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  Columbia News ::: John Kluge, CC'37, Pledges $400 Million for Financial Aid
The Kluge gift is the largest ever devoted exclusively to student aid and the fourth largest ever to any single institution of higher education in the United States, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
John's own life is a fulfillment of that American dream, and he has spoken frequently and eloquently of the critical role that Columbia played in his life.
Kluge is married to Maria "Tussi" Kluge and is the father of three children, Samantha, Joseph and John II, a 2005 Columbia College graduate, who is working on a biography of his father.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/07/04-new/kluge.html   (1056 words)

  
  John Kluge - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John Werner Kluge (born September 21, 1914) is an entrepreneur who was born in Chemnitz, Germany, best known as a television industry mogul in the United States.
Kluge's major move into media was by purchasing stock in the Metropolitan Broadcasting Company in the mid-1950s.
In celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Library of Congress, Kluge donated an unprecedented $60 million to create the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/John_Kluge   (400 words)

  
 Engology, Engineer John Kluge, Billionaire Engineer, High Profile Engineers, Professional Engineering, Chartered ...
Kluge for their leadership in joining public and private sectors in an enterprise that benefits the American public.
Kluge and the NDL charter sponsors -- those who gave $1 million or more to the project -- were paid special tribute during a Coolidge Auditorium ceremony.
Kluge received a large frame containing a color photo of the Great Hall and three letters of appreciation, from former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Vice President Al Gore and Dr. Billington.
www.engology.com /eng5kluge.htm   (1332 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John Werner Kluge (born September 21, 1914) is an entrepreneur who was born in Chemnitz, Germany, best known as a television industry mogul in the United States.
Kluge's major move into media was by purchasing stock in the Metropolitan Broadcasting Company in the mid-1950s.
Kluge joined the company as its board chairman and largest stockholder in 1958, acquiring the bulk of his shares from founder Allen B. DuMont for about USD $6,000,000.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=John_Kluge   (507 words)

  
 DailyProgress.com | CEO profile: Patricia Kluge's legacy
During the past 20 years Kluge, 56, has evolved from a socialite (she was formally married to billionaire media magnate John Kluge Sr.) into a shrewd businesswoman.
Kluge sits on the board of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. and serves on the board of the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University in Fairfax.
Kluge raised eyebrows in 2003 when she announced plans to develop 24 “mini-estates” - multimillion-dollar luxury homes complete with concierge service, historically inspired architecture, professionally designed period gardens and private vineyards - on part of her property in an effort to raise funds for the winery.
www.dailyprogress.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834442528&path=!business   (903 words)

  
 Kluge, John
John Kluge ranks as one of the least known but most powerful moguls in the modern television industry in the United States.
Kluge spent his wealth so he could live like a king in a 250-room Georgian mansion, Albemarle, situated on 10,000 acres in rural Virginia, near Charlottesville.
Kluge, perhaps because his efforts have been directed toward a less glamorous side of the television industry, has not been studied.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/K/htmlK/klugejohn/klugejohn.htm   (996 words)

  
 John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
John Hope Franklin, 91, and Yu Ying-shih, 76, have been named the recipients of the third John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity.
Endowed by Library of Congress benefactor John W. Kluge, the Kluge Prize rewards lifetime achievement in the wide range of disciplines not covered by the Nobel prizes, including history, philosophy, politics, anthropology, sociology, religion, criticism in the arts and humanities, and linguistics.
The first recipient of the $1 million John W. Kluge Prize was announced at a news conference at 10 a.m.
www.lcweb.loc.gov /loc/kluge/prize/winners.html   (233 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/John Kluge
John Werner Kluge (born September 21, 1914) is an entrepreneur who was born in Chemnitz, Germany, best known as a television industry mogul in the United States.
Kluge's major move into media was by purchasing stock in the Metropolitan Broadcasting Company in the mid-1950s.
Kluge joined the company as its board chairman and largest stockholder in 1958, acquiring the bulk of his shares from founder Allen B. DuMont for about USD $6,000,000.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/John_Kluge   (544 words)

  
 The Scholars Program   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Kluge Scholars Program, sponsored through the generosity of a gift by John Kluge (CC ’37) in 1987 to Columbia University, is a set of initiatives designed to benefit outstanding young adults from underrepresented populations at Columbia College, in particular African-American, Latino/a, and Native American students.
Kluge Scholars participate in a Program designed to create an environment in which they, as young scholars, may develop an awareness of their intellectual options, their leadership skills, their sense of community responsibility, and their recognition of international opportunities.
The four-year program aims to promote the intellectual and personal growth that John Kluge remembers so fondly from his College days, and to create an environment in which Kluge Scholars may enhance their leadership skills and their awareness of the global/international context of the world into which they will be graduating.
www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu /scholars/program/kluge.php   (603 words)

