 Vollum helped found the Oregon Graduate Institute (now part of OHSU), in 1965, with a $2 million grant and, upon his death in 1986, bequeathed $14.8 million to the college as an endowment.His will also included a $3.8 million bequest to the Catlin Gabel School.Howard and Jean Vollum also funded the construction of the Library Building at Mount Angel Abbey in Mt.