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  Edward Harkness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Stephen Harkness (1874 - 1940) was an American philanthropist.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of three children born to Anna Richardson and her husband Stephen V. Harkness, a harnessmaker who invested with John D. Rockefeller and became the second-largest shareholder in Standard Oil.
In 1918 Anna Harkness established the Commonwealth Fund by an initial gift of $10,000,000, and Edward Harkness was made its president.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Harkness   (254 words)

  
 Harkness table - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name comes from the oil magnate and philanthropist Edward Harkness, who presented the schools with a monetary gift in 1930.
The first Harkness Table outside the USA was offically opened in 2004 at Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne Australia.
This Harkness Table is the only one of it's kind, with built in power points and wireless internet, to support the school's laptop program.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harkness_table   (369 words)

  
 Edward S. Harkness Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Harkness Hall, located only steps away from the School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital, houses students from the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and the Public Health and Physician Associate programs.
The great advantage of living in Harkness Hall is it is close proximity to classes as well as the Medical Center, which provides an opportunity to meet students from other medical related fields in a relaxed social setting.
Harkness Hall is under the jurisdiction of School of Medicine's YSM Facilities Operations.
info.med.yale.edu /harkness/about.html   (405 words)

  
 Harkness House
Harkness House is a notable presence on the cityscape of New York.
Edward Harkness, an heir to a major portion of the Standard Oil fortune, was born in 1874, the youngest of four children of Stephen V. Harkness, an Ohio businessman who had been an early investor in John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.
Despite the Harkness family's willingness to spend amply—the house was a wedding gift from Anna Harkness, then a widow, to her son and daughter-in-law—Rogers was not able to design with a completely free hand.
www.cmwf.org /publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=237086   (5002 words)

  
 75 People, Events, and Contributions Worth Remembering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Harkness, whose name is still prominent on buildings at the medical center, is arguably the most important person in the medical center’s history.
Harkness inherited his fortune from his father, Stephen V. Harkness, who was one of John D. Rockefeller Sr.’s early partners; from his mother, the former Anna M. Richardson; and from his brother, Charles W. Harkness.
Harkness found his closest friend in Dean Sage, a law student who would later be president of the board of Presbyterian Hospital and instrumental in the creation of the union that resulted in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu /news/journal/journal-o/fall-2003/75years.html   (7639 words)

  
 Edward S. Harkness Hall
E.S. Harkness, located at 367 Cedar St, in the heart of the Yale New Haven Medical Center, provides housing for many graduate programs here at the University.
Housing at Harkness is on a first come, first serve basis.
Effective May 17, 2005 the E.S. Harkness Application forms will be activated to allow student to download the application form and mail it back to us - no faxes will be accepted.
info.med.yale.edu /harkness/appl.html   (423 words)

  
 The Upper East Side Book: Fifth Avenue: Commonwealth Fund Building at 1 East 75th Street   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
When the 1910 census enumerator came to the Harkness House, the family was not in residence; however, there were eight servants living here, all of whom were Swedish.
Although Edward Harkness was involved in railroad financing and served as a director of several railroad companies, his primary interest was the distribution of his vast inherited wealth; he inherited so much money in 1926 he paid the sixth largest income tax in the country - $1,531,708!
Harkness apparently established an excellent rapport with architect James Gamble Rogers during the design and construction of this house, since Rogers became the architect of many of the buildings financed by Harkness, including Butler Library at Columbia University, the original buildings of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle and Tower at Yale."
www.thecityreview.com /ues/fifave/harkness.html   (693 words)

  
 CT DEP: Harkness Memorial State Park
Originally from Ohio, Edward S. Harkness was to become heir to a fortune initiated by his father's substantial investments in John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil.
Harkness was to bestow over two hundred million dollars upon wide-ranging philanthropies.
The mansion was purchased in 1907 by Edward and Mary Harkness.
dep.state.ct.us /stateparks/parks/harkness.htm   (689 words)

  
 Yale Nursing-Admissions Housing
Harkness Hall, located only steps away from the School of Medicine and Yale–New Haven Hospital, houses students from the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and the Epidemiology and Public Health and Physician Associate programs.
Residents of Harkness Dormitory live in a secure building with recently renovated single rooms, and they have access to many amenities including computer network access in all units.
The great advantages of living in Harkness Hall are its close proximity to classes, and the opportunity it provides in bringing together students from the various medical-related fields in a relaxed social setting.
nursing.yale.edu /Admissions/housing.html   (768 words)

  
 The Commonwealth Fund Annual Report
After her husband's death in 1888, Anna Harkness, Stephen's wife, moved her family to New York City, where she gave liberally to religious and welfare organizations and to the city's major cultural institutions.
Anna Harkness placed the gift in the wise hands of her son Edward Stephen Harkness, who shared her commitment to building a responsive and socially concerned philanthropy.
During his 22 years as president of the foundation, Edward Harkness added generously to the Fund's endowment and led a talented and experienced staff to rethink old ways, experiment with fresh ideas, and take chances, a path encouraged by successive generations of leadership.
www.cmwf.org /annreprt/2004/abt_fandb.htm   (310 words)

