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2004 Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8
2004 Laurance Rockefeller, venture capitalist/philanthropist, founded the American Conservation Association, dies at 94 2003 Laurence Tisch, entrepreneur/philanthropist, president of Loews Theatres, dies at 80 2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 2002 Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38 1997 Mother Teresa, philanthropist, Nobel (1979), No Greater Love, dies of cardiac arrest at 87 1996 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95 1996 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94 1994 Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist, dies at 82 1994 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64 1978 John D Rockefeller III, U.S. billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 1970 Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London 1961 Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 1960 John D Rockefeller, Jr., philanthropist, dies at 86 1948 Elsa Brandstrom, Angel of Siberia, Swed philanthropist, dies at 59 1945 John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80 1937 Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist 1935 Trevor Chinn, born in England, businessman, CEO, Lex Garages, entrepreneur, philanthropist, President, the Joint Israel Appeal 1929 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates 1925 Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians 1920 Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist 1919 Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 1912 Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist 1906 John D. Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, oil 1901 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist 1901 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist 1901 Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies 1896 Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist, Wolf Trap Institute 1894 George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books 1890 Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 1887 Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist 1874 John David Rockefeller, Jr., born in Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropist 1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame 1867 Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist, died aboard Titanic 1867 Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist 1865 Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes 1864 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies 1861 Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City 1857 Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist 1854 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies 1836 Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist, Rebel Queen 1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist 1814 Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire 1814 Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library 1813 Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art 1806 David Dale, industrialist and philanthropist, dies 1801 John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist 1795 Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University 1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist 1791 Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist, Cooper Union 1789 Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist 1764 Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist 1649 Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale |
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