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    Julius Rosenwald (August 12, 1862 – January 6, 1932) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears...
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  • early 20th century. The project was the product of the partnership of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish-American clothier who became part-owner and president of...
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  • The Rosenwald Fund (also known as the Rosenwald Foundation, the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and the Julius Rosenwald Foundation) was established in 1917 by...
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    Working especially with Julius Rosenwald from Chicago, Washington had Tuskegee architects develop model school designs. The Rosenwald Fund helped support...
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    endowed by Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and supported by the Commercial Club of Chicago, it opened in 1933...
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    Lessing Julius Rosenwald (February 10, 1891 – June 24, 1979) was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist...
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    Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening...
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  • James B. Rosenwald (born 1958), American businessman Julius Rosenwald (1862–1932), American businessman and philanthropist Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891–1979)...
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  • of the early 20th century included John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), Julius Rosenwald (1862–1932) and Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918). Rockefeller...
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  • SS Julius Rosenwald was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Julius Rosenwald, co-owner of Sears, Roebuck...
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  • Her sisters are Elizabeth R. Varet and Alice Rosenwald. Rosenwald's grandfather, Julius Rosenwald, was an early investor in Sears, Roebuck & Company, and...
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  • Kempner about the career of American businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald. It debuted on February 25, 2015 at the Washington Jewish Film Festival...
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    Lawrence P. Bachmann, "Julius Rosenwald," American Jewish Historical Quarterly 1976 66(1): 89-105; Peter M. Ascoli, Julius Rosenwald (2006) Moore, Deborah...
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    William Rosenwald, the son of Julius Rosenwald, the longtime CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Co. William Rosenwald—who had inherited the Rosenwald fortune from...
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  • family that controlled the company. His wife was Sophie Rosenwald, the sister of Julius Rosenwald, who founded Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry...
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  • Southern Counties; Shifts in the Negro Population of Alabama. Jones was a Julius Rosenwald Foundation Fund Fellow at Columbia University, where he was awarded...
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  • the name of the Rosenwald School, a type of school founded for African American students established with support from Julius Rosenwald. The former school...
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    Court in Manhattan, facing a charge of improper guardianship. However, Julius Rosenwald, wealthy co-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company in Chicago, soon afterward...
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  • made other charitable grants through the William Rosenwald Family Fund. His father was Julius Rosenwald, the former chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company...
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    District. Samuel Rosenwald purchased the Lyon House on Eighth Street across from Lincoln's home in 1868. Samuel's son Julius Rosenwald went on to become...
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    the company for $75,000.00 to Aaron Nusbaum and his brother-in-law, Julius Rosenwald. The company was incorporated in Illinois as Sears Roebuck & Co. of...
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    built in May 1934. The building is named in honor of philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, to whom the building was dedicated in June 1948. This building houses...
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  • Edith Rosenwald in Chicago, Illinois, on May 31, 1895, as the third of five children of parents Julius Rosenwald and Augusta Nusbaum Rosenwald. Her family...
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    to philanthropist institutions such as the Carnegie Foundation, the Julius Rosenwald Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Convinced that the role...
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    more than 5,000 rural black schools built with contributions for the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The building was enlarged twice then renovated in 1978. It is...
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  • and Julius Rosenwald, the Chairman of Sears, maintained a close relationship throughout their professional lives. It has been said that Rosenwald never...
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    Elijah Muhammad Barack Obama Michelle Obama Mandy Patinkin Maurice Rabb Julius Rosenwald Bill Veeck Muddy Waters The infamous murderers Nathan Leopold and Richard...
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    opened in 1937. It was the last Rosenwald school built in the United States using funds provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The school operated from...
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    Create a Julius Rosenwald& Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Historic Context Inventory & Analysis" (PDF). Julius Rosenwald & Rosenwald Schools...
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    of Science and Industry in 1933. Sears, Roebuck & Company president Julius Rosenwald donated the initial investment. During World War II, vandals severely...
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