in Latin America to improve the way of life in that particular area. The objective was not charity, but the promotion of self-help programs. The State of Michigan took British Honduras (Belize) as its partner. In 1971, his widow, Arvella D. Bentley, gave a generous donation to the University of Michigan's "Michigan Historical Collections", enabling it to construct a new building which was subsequently renamed the Bentley Historical Library. References |- 1918 births 1969 deaths 20th-century American diplomats 20th-century American philanthropists 20th-century American politicians American Congregationalists American shooting survivors People from Owosso, Michigan Politicians from Portland, Maine Regents of the University of Michigan Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan University of Michigan alumni 20th-century American academics