  
 John W. Kluge of Metromedia and others announce tender offer for Triton Group Ltd.; Offer Will Provide Triton Group ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John W. Kluge of Metromedia and others announce tender offer for Triton Group Ltd.; Offer Will Provide Triton Group Shareholders a Way of Realizing Full Value of Their Investment while Facilitating Formation of Metromedia International Group; Cash Tender Offer is for All Shares of Triton at $1.80 Per Share.
Kluge is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Metromedia Company, the principal stockholder of Orion Pictures (Nasdaq: ORPC) and Metromedia International Telecommunications Inc. (MITI).
John Kluge, Stuart Subotnick and I are all firmly committed to establishing a new global media, entertainment and telecommunications company and believe that the proposed business combination is a major step towards that goal.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-16674041.html   (1086 words)

  
 University of Virginia News Story
Kluge, a longtime University benefactor, has expressed his desire for U.Va. to develop the core of his property for educational purposes, and to sell its surrounding properties to fund an endowment that would support that core as well as future University programs.
Kluge is general partner, chairman and president of Metromedia Company, one of the nation’s largest privately held companies.
Kluge will retain use of the core property, plus an adjacent 490 acres of farmland, throughout his lifetime.
www.virginia.edu /topnews/releases2001/klugegift-may-25-2001.html   (1236 words)

  
 Antiques and the Arts Online
For Kluge, it was a bit of "attic cleaning," but for the several hundred people in attendance, it was an opportunity to acquire some treasures that have been stored away from public view for many, many years.
Many of the pieces of furniture were acquired by Kluge in 1990 when he purchased a mansion, Enniscorthy, in southern Albemarle County, together with its contents.
Kluge made his fortune in communications, owning Metromedia, and throughout his lifetime has been a major patron of up-and-coming artists.
www.antiquesandthearts.com /a2000.asp?a=AuctionWatch08-01-2000-10-42-56   (390 words)

  
 John W. Kluge Center at AllExperts
The Kluge Center will seek to be catalytic rather than bureaucratic and to deepen rather than merely recycle the work of the many other fine institutions and individuals in the Washington, D.C. area who also seek to narrow the gap between thinkers and doers.
Kluge Scholars will normally be expected to be in residence for a period between six and eighteen months.
Kluge post-doctoral Fellows will have an opportunity to discuss their research with the Kluge Scholars and to explore possibilities for intellectual collaboration.
en.allexperts.com /e/j/jo/john_w._kluge_center.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Forbes.com - Magazine Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kluge, a German-born billionaire, donated a whopping $60 million to start the John W. Kluge Center in the Library of Congress and the John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences (a $1 million cash award).
In 1985, Kluge sold off seven Metromedia International Group (amex: MMG) television stations to Rupert Murdoch for $2 billion and then proceeded to spend millions of dollars on building a cellular network, at a time when the term "wireless" was unknown to mainstream America.
Both Kluge and his ex-wife, Patricia, live outside Charlottesville,Va. Patricia, more than 30 years his junior, created quite a media stir when it was discovered that she had posed nude for a British magazine.
www.forbesimg.com /2000/10/06/1006faces_print.html   (355 words)

  
 Kluge Prize Information
The John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences will be awarded for lifetime achievement in the humanistic and social sciences to celebrate the importance of the Intellectual Arts for the public interest.
It is awarded by the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
Endowed by Library benefactor John W. Kluge, the Kluge prize rewards lifetime achievement in the wide range of disciplines not covered by the Nobel prizes.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Kluge_Prize   (511 words)

  
 John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
Endowed by Library benefactor John W. Kluge, the Kluge Prize rewards lifetime achievement in the study of humanity with focus on disciplines not recognized by Nobel prizes.
The main criterion for a recipient of the Kluge Prize is deep intellectual accomplishment in the study of humanity.
To facilitate the culling out process, peer reviews and informal assessments of promising candidates were solicited from leading scholars around the country and the world.  Library curators also reviewed books published by a number of candidates.  On the basis of all available evidence, the Librarian selected roughly a dozen finalists for the Prize.
www.loc.gov /loc/kluge/prize   (296 words)

  
 Virginia Business Online: Patricia Kluge puts Virginia wine in the spotlight
While the amount of her divorce settlement isn’t known, Kluge is a multi-millionaire businesswoman who brings connections and deep pockets to the state’s fast-growing wine industry.
Kluge’s staff says she’s deeply involved in the winery, having a say on everything from labeling to the hiring of famed French consultants to advise on winemaking.
Kluge describes the winery as very much a joint venture with Moses, a lawyer and former IBM executive who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
www.gatewayva.com /biz/virginiabusiness/magazine/yr2003/nov03/kluge.shtml   (716 words)

