National Cathedral Given $15 Million

The Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital received a bequest of about $15 million, the largest in its 92-year history. It was willed by Katherine Thomas, who came from Emlenton, Pa., and lived in suburban Rockville, Md. Born Katherine Gregory, she died in 1994 at age 96. She also left $7.5 million to St. Albans School, which, like the cathedral, belongs to the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. Thomas’ bequests came from the sale of Windy Knoll, a dairy farm in Rockville that her family bought during the Depression and lived at afterward. It was valued at $43 million when she died.