
In a phone interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, Mantz called Morin “a very recognizable person on campus” who lived a simple and quiet life, stayed away from controversy and frequently took the time to chat with students.
“He was a very distinctive person, and actually a lot of people knew him just from seeing him on campus,” she said. “He smoked a pipe, and he was outside a lot in the courtyard in the front of the library, and he loved to talk to students. So he was very committed, and he talked quite a bit out in the courtyard with whoever, whatever students were around. And he was very committed to the student workers who worked in our main library. He talked with them quite a bit.”
A portion of Morin’s gift — $100,000 — will go to the university’s Dimond Library, where Morin worked, according to the news release. That money, the only dedicated gift in the estate, will be used for scholarships for work-study students and to support staffers who are continuing their library-science education. It will also help fund a renovation project in a multimedia room at the library.
An additional $1 million will go toward a video scoreboard at the UNH football stadium. (In the final months of his life, Morin started watching football while he was in an assisted-living center, according to the release. He learned the rules of the game and knew the players’ names.) Another chunk of the money will go toward an expanded and centrally located career center, Mantz said.
“I think the feeling around here has been just kind of awe,” she said, “that someone who worked here pretty much their whole life … that he was so committed to this place and the students, and he really wanted to make a difference and provide the money to the university.”
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