Editing Andrew Dickson White (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:AD White Sarcophagus Cropped.JPG|thumb|White is interred in [[Sage Chapel]] at [[Cornell University]], where his [[sarcophagus]] features crests of nations where he served as an ambassador and icons of universities where he studied]]
On October 26, 1918, White suffered a slight paralytic stroke following a severe illness of several days.<ref name="CAM Obit">{{cite book|title=Andrew Dickson White|publisher=Cornell Alumni Magazine|url=http://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3536/34/021_07.pdf| date=November–December 1918|access-date=May 20, 2009}}</ref>  On the morning of Monday, November 4, White died at home in Ithaca.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cornell.edu/president/history_bio_white.cfm|title=Cornell University-Office of the President-Andrew Dickson White|publisher=Cornell University Office of the President|access-date=May 20, 2009}}</ref>  Three days later, on November 7, on what would have been White's 86th birthday, White was interred at [[Sage Chapel]] on the Cornell campus. The chapel was filled to capacity by faculty, trustees, and other well-wishers.<ref>{{cite book|title=26th Annual Report of the President|author=Jacob Gould Schurman|author-link=Jacob Gould Schurman|publisher=Cornell University|year=1918|page=5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWfOAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

White's body resides in a sarcophagus in the Memorial Room with those of other persons deemed influential in the founding and early years of the university, including co-founder [[Ezra Cornell]] and benefactor [[Jennie McGraw|Jennie McGraw-Fiske]].  His marble [[sarcophagus]] was designed in the popular [[Art Nouveau]] style. It features crests of countries and institutions that played important roles in White's life.  For example, the adjacent picture shows the crests of the two countries where White was an ambassador; the [[Coat of arms of Germany#German Empire|coat of arms of Imperial Germany]] is on left and [[Saint George]], a variation on the [[coat of arms of Moscow]], representing Russia, is on the right.

The sarcophagus was completed in 1926 by sculptor [[Lee Lawrie|Lee Oskar Lawrie]] (1877–1963), who also created sculptures adorning Myron Taylor Hall at Cornell. Lawrie is perhaps best known for his [[Atlas (statue)|Atlas]] statue at [[Rockefeller Center]] in New York City.<ref>Gregory Paul Harm, Cited from a page from the Lee Lawrie Archives, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.</ref>

In his will, White left $500,000 {{USDCY|500000|1918}} to Cornell University, in addition to the considerable sums donated to the institution earlier in his life.

===Cornell University===
In his 1904 autobiography, ''The Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White'', White wrote:

{{blockquote|text=During my life, which is now extending beyond the allotted span of threescore and ten, I have been engaged after the manner of my countrymen, in many sorts of work, have become interested in many conditions of men have joined in many efforts which I hope have been of use; but, most of all, I have been interested in the founding and maintaining of Cornell University, and by the part, I have taken in that, more than by any other work of my life I hope to be judged.
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|source=''The Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White'' (1904)}}

Until at least the mid-20th century, Cornell undergraduates with the surname 'White' were traditionally given the nickname 'Andy' in reference to White. Notably, [[E. B. White]], author of the world-famous children's book ''[[Charlotte's Web]]'', continued to go by the nickname 'Andy' for the rest of his life after his undergraduate years at Cornell.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stephen|first=Charles|title=Review: 'Story of Charlotte's Web' tells of author's love affair with the creatures of the natural world|date=August 11, 2011 |url=http://journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/books/article_f83b6e5c-030f-5e0e-8176-a0567c7fcfbe.html|publisher=Lincoln Journal Star|access-date=August 12, 2011}}</ref>