Andrea Giordano Advanced Writing 09/03/2010 David Rockefeller and his Philanthropy An old man‚ preparing to die is about to give away all his money. If you had a year or more to live‚ what would you do with all your wealth? Nowadays one of the wealthiest billionaires in United States‚ David Rockefeller is agreeing to give almost all of his money. More than 100 hundred million dollars is going to the University of Chicago‚ The Rockefeller University‚ the Museum of Modern Art‚ churches and people
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John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8‚ 1839 in Richford‚ New York to a traveling merchant who sold medicines‚ and was away most of the time. He was born the 2nd of six children who were all raised by their strict mother. As his father was away most of the time‚ he took it upon himself to be the man of the house and scrounged up money any way he could. This included taking jobs from neighbors‚ selling candy‚ and raising turkeys. While saving money he always gave a portion of it away to charities
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Robert Morgan claims that the problems caused by westward expansion were not the fault of a few famous people but of common citizens.The claims of Robert Morgan are reasonable. To support this claim‚the three text used will be‚ “ Thomas Jefferson’s America‚ 1801” --Stephen Ambrose‚ “Reporting to the President‚ September 23- December 31‚ 1806” (pages 418-21) -- Stephen Ambrose‚ and “ Chief Joseph Speaks…” --Chief Joseph. Additionally‚ Robert Morgan states in the text‚” Historians may
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capitalization and deposit base of any U.S. banking institution. The hedge fund unit of JPMorgan Chase is the largest hedge fund in the United States with $34 billion in assets as of 2007. Formed in 2000 when Chase Manhattan Corporation acquired J.P. Morgan & Co.‚ the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world ’s most prominent corporate‚ institutional and governmental clients. (1‚2) The JPMorgan brand is used by the Investment Bank as well as the Asset Management‚
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Agree: An extremely healthy man who rarely consumed fast food‚ conducted a month-long experiment of eating nothing but Mc. Donalds. Morgan made sure to have a steady goal of only walking 5‚000 feet a day. He also made sure to only eat what Mc. Donalds offered‚ everything off the menu‚ and supersized the meals only when asked but the worker. In only 17 days Morgan ended up with a fatty liver and gained approximately 17 pounds. On the terms of heath‚ a person should only gain and lose one to two pounds
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John D. Rockefeller was the owner of Standard Oil Company. John was born into a very poor family and had to work very hard to start Standard Oil. He also had many problems later in his career. One of the problems he had during his career was the antitrust laws which made him disband his trust into many of the different companies that made up the trust. After Rockefeller stopped working at Standard Oil day to day he became a philanthropist and donated a lot of his money to help different causes.
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ornelius Vanderbilt Robber Baron or Captain of Industry The 1800’s was the beginning of something new for America‚ It was the rise of American industry. Cornelius Vanderbilt had a huge role in American industry. Vanderbilt was responsible for developing much of the the transportation system in the middle and later part of the 19th century in the North East part of the United States. He was responsible for both boats and trains. I think Cornelius Vanderbilt has made a huge impact on the American
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and self made multimillionaire‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt helped to create a large railroad system and turn it into the big industry that it was in the 19th century and what it is now. He also did the same thing with the shipping industry. Vanderbilt changed the industries of America by introducing a way of transportation of people and goods that is effective and quicker than anything that has been created before. Seen as a Robber Baron‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt owned many monopolies in different types
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however‚ there was one industry that majored in banking. He goes by his life quote “Go as far as you can see; when you get there‚ you’ll be able to see farther.”. The person that created the banking industry that inspired many people is JP Morgan. John Pierpont Morgan was born on April 12‚ 1837‚ in Hartford‚ Connecticut. His father‚ Junius‚ became a partner in a successful dry goods business. Junius then married Juliet Pierpont‚ daughter of a noted minister and poet John Pierpont. His paternal grandfather
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BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE By: Kevin Taylor Andrew Carnegie was an American industrialist but was native to Scotland. Born in Dunfermline‚ Fifeshire‚ Scotland‚ on November 15‚ 1835 Andrew was the first son of son of William and Margaret Carnegie. Young Andrew’s family was very political; father William was the local leader of the Chartists who fought to improve living conditions of the working-class community in Great Britain and his grandfather was a social and political reformer. In 1848
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