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Robinson originally considered himself miscast as a criminal, and in a way he was right. He was a pillar of Beverly Hills' genteel society, a philanthropist who supported and worked for dozens of causes. He played the harp, amassed an immense collection of impressionist art and was a student of eight languages. When he and Gladys Lloyd, his wife of 28 years, were divorced in 1955, the settlement forced him to sell off his $3,250,000 collection, pieces that he called his "children." But he married again and went back to work despite ill health. Bearded, gray...
LOEB EX. The Philanthropist...
...money gets bigger at the national level and harder to turn down. Nevertheless Humphrey says that he declined a large gift from New York Philanthropist Stewart Mott, now a prime McGovern benefactor, in 1968 when Mott wanted Humphrey to denounce the Viet Nam War more strongly. Mott denies this, but he has tried to influence the positions of other candidates. Sounded out by Texas oil interests during the Democratic primaries this year, Edmund Muskie passed up much cash because he refused to abandon his intention of trying to lower the oil-depletion allowance. Most gifts, of course, do not come...
STEWART RAWLINGS MOTT, 34, New York City philanthropist, son of the General Motors pioneer and major stockholder Charles Stewart Mott. Gifts: McGovern, $212,361; Lindsay, $5,000; McCloskey, $5,500. Loans: McGovern...
Died. Louis R. Lurie, 84, self-made multimillionaire, philanthropist and theater angel; in San Francisco. Lurie was selling newspapers in Chicago at age nine when a neighborhood bully beat him so badly that he was crippled for nearly ten years. After making a stake in the printing business, he settled in San Francisco and began building a $100 million fortune in real estate speculation and construction. Show business was one of his enduring interests; among the hits he backed were Song of Norway, The Teahouse of the August Moon and Fiddler on the Roof...