Alfred Jenkins Shriver was a precise Baltimore bachelor, an alumnus of Johns Hopkins. He stuttered terribly but never let that bother him. As a Maryland gourmet, he was famed for his perfect dinner parties. As a Maryland lawyer, he specialized in wills. Last September Alfred Shriver died, aged 72, leaving a will that was something to see.
To Johns Hopkins Alfred Shriver bequeathed $650,000 for a lecture hall. Its equipment is to be "the best obtainable in the world," its walls covered with murals painted by "the best available artists." What caused the greatest tongue-wagging in Baltimore since Wallis Warfield bagged a...