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	Helen Walton's death may benefit public education - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Helen Walton, 87, died Thursday in Bentonville, Ark., home to the retail giant founded in 1962.
		Helen Walton already has made big gifts to the foundation: nearly $850 million in 2005 and 2004, its public tax returns show.
		The Walton wealth brought the family often-unwelcome media attention, which Helen Walton anticipated when her husband took the company public over her objections.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/retail/2007-04-22-helenwaltonobit_N.htm (646 words)

	Helen Walton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		[Dec.3,1919] in Claremore, Oklahoma) is the widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
		She is one of the wealthiest persons in the world with an estimated net worth of $15.4 billion.
		Sam Walton left his ownership in Wal-Mart to his wife and their children: S.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen_Walton (217 words)

	Mrs Helen Bishop
		Helen reported that she did not hear or feel any shock and it was several minutes until someone came to their door and told them to come on deck.
		Helen dressed and the went on deck, where officers told them they might as well go back to their cabin as there was no danger.
		Helen also reported seeing the Astors on deck, they had spent some time with them in the days preceding this and had become quite friendly with them, but Mrs Astor was reluctant to leave the Titanic, as the ship "couldn't sink".
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /biography.php?id=29 (908 words)

	Alice Walton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alice L. Walton (born October 7, 1949) is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton.
		She was the 20th largest individual contributor to 527 committees in the U.S. presidential election, 2004, donating 2.6 million dollars (US) to the right-wing Progress for America group.
		Walton was also convicted of drunk driving in January 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alice_Walton (179 words)

	Richest Women Top 10 Rich Women<-<--Click This Link!!!!!>
		Alice L. Walton (born October 7, 1949) is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton.
		She and her mother each have an estimated net worth of about $18 billion and are the richest women in the world.
		Walton was also convicted of drunk driving in January 1998.
	www.richestwomen.info (290 words)

	The Walton Family Foundation
		Walton was instrumental in identifying prospective donors, ensuring that Walton Arts Center would be known as "Northwest Arkansas' center for the arts" and encouraging the public to be involved with the arts.
		While the Walton Family Foundation has provided ongoing support to the Center since its opening in 1992, the Foundation's current focus has been providing funding to enable Walton Arts Center to present theater, music and dance performances and visual arts exhibitions generally available only to audiences in larger metropolitan areas.
		Walton Arts Center brings high-quality performing and visual arts to residents of Northwest Arkansas, including underserved populations, and offers arts-based education and studio programs for the region's teachers and students.
	www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org /nwarkansas/profile_wac.asp (448 words)

	Walton, Sam on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Walton developed Wal-Mart into a chain of massive, centrally controlled stores that were typically sited in small towns and rural areas.
		Walton, who stepped aside as chief executive of the company in 1988 but remained active in its management, was by 1985 the wealthiest person in the United States.
		The Most Underrated CEO Ever: The legendary Sam Walton got the credit, but it was David Glass who turned Wal-Mart into the world's largest company.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WaltonS1am.asp (451 words)

	The Morning News :: Front Page
		Walton's death in a Monday plane crash in Wyoming left S. Robson Walton as the only Walton family member with direct ties to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, based in Bentonville.
		The other Walton heirs that share in the 1.68 billion shares of stock held by Walton Enterprises include Walton's siblings, Alice Walton, Jim C. Walton and Robson Walton and his mother, Helen Walton, 84, who still lives in Bentonville.
		Helen Walton had direct or indirect ownership of 764,080 shares of stock with sole investment power, and Jim Walton had 10.47 million shares with direct or indirect ownership and sole investment power.
	www.nwaonline.net /articles/2005/06/28/front/02walton.txt (499 words)

	[Deathwatch] John Walton, Wal-Mart heir, 58 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Walton, 58, was the second son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and served on the board of directors of the world's largest retailer.
		Walton served in Vietnam as a combat medic with the Army's elite Special Forces, winning the Silver Star for saving lives under fire, according to a statement from the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company.
		Helen Walton and all four of her children were ranked among the top 10 on the Forbes list.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2005-June/001153.html (375 words)

	Discount Store News: Sam and Helen Walton Foundation aids students - Sam M. and Helen R. Walton Foundation; includes ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1985, Sam and Helen Walton donated $3.6 million for the Central American scholarship program that also covered students at the University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Ark., and John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Ark. They are also Christian colleges, where Bible study and chapel attendance are an integral part of the college experience.
		Walton now is supporting a total of 180 students on complete scholarships, 60 each at Harding, John Brown University and University of the Ozarks, Tucker said, for a total estimated to be more than $2 million a year.
		Its major sources of funding were $118,015 from the Walton Enterprises Declaration of Trust and $27,816 from Walton Enterprises Inc., which operates Walton's private business holdings, for a total of $145,831.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n23_v28/ai_8284255 (739 words)

