Julius Rosenwald
(1862-1932)
American businessman
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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, Roebuck and Company, and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions in matching funds to support the education of African American children in the rural South, as well as other philanthropic causes in the first half of the 20th century. In 1919 he was appointed to the Chicago Commission on Race Relations. He was also the principal founder and backer for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, to which he gave more than $5 million and served as president from 1927 to 1932.
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Julius Rosenwald 12 August 1862 Springfield, Illinois, USA
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6 January 1932 (aged 69) Highland Park, Illinois, United States
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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