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Died. Ellis A. Gimbel, 84, department-store magnate (Gimbel Brothers, Inc., Saks Fifth Avenue), philanthropist; in Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 27, 1950 | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

...thought he knew just the man for the job: tall, tough Millionaire William D. Pawley, 53. Boss of Miami's bus system, Pawley had organized Cuba's first commercial airline and built most of its airfields. Many Cubans regard him as a combination financial wizard and philanthropist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Wizard at Work | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...marble bust of plump, pretty Sabine (aged two),by her father, famed French Sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), was bought by Philanthropist Edward S. Harkness and is still owned by his widow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...took a poll last night asking students why they gave to the charities they had indicated. One student said he gave to the Council because some time he might "need a loan" from them. Another said it was "social compulsion" and a third said he wanted to "be a philanthropist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Combined Charities 'Sample' Indicates Support of Council | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...Being a Christian means more than being a philanthropist or a humanitarian," said the Rt. Rev. William T. Manning, and a generation of New Yorkers learned to know what he meant. For most Episcopalians and for many people of other faiths during a quarter of a century, the high-domed Manning forehead and austere, ascetic face symbolized high authority and strict orthodoxy-in theology, liturgy and life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Fast in the Faith | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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