  
 2007-08 Class of Kluge Fellows Selected (Kluge Fellowship - The John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress)
In its fifth full year of operation, the John W. Kluge Center continues to attract the world’s brightest minds to the Library of Congress where they pursue humanistic and social science research making use of the Library's large, varied collections and expert staff.
Kluge Fellowship recipients, all of whom are within seven years of having received the terminal advanced degree in their respective areas of study, spend six to eleven months in a collegial residential setting at the John W. Kluge Center in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building.
The fellows are selected by the Librarian of Congress based on the appropriateness of their proposed research application to Library collections by LC staff and recommended by a panel of their peers assembled by the National Endowment of Humanities.
www.loc.gov /loc/kluge/fellowships/2007-2008.html   (421 words)

  
 Virginia Business Magazine: Options March 2006 - CEO Profile, Patricia Kluge's legacy
But Patricia Kluge, one of Central Virginia’s best-known personalities, has always shown creative flair when it comes to her businesses — that ability to mix things up in a pleasing and unique way.
From her work as CEO of Kluge Investments — a venture capital and money-management firm — to her various philanthropic projects and the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard that she and husband Bill Moses started in 1999, she has toiled to carve out a niche in the community bearing her own stamp.
Kluge raised eyebrows in 2003 when she announced plans to develop 24 “mini-estates” — multimillion-dollar luxury homes complete with concierge service, historically inspired architecture, professionally designed period gardens and private vineyards — on part of her property in an effort to raise funds for the winery.
www.gatewayva.com /biz/virginiabusiness/lifestyle/0306_options/op_kluge.shtml   (935 words)

  
 Morven Farms :: Request for Proposals
Proposal to John Kluge — In 1998, President Casteen presented a proposal to Mr.
Kluge’s gift will provide funding to operate and maintain the core property, revenue projections provided by the UVA Foundation indicate that it is unlikely that proceeds from the sales also will provide funding for renovations and academic programs.
Kluge granted the Foundation permission to modify existing buildings and construct new facilities on the core property to support the University’s academic programs, all proposed renovations and construction will require a building permit from Albemarle County.
www.uvafoundation.com /morvenfarms/proposals.html   (3096 words)

  
 About the John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is an ideal place to foster this mutually enriching relationship between scholars and political leaders.
The Kluge Center presents a new opportunity to attract to Washington the best available minds in the scholarly world, facilitate their access to the Library's remarkable collection of the world's knowledge, and engage them in conversation with the U.S. Congress and other public figures.
The John W. Kluge Center occupies inspirational and capacious study and meeting spaces within the Library's magnificently restored Thomas Jefferson Building.
www.loc.gov /loc/kluge/about   (304 words)

  
 Fellowships - The John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
Made possible by generous donations of many friends and admirers of Dr. Kissinger, the Kissinger Scholar is one part of a wider Kissinger Chair Program that supports a range of activities in the study of foreign policy and international relations.
The Kluge Chairs are unique in Washington, D.C. Designed for people of great scholarly accomplishment, they are chosen solely for their intellectual and communicative abilities by the Librarian of Congress in consultation with a distinguished Scholars Council.
The Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History is offered annually by the Library of Congress and the American Historical Association to support significant scholarly research for one semester in the collections of the Library of Congress by scholars at an early stage in their careers in history.
www.loc.gov /loc/kluge/fellowships   (348 words)

  
 John Kluge
Johns framträdande var mycket bra och kan inte vara lĺngt ifrĺn vad den store mästaren ĺstadkom pĺ sin tid".
John Kluge var en angenäm förstagĺngsbekantskap för Sundsvallspubliken.
Kluge/ Larssons varma stämmor funkade här perfekt i samklang med Madrigalkören där Stefan Groth kramade varje uns av julstämning ur arrangemanget.
www.kluge.se /pressklipp.php   (564 words)

  
 Resident Scholars at the John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
Kluge Fellow, Dr. Robin Kornman, a noted Buddhist scholar who worked on a translation of the Epic of Gesar of Ling, discusses his time at the Library of Congress with Robert Saladini of the John W. Kluge Center.
Subarno Chattarji, Kluge Fellow, associate professor of American literature at the University of Delhi, was awarded his doctorate in American literature from Oxford University.
Jennifer Elson Sessions, Kluge Fellow, University of Iowa, The culture and politics of colonialism in 19th Century France and Algeria, 1830-1851.
www.loc.gov /loc/kluge/scholars/resident.html   (1339 words)

  
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John Werner Kluge (born September 21, 1914) is an entrepreneur who was born in Chemnitz, Germany, best known as a television industry mogul in the United States.
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 The John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
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The Center fosters a mutually enriching relationship between scholars and political leaders.
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