Almanac Entry: Business Leaders and Philanthropists of the Past

Article: FREDERIC C. `BUCK' DUMAINE, 94; RAILROAD MAGNATE, ...
The Boston Globe;  April 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Frederic C. Dumaine Jr., a former state Republican leader and railroad magnate who forged a reputation as a determined battler on the political and industrial fronts, died March 13 in his home in Weston ...

Article: At library, Hill is history: St. Paul railroad ...
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Laura Yuen Jun. 7--You can find the legacy of 19th-century railroad magnate James J. Hill all over St. Paul: His mansion anchors the city's most prominent street, his offices are now modern condos ...

Article: Business Leaders and Philanthropists of the Past
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2002;      700+ words ... ... Leaders and Philanthropists of the Past ... Leaders and Philanthropists of the Past ... financier, philanthropist, legendary ... U.S.) railroad magnate, financier ... U.S.) railroad magnate. Henry E ... builder, philanthropist. Walter ...

Article: Philanthropist and filmmaker; The Walker Art Center ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... enormous wealth he inherited from his grandfather, St. Paul railroad magnate James J. Hill, and funneled it into a foundation to help ... FILMMAKER AND HIS LEGACY What: Works by the St. Paul philanthropist and those underwritten by his Jerome Foundation. When ...

Article: FROM THIS DAY ON, CALL IT WHITNEY WAY ROUTE 50 RENAMED FOR ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 10, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... died in 1992 at the age of 93, after a long life as a philanthropist and industrialist. Many of his missions of goodwill were ... transportation. Whitney's great-great-grandfather was the railroad magnate ``Commodore'' Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Whitney himself ...

Article: 'Venture philanthropists' offer wake-up call for Jewish ...
Cleveland Jewish News;  June 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... a "venture philanthropist." The generation ... ranks venture philanthropists are drawn, is ... dollars, venture philanthropists opt for "boutiques ... one prominent philanthropist told Charendoff ... adds, wealthy philanthropists often have CDD ... the investing philanthropist moves on, the ...

Article: FORMER PRESIDENT OF FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM, WIFE INDICTED ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... with conspiring to defraud a local philanthropist and Michael K. Salisbury's former ... worked together to defraud a local philanthropist and the Museum and to conceal the ... introduced to a local collector and philanthropist who had expressed an interest in starting ...