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	Julius Rosenwald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Julius Rosenwald was born to Jewish immigrant clothier Samuel Rosenwald and his wife Augusta Hammerslough Rosenwald.
		Rosenwald made common cause with Washington and was asked to serve on the Board of Directors of the Tuskegee Institute in 1912, a position he also held for the remainder of his life.
		His Rosenwald Fund, established in 1917, was for "the well-being of mankind." Unlike other endowed foundations, which were designed to fund themselves in perpetuity, The Rosenwald Fund was intended to use all of its funds for philanthropic purposes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Julius_Rosenwald (882 words)

	Encyclopedia: Julius Rosenwald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Julius Rosenwald was doing it in the year 1900, and recognized how critical it was.
		Julius Rosenwald (born August 12, 1862 in Springfield, Illinois - 1932) was a U.S.
		Of all his philanthropic efforts, Rosenwald was most famous for the more than 5,000 "Rosenwald schools" he established throughout the South for poor, rural fl youth, and the 4,000 libraries he added to existing schools.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Julius-Rosenwald (1877 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Rosenwald Schools
		In Georgia 242 schools were constructed with the aid of Rosenwald funds, and 103 of the state's counties had at least one Rosenwald school (Georgia had 146 counties from 1912 to 1923, and 161 counties from 1924 to 1932).
		The Rosenwald Fund began to shift its focus away from school construction in 1928, as it moved toward funding other projects in education, medicine, and race relations.
		One last Rosenwald school was built in 1937 in Warm Springs to carry out an agreement made earlier between Rosenwald and U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1113 (917 words)

	Philanthropy