Word: volker
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week unveiled its handsomest sculptural adornment, a towering group surrounded by fountains on the paved mall near the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art. The bronze statues, paid for with money from schoolchildren and local organizations, were dedicated to Kansas City's greatest philanthropist, German-born William Volker, a household-goods merchant (picture frames, window shades) who became a multimillionaire, gave away an estimated $10 million in charity before he died in 1947. As the last work of the late great Swedish-born Sculptor Carl Milles (TIME Color, June 27, 1955), the memorial was also a tribute...
Your story on Carl Milles . . . has been read with great interest in Kansas City, since the [large memorial group] of which you speak is expected here in October ... It shows St. Martin of Tours sharing his cloak with a mendicant, thus expresses the spirit and generosity of William Volker, who died in 1947, and who did so much for the poor and underprivileged ... It will be located on city-owned ground . . . overlooking the . . . campus of the University of Kansas City...
...William Volker Memorial Committee Kansas City...
Roscoe Pound, University Professor Emeritus and Dean of the Law School from 1916-36, has been awarded the $15,000 William Volker Award "for distinguished service as scholar, teacher, and public servant," Dean Grirswold of the Law School has announced...
Bartered Bride. In Maria Stein, Austria, when Farmer Matthias Volker's betrothed said no at the altar, he turned to the guests, asked for a volunteer, was quickly taken up by his faithful ex-housekeeper...