Joseph Wharton (March 3, 1826 – January 11, 1909) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was instrumental in the development of the nickel...
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Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business...
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forest is named for Joseph Wharton, who purchased most of the land that now lies within the forest in the 19th century. Wharton wanted to tap the groundwater...
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Joseph Wharton Lippincott (February 28, 1887 – October 22, 1976) was a noted publisher, author, naturalist, and sportsman. He was the grandson of Joshua...
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Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr., (1914–2003) was Chairman and President of Philadelphia publisher J. B. Lippincott Company. He was born in Bethayres, Pennsylvania...
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Wharton on April 16, 1902, based on a referendum held that day and subject to legislation passed on March 27, 1902. The borough was named for Joseph Wharton...
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three-cent note. The advocates were led by Pennsylvania industrialist Joseph Wharton, who then controlled the domestic supply of nickel ore. On the last...
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The list of notable Wharton School alumni are graduates of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Wharton offers four degree programs: undergraduate...
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president of Lehigh Valley Railroad, William Thurston, and Joseph Wharton, founder of the Wharton School, to meet with Jaques in Philadelphia. In early 1886...
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Ivanka Trump (category Wharton School alumni)
2012, the Wharton Club of New York, the official Wharton alumni association for the New York metropolitan area, gave Trump the Joseph Wharton Award for...
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college was founded in 1864 by Deborah Fisher Wharton, along with her industrialist son, Joseph Wharton, together with a committee of members of the Hicksite...
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Joseph Wharton (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1707; died there on July 27, 1776) was a successful American merchant, and the owner of "Walnut...
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Dawn Fitzpatrick (category Wharton School alumni)
University of Pennsylvania Wharton Club of New York presented Fitzpatrick with the 2020 Joseph Wharton Award for Leadership "for the Wharton alumnus who embodies...
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whose intrinsic worth did not approach their face value. Industrialist Joseph Wharton advocated coins containing nickel—a metal in which he had significant...
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Philadelphia merchant Joshua Fisher (1707–1783), the great-grandfather of Joseph Wharton. It overlooks the Schuylkill River from the east, just north of the...
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public park which was laid out and owned by Joseph Wharton, founder of Swarthmore College and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It...
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Kunal Bahl (category Wharton School alumni)
Leader of the Year Indian Affairs Business Leader of the Year 2015 The Joseph Wharton Award for Young Leadership 2018 The Economic Times Comeback Award 2019...
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universities occurred over a century ago. Joseph Wharton established the first university-based business school at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania...
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coinage of pieces above the denomination of three cents." Industrialist Joseph Wharton had a near-monopoly on the mining of nickel in the United States, and...
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Edith Newbold Wharton (/ˈhwɔːrtən/; née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's...
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West Virginia. Wharton lies along West Virginia Route 85. Wharton was named for Joseph Wharton, a large landowner from Philadelphia. On February 1, 2006...
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Quakers who founded Swarthmore College along with her industrialist son, Joseph Wharton. She was a contemporary and friend of Lucretia Mott and had many of...
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claim to the neutral zone). The workers of the VM were recruited by Joseph Wharton in the mid-19th century to help him start his metallurgical business...
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Ben Nelson (businessman) (category Wharton School alumni)
Nelson graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics with Honors as a Joseph Wharton Scholar. Nelson joined...
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1926–1940) Joseph Wharton Lippincott (1926–1949), (Chairman, 1949–1958) Howard K. Bauernfeind (1949–1958), (Chairman, 1958–1973) Joseph W. Lippincott...
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named for its founder, the publisher Joseph Wharton Lippincott of J. B. Lippincott & Co. His son, Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr., also a publisher, and...
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named Wharton include: A C Wharton, Former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899–1990), American diplomat Clifton R. Wharton, Jr...
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industrialist Joseph Wharton, built the house in response to the government condemning his earlier summer home in order to build Fort Wetherill. Wharton summered...
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Born in Philadelphia, Wharton was the son of Joseph Wharton, a successful merchant. He was a first cousin to Thomas Wharton Jr., who was the revolutionary...
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Bellevue Mansion (category Wharton family)
estate in 1802 by Philadelphia merchant Charles Wharton (1743–1838), grandfather of industrialist Joseph Wharton. It was located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest...
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