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		Helen I. Walton Livingston was born on September 24, 1918 to George Clyde and Ella Walton.
		Helen was always dropping by the church to note their latest success—be it making the honor roll or getting engaged or completing a wooden dinosaur to sit on the TV.
		Helen and Jean Brady were the grapevine that kept the rest informed of the class’s comings and goings.
	www.first-christian-cc.org /I/Livingston_Helen.html (1018 words)

	Discount Store News: Walton family keeps hand on the business - Sam Walton, Wal-Mart business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Helen Walton, Sam Walton's widow, is a trustee of the family trust, along with their sons Rob, John and Jim and daughter Alice.
		In addition to family shares held in trust, Helen Walton owns 1.5 million shares in her own name; Rob owns 402,574; John owns 2.8 million; Jim owns 4.6 million; and Alice, 1.1 million, the Wal-Mart annual meeting proxy statement reports.
		Walton's widow, Helen, keeps busy by involving herself in several charitable activities, such as the Presbyterian Church and education, an analyst said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n23_v33/ai_15978432 (807 words)

	CBS News \| Wal-Mart Heir A 'Good Man' \| June 28, 2005 20:30:02
		Walton, the middle of three sons of Wal-Mart founder and Kingfisher, Okla., native Sam Walton and a member of the company's board, was a major advocate of school vouchers, supporting efforts to create taxpayer-funded ways for students to attend private schools.
		Walton founded the Children's Scholarship Fund in 1998 to provide low-income families with money to send their children to private schools.
		John Walton, one of the richest people in the world, died in the crash of an experimental airplane.
	cbsnews.com /stories/2005/06/27/national/main704642.shtml?... (442 words)

	Gale Schools - Grant Goldmine - Walton Family Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Walton became a management trainee at JC Penny in 1940, and by 1945 was running his own franchise Ben Franklin store in Newport, AR, managing nine stores by 1959.
		Helen Robson Walton, the late Sam Walton's wife, and her four children, S. Robson, James C., John T., and Alice L., all serve as directors of the Walton Family Foundation.
		Walton Scholarship--awarded to the children of Wal-Mart associates who are high school seniors and have exhibited superior standards academically and have been active in positions of leadership and responsibility.
	www.galeschools.com /grant_goldmine/foundations/walton_foundation.htm (917 words)

	CBS News \| Wal-Mart Heir Dies In Plane Crash \| June 28, 2005 14:56:41
		Walton, 58, a son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and a member of the company's board, was piloting a lightweight, homemade aircraft.
		Walton was the second son of Wal-Mart founder, Sam Walton.
		Walton pursued a variety of business interests throughout his life, including work as a crop duster in the 1970s and as a boat builder in the 1980s and 1990s.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/06/28/national/main704874.shtml (591 words)

	The Waltons: Inside America's Richest Family ANDY SERWER / Fortune v.150, n.10, 15nov04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		As matriarch, Helen Robson Walton is the moral authority of the nation's richest clan.
		Walton and his team thought they were doomed, but suddenly the first chopper came back down, even though their added weight might make it too heavy to take off again.
		Walton money and power had been there for decades, but it wasn't until 1990, when Alice Walton began to marshal these forces, that the town began to truly profit from their presence.
	www.mindfully.org /Reform/2004/Wal-Mart-Waltons-Richest15nov04.htm (14340 words)

	Wal-Mart Facts - News Desk
		Six students at the school were recipients of scholarships from the Children's Scholarship Fund, an organization John co-founded to provide low-income families the choice of enrolling their children in independent schools.
		Walton was the second son of Wal-Mart founder Sam M. Walton and his wife Helen Robson Walton.
		John is survived by his wife Christy and son Lukas; his mother Helen; sister Alice; brothers Rob and Jim; and their families.
	www.walmartfacts.com /newsdesk/article.aspx?id=1223 (909 words)

	Wal-Marting Philanthropy
		While members of the Walton family have their own philanthropic projects, the Walton Family Foundation (WFF) and the Wal-Mart Foundations are the family and company's flagship philanthropic enterprises.
		John Walton, killed in an airplane crash earlier this year, was "the activist in the family, working to fund political campaigns for school vouchers and charter schools and directing much of the family's charitable giving".
		When Sam Walton died in 1992, he left the bulk of fortune to his wife Helen and their four children, Sam Robson (Rob), the late John, Jim, and Alice.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines05/1022-01.htm (1367 words)

	The Globalist \| The Globalist Quiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Alice and Helen Walton are the only women in the list of the top ten richest people.
		With a fortunes of $16.5 billion each, Alice Walton Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's daughter — and her mother Helen — Walton's widow — are tied for seventh in the ranking of the world's wealthiest.
		Along with Sam Walton's three sons, Alice and Helen are among the five Waltons that are all tied for seventh place on the list.
	www.theglobalist.com /newspaper/quiz_formats.shtml (562 words)