  
 Samuel Eliot Morison on the Harvard University House System
The Harvard House system was established in the 1930s by the university’s president, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, with a gift from Edward Harkness, an alumnus of Yale University, Harvard’s traditional rival.
Harkness had already proposed this plan, or something similar, to his alma mater, but had been discouraged by arguments and delays.
Harkness in a few weeks increased his offer to ten millions for equipping no less than seven houses to be built from the ground up, and the others to be created out of existing halls, with suitable additions and alterations.
collegiateway.org /reading/morison-1936   (1478 words)

  
 Harkness - Delaware County, NY
Harkness was a youth of fourteen years at the removal of the family to Henry county, where he continued throughout the period of his youth.
Harkness is very successful in its management and conducts the work with the work with the same thoroughness which he displayed in carrying on his own farm.
Harkness was somewhat severely criticized at the time for not voting in favor of said new court-house; but that the soundness of his judgment and the wisdom of his action have since been admitted is shown by the outspoken expressions of many of his constituents.
www.dcnyhistory.org /harknesstext.html   (15555 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy | The History of Harkness Teaching
The result was “Harkness Teaching,” in which a teacher and a group of students work together, exchanging ideas and information, around a table.
Harkness tried out the first Harkness table, he couldn’t see the eyes of every other person around the table.
This means that Harkness Tables really are part of the rooms in which Exeter’s community learns, teaches, discusses, and collaborates.
www.exeter.edu /admissions/147_465.aspx   (281 words)

  
 The Genealogy of Richard L. Aronoff: LOCKWOOD Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
When Enid was age 30 and Edward Harkness Lockwood was age 31 they became the parents of Enid Lockwood February 18, 1916.
When Enid was age 32 and Edward Harkness Lockwood was age 32 they became the parents of Muriel Lockwood December 28, 1917.
When Edward was age 31 and Enid Lima was age 30 they became the parents of Enid Lockwood February 18, 1916.
www.aronoff.com /family/i0010504.htm   (230 words)

  
 Harkness, Edward Stephen on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HARKNESS, EDWARD STEPHEN [Harkness, Edward Stephen] 1874-1940, American philanthropist, b.
He served as president of the Commonwealth Fund.
Magazines and Newspapers for: Harkness, Edward Stephen or search in Pictures and Maps for Harkness, Edward Stephen
www.encyclopedia.com /html/h/harkness.asp   (139 words)

  
 Harkness Memorial State Park, a Connecticut State Park near Groton, Manchester, Meriden, Mystic, New London
Harkness Memorial State Park Information - Enjoy the panoramic views of Long Island Sound from Eolia, the elegant summer mansion of the...
Harkness Memorial State Park Harkness Memorial State Park is one of the...
Friends of Harkness Memorial State Park, Inc. - Friends of Harkness Memorial State Park, Inc. Location: 275 Great Neck Road, Waterford, CT Friends of Harkness is dedicated to restoring and preserving the gardens, mansion, and other structures...
www.stateparks.com /harkness_memorial.html   (1016 words)

  
 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital - The Whitney-Harkness Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Payne Whitney and Edward Harkness were pre-eminent philanthropists with a common dual mission: to build purposeful bridges between complementary institutions and to provide for the lasting growth and vitality of the alliances they ably forged.
The son of prominent philanthropists and himself the benefactor of multiple social welfare, cultural, and educational institutions, Edward S. Harkness together with his family donated the land comprising the current site of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in 1922.
Harkness recognized the importance of affiliation with a top-tier medical school, and was a driving force in forging the relationship between Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Presbyterian Hospital.
www.nyp.org /give/planning/benefits/whitney.html   (726 words)

  
 Hugh Harkness
Hugh Harkness, age 87 years of 311 20th Street, East, Saskatoon and longtime resident of Maymont occurred in a local hospital on May 16, 1967.
Harkness was predeceased by his wife Margaret in 1917 and by a son, Jim, in 1923.
Darlene Melrose of Maymont Sask), Hugh Harkness immigrated to Canada about 1910 and then returned to Ireland and came back to Canada about 1918 as his son Alexander Crawford Harkness was 2 years old at the time.
www.legacyfamilytree.ca /Harkness/12.htm   (1382 words)

  
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Respondent James Harkness is an American citizen enlisted in the United States Army.
002 Petitioner Gaby Harkness and respondent James Edward Harkness met in 1989 in Germany, where respondent was then stationed.
The custody battle is actually between Gaby and James Harkness.
www.hiltonhouse.com /cases/Harkness_mi.txt   (3730 words)

  
 My Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Children were: RICHARD JAMES HANSEN, ALLEN EDWARD HANSEN, KARLA JAYNE HANSEN.
He was sealed to spouse on 23 Oct 1895 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple.
Children were: WILLIAM HARDING, CATHERINE HARDING, ANN HARDING, EDWARD HARDING.
members.fortunecity.com /kgoofy7/d40.htm   (1862 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Edward Stephen Harkness (Social Reformers) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Edward Stephen Harkness (Social Reformers) - Encyclopedia
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 George J. Florakis, M.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Edward S. Harkness Nurses First Annual “Physician of the Year” – 2000
Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute (2003 – present)
Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Staff and Alumni Association
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 Find in a Library: The Harkness collection in the Library of Congress. Documents from early Peru, the Pizarros and the ...
Find in a Library: The Harkness collection in the Library of Congress.
The Harkness collection in the Library of Congress.
by Stella Risley Clemence; Edward Stephen Harkness; Library of Congress.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/7b5ae0fe5cad62fa.html   (103 words)

  
 IMDb Name Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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