Word: guggenheimers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fellowships announced yesterday bring the total number of persons assisted since the establishment of the Foundation by former United States Senator and Mrs. Guggenheim five years ago to 295. The Foundation is a memorial to a son of the founders and its purpose in the words of Senator Guggenheim's Letter of Gift is to "advance human achievement by aiding students to push forward the boundaries of understanding and enrich human life by aiding them in the cultivation of beauty and taste". In accordance with these purposes the Foundation offers Fellowships, tenable abroad under the freest possible conditions for research...
...accordance with plans made six months ago by Senator Guggenheim when he gave the Foundation an additional million dollars of endowment, the list includes the first Latin American Exchange Fellows of the Foundation. These new Fellowships were organized first in Mexico and a Mexican Committee of Selection has appointed two Mexican scholars to come to the United States to carry on their studies. At the same time four scholars from the United States will go to Mexico and other countries of Latin America to engage in research. Next Year Latin American Exchange Fellows to come to the United States will...
...Trustees of the Foundation, in addition to the founders, Senator and Mrs. Guggenheim, are Francis H. Brownell, Carroll A. Wilson, Charles D. Hilles, Roger W. Straus and Charles Earl...
...past, the greatest obstacle that has faced the spread of education has been its geographical restriction to certain areas. To overcome this obstacle and, "to push forward the boundaries of understanding" beyond the University and the large city is the aim of Senator Guggenheim's Memorial Foundation. This year's inclusion of the first Latin American Fellows further broadens the scope of an endowment already open to all kinds of creative workers and emphasizes the international aspect of art literature and scholarship...
World education has often been her-aided as the solution of many governmental problems. Certainly healthy international relations depend upon the intelligence and understanding of the citizens of individual nations. As organization such as the Guggenheim Foundation that knows no boundaries of race or creed holds the power to put the educational solution to the test...