	Helen Walton, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com
		Helen Walton, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com
		Home > Lists > Billionaires > Helen Walton
		Mother of John Walton, who died when his ultralight aircraft crashed last June.
	www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/8B88.html (119 words)

	Walton shared love of flying, broke mold in business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		John Walton shared his father’s passion for flying but had his own ideas on how his life would be spent away from Northwest Arkansas.
		Two weeks ago, Walton and his wife Christy watched their son Luke graduate from the Journeys School at the Teton Science Schools in Jackson, Wyo. Jack Shea, director of the program, said the Walton family has been a blessing to the school and the community.
		Mr Walton, who was educated in state schools, was a strong advocate of school vouchers that would allow poor children to attend private school and funded unsuccessful campaigns to introduce them in two states.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1433326/posts (2240 words)

	My Family
		Dorothy Louise WALTON was born on 12 Oct 1927 in Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida.
		Louise WALTON was born on 12 Oct 1927.
		Walton and Linda (Wife of Jon Vass Walton, Jr.).
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/hindmarsh/384/d1014.htm (713 words)

	George Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		And when you ask about Sam Walton, much of what you hear is from friends of many years.
		You talk about Helen Walton who, as Senator Pryor told me on the way down, is the soul of Wal-Mart.
		Walton's brother and cofounder of Wal-Mart; David Glass, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt; Senator David Pryor; George Billingsley, Bentonville businessman and longtime friend of the Walton family; and Maj. Russell J. Cancilla, Army Aide to the President.
	bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1992/92031700.html (1715 words)

	(DV) Berkowitz: Wal-Marting Philanthropy
		While members of the Walton family have their own philanthropic projects, the Walton Family Foundation and the Wal-Mart Foundations are the family and company's flagship philanthropic enterprises.
		In 2003, the Walton Family Foundation (WFF) was the 63rd-largest foundation in terms of assets ($733+ million) and 25th-largest in terms of giving (nearly $107 million).
		Before his death, John Walton was "one of the nation's leading private individual funders of charter schools and voucher initiatives," the NCRP report states.
	www.dissidentvoice.org /Nov05/Berkowitz1102.htm (1257 words)

	WALTON FAMILY CHARITABLE SUPPORT FOUNDATION MAKES LARGEST GIFT EVER TO A COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION:
		Robson Walton, chairman of Wal-Mart, said, "We believe this gift to the University of Arkansas' College of Business Administration is particularly appropriate because it will help foster the same quality of leadership in the national academic community that our Wal-Mart associates demonstrate day-in and day-out in the American retail community.
		Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee called the generosity of the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation "a high-impact gift on the entire state of Arkansas." He noted that a strong University of Arkansas and higher education infrastructure are the keys to economic progress in the state.
		Helen R. Walton was awarded an honorary doctor of laws (LL.D.) degree from the University of Arkansas in recognition of her distinction and exceptional accomplishments as a volunteer and benefactor in community service and in service to education, religion, and the arts.
	www.walmartsurvivor.com /100698.html (1195 words)

	Sam Walton
		Walton's management style was popular with employees and helped to spur growth, taking the company public in 1970.
		The decentralized distribution system created the edge needed to further spur growth in the 1980s amidst growing complaints that the "superstore" was squelching smaller, traditional Mom and Pop stores.
		Sam Walton - Walton, Sam (Samuel Moore Walton), 1918–92, American retailing executive, b.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0772005.html (357 words)

	CNN.com - Wal-Mart heir dies in plane crash - Jun 28, 2005
		Walton died when his plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Jackson Hole Airport shortly after 12:15 p.m.
		Walton served in the Vietnam War as a combat medic with the Army's elite Special Forces, winning the Silver Star for saving lives under fire, according to a statement from the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company.
		He sat on the board of the Walton Family Foundation, the family's philanthropic enterprise.
	www.cnn.com /2005/US/06/27/obit.walton (352 words)

	Chevy Chaser Magazine - Cover Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Evelyn Sinclair has wanted to acknowledge her neighbor, Helen Walton, for some time, but when the Chevy Chaser contacted Helen about including her in this year’s Notable Neighbors issue, she insisted that she would only cooperate if Evelyn got a mention too.
		As much as Evelyn admires Helen’s thoughtfulness regarding the community, Helen equally admires Evelyn for her kind gestures.
		When the Waltons are out of town, Evelyn is sure to take care of their dog by letting him out and feeding him.
	www.chevychaser.com /coverstory.html (3278 words)

	The 1998 Slate 60The 60 largest American charitable contributions of 1998. Compiled by Ann Castle
		Helen Walton announced the gift, adding that most of her children and grandchildren have attended or are currently enrolled in the Bentonville School District.
		Walton is a director of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and a son of Wal-Mart's founder, the late Sam Walton.
		The new pledge is solely for the endowment.
	www.slate.com /id/2058593/entry/17941 (1544 words)

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