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1924 Gifts From Duke and Eastman Aimed at Education and Health
John Dickinson Sherman reports James Buchanan Duke and George Eastman pledging massive funds to colleges and hospitals. Duke’s plan creates Duke University and supports hospitals, churches, and schools across the Carolinas, while Eastman gives 12.5 million to MIT Rochester University Hampton Tuskegee and others, consolidating his Kodak legacy with lifelong leadership in his company. The gifts total over 58 million for Eastman and over 46 million for Duke, underscoring a nationwide surge in philanthropy and debates over “tainted money.”
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Ames Buchanan Duke
Somerville
N. J
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
Duke
Eastman
John Roach Straton
New York
Baptist Bible Union of North America
Rockefeller
Doctor Straton
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
Yugo Slavia
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Duke and Eastman
J. Pierpont Morgan
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Southern Water Power Company
North
South Carolina
Southern Power Company
Duke Trust
North Carolina
Duke University
Trinity College
Durham
Trinity
University of Rochester
Hampton Institute
Tuskegee Institute
Mr. Eastman
Eastman Kodak Company
Y. W. Co. A. and Infants’ Summer Hospital
Children's Society
Stevens Institute of Technology
Homeopathic Hospital
Rochester Parks
Hahnemann Hospital
State and
Red Cross
Mechanics Institute
Rochester General Hospital
War Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Rochester Friendly Home
Waterville
Kodak
Trinity College At
William P. Few
Few
James Buchanan Duke
N.C
Washington Duke
Brodie L
Benjamin N
James
W. Duke Sons & Co
America
New Jersey
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco Trust
Tuskegee
Sampton
Tuskegee-Hampton Endowment Fund
Hestman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology