John Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT&T. However‚ Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: "Public citizen‚ patron of literature and art‚ prince among merchants‚ who by his skill‚ wisdom and courage‚ has twice in times of stress repelled
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Alex Lewis John Pierpont Morgan J.P. Morgan was born 17 Apr 1837 John Pierpont (JP) Morgan was born on April 17‚ 1837 in Hartford‚ Connecticut to parents Junius Spencer Morgan and Juliet Pierpont Morgan. Morgan was born into a life of luxury‚ his banker father built JM Beebe‚ Morgan and Co.‚ the largest dry goods exporter in Boston. JP Morgan’s entered the banking world 1 Aug 1857 In 1857‚ after going to college in Europe‚ JP Morgan returned to the US and he got a job working for the private banking house Duncan
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Morgan Freeman Actor‚ director‚ narrator. Morgan Freeman was born on June 1‚ 1937 in Memphis‚ Tennessee. As a kid‚ Freeman spent a good portion of his time scraping together enough money to see movies‚ where he gained an early admiration for actors like Gary Cooper‚ spencer Tracy‚ and Sidney Poitier. It was luck that Freeman himself got into acting. He was in junior high and‚ as punishment for pulling out a chair from underneath a girl he had a crush on‚ Freeman was ordered to participate in the
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The Great Guardian Silas Throughout the novel‚ Silas is very different from all the other people in the graveyard. He has something special about him and he also has a special power. Silas uses his power for good especially in the beginning when he is helping save Bod from a murderer. Since Silas can do something that the other people of the graveyard can he is named Bod’s guardian. Even though Bod has adoptive parents Silas is the one who teaches him life lessons and shows him how the world
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important men to the financial industry was born. That man was J.P Morgan. He was an American banker‚ financer‚ philanthropist‚ and art collector. Some of his accomplishments include merging companies and the creation of companies as well. This man truly did change industrialization in the United States during his time and even today. Morgan was born and raised in Hartford‚ Connecticut to parents Juniet and Juliet Morgan. Morgan attended and graduated from the English High School of Boston‚ a school
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Alyssa Cho Professor T. Bassett LCS 151_B February 27‚ 2012 The Idea of Helping the Poor through Liberation Theology Tracy Kidder’s Mountains beyond Mountains details Paul Farmer’s work in Haiti. Not only does it talk about him‚ but it also talks about his patients and the challenges he faced trying to attend to them and their needs. Liberation theology is giving preferential option to the poor because everyone should be treated equally. The rich already have
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Kim Silva Professor Rusnock History of Medicine 14 September 2012 Mountains Beyond Mountains "Beyond mountains‚ there are mountains." The Haitians use this term to express when an obstacle has been overcome‚ the next one follows almost immediately afterwards. In life‚ this usually seems to be the case. Many people’s solution to a complication is to surrender to it. Paul Farmer is an exception to this. He is a man that has persevered through life‚ battling his own problems‚ while drastically
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AGW610 LESSON 3 CASE 3: Morgan Manufacturing Charles Crutchfield‚ manager of manufacturing operations at Morgan Manufacturing‚ was evaluating the performance of the company. Given his position‚ he was primarily interested in the health of the operating aspects of the business. At Morgan‚ the gross margin percentage was considered to be a key measure of operating performance; other measures considered to provide essential information on the health of business operations were pre-tax return on sales
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break records and make game winning plays. As Lebron James and Miguel Cabrera can be titled as the best in their sport‚ Alex Morgan is at the top in hers. The USA women’s national soccer team has been in the top two spots for three years now and Alex Morgan is a big reason why. As the youngest player on the national team in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup‚ Alex Morgan came off the bench and dominated in every game. Unfortunately the United States couldn’t pull out a victory in the finals but
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Mountains Beyond Mountains The title is a haitian proverb that translates “beyond the mountains‚ more mountains.” As it relates to the book‚ I believe mountains beyond mountains means the never ending struggle to control disease involving the poor. In this case‚ the poor are the haitian people who are in a struggle to improve their health and the institution in place allow this to perpetuate. Farmer sees health in a way that differs from most. Farmer believes improvement of health is not
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