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...George Eastman, Kodak maker, has given more than $75,000,000 to philanthropies. Preceding each of his gifts went a long period of secret investigation and discussion. His announcements have always struck the staff of his Eastman Kodak Co. "as unexpectedly as lightning." Last week Eastman lightning struck again, this time in Sweden. Mr. Eastman gave Stockholm $1,000,000 to build a model dental dispensary and clinic...
...Stockholm dental clinic will be Mr. Eastman's fourth institution of the sort. First and model for the others is at Rochester, N. Y., his hometown, recipient of more than half his philanthropies. The Rochester Dental Dispensary was started in 1917 under direction of Dr. Harvey Jacob Burkhart, 69, onetime (1899) president of the National Dental Association, two-time (1902-04, 1915-16) mayor of Batavia, N. Y. Dr. Burkhart, who has Mr. Eastman's unqualified trust, arranged the organization of the other two Eastman dental institutions-at London and Rome. He is to buy all their equipment...
Glue Retrenchment. Better to concentrate on the glue business, American Glue Co. last week announced plans to sell its gelatin plants and business to a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Co. for $2,300,000. Previously, Eastman was one of American Glue's biggest gelatin customers. This follows closely on American Glue's sale of its abrasive business to Minneapolis Mining & Manufacturing Co. and Carborundum...
President Lowell and President John Grier Hibben of Princeton were among the most prominent guests of honor at the inauguration of Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, eminent physicist and educator, as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Eastman Court on the Charles River Campus yesterday afternoon. President Lowell spoke briefly at the exercises, stressing the pioneer work done by M. I. T. in the field of technical education, and the public service it has rendered. President Hibben brought a welcome from Princeton, where Dr. Compton had served on the faculty prior to his elevation to his present post...
Announcement was made yesterday that George Eastman, Rochester philanthropist and manufacturer, has given an additional $100,000 for the salary and expenses of the George Eastman visiting professor at Oxford, a chair established by Eastman last year with an initial gift...