Word: philanthropists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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UNTIL the end of the 19th century, evangelistic Christianity nearly always meant a heroic dedication both to spreading the Gospel and to helping one's fellow man. In England, Philanthropist William Wilberforce typified that spirit when, after his conversion, he led the fight for abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire. In the U.S., too, evangelicals were involved in the abolitionist movement and in fights against civic corruption, poverty, prostitution and "demon rum." Only as the 19th century waned did the shock of the newly secular world and a creeping pessimism about man cause evangelical* churches to retreat into...
...Alice in Wonderland statue, built as a tribute to his late wife in 1959, is so popular a children's roosting spot in Central Park that it requires some $10,000 per year for maintenance. The Delacorte Theater, completed with the aid of $150,000 from the philanthropist, is the site of New York's annual free Shakespeare festival. Another Delacorte gift, the Central Park Zoo's animated clock, is designed in the form of an animal carrousel. As its base revolves to glockenspiel music, the clock chimes one of 32 nursery rhymes on the quarter-hour...
Died. Eugene W. Kettering, 60, son of the auto industry's late Charles F. Kettering, who followed his father's footsteps, both as a General Motors executive and open-handed philanthropist; of heart failure after emergency surgery; in Manhattan. Kettering spent 23 years at G.M., contributed significantly to the development of the modern diesel locomotive. He retired in 1959, devoted himself to Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (cofounded by his father) and launched the Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital in Dayton, Ohio...
Peter ends his book with the hope that a philanthropist will soon endow a chair of hierarchiology at a major university. "I am ready for the post," he says, "having proven myself capable in my present endeavors...
...Passed Nudists. The idea began in Seattle. In 1963, Philanthropist Paul Friedlander united the city's various cultural fund-raising operations under the name PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Culture Organizations), then raised $111,000 by auctioning off animals, art, jewelry and a caboose. Seattle's PONCHO auction has become an annual affair (this year's net: $171,550), and Friedlander on his own time and money has traveled the country advising other...