 When Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Dredging Company John McMullen left his estate to Cornell to establish scholarships for engineering students , Cornell 's Trustees decided to invest those funds , and eventually sold the dredging company . The resulting fund is Cornell 's largest single scholarship endowment . Since 1925 , the fund has provided substantial assistance to more than 3 @,@ 700 engineering students . ( Cornell has received a number of unusual non @-@ cash ( in @-@ kind ) gifts over the years , including : Ezra Cornell 's farm , the Cornell Aeronautical <unk> ( see below ) , a copy of Lincoln 's Gettysburg Address , a Peruvian mummy , and the Ostrander elm trees . ) 
