MORAGA, Calif., Sept. 24 – Looking back, it all seems too good to have been true. But until a few weeks ago, almost everyone here believed it.
Seven years ago, a first-time donor pledged the largest gift in the history of Saint Mary’s College, a small liberal arts school run by Christian Brothers in Moraga, a secluded town in the San Francisco Bay area. The college’s origins date back to the state’s early history.