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Abraham A. Mitchell Field

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Brick university buildings and live oak trees at dusk with a bouquet of white lilies in the foreground, a symbolic tribute to a Mobile philanthropist

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Abe Mitchell, Mobile Developer and South Alabama’s Most Generous Donor, Dies at 91

Abe Mitchell, the Mobile real estate developer whose gifts of more than $130 million transformed the University of South Alabama, died Oct. 15 at…

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