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