Tennessee ? Anyone can donate money to their favorite college. John McIntire turned over something of greater personal value: his collection of 700 Hawaiian shirts.

McIntire, a sculptor, gave the shirts to the Memphis College of Art, where he once worked.

He had collected the garments over 50 years, picking them up at yard sales and junk stores, never paying more than $5 apiece.

McIntire, 72, wears Hawaiian shirts most days, putting a T-shirt underneath when it’s cold and adding a coat when necessary.

The college plans to display the shirts for a sale to benefit a scholarship in McIntire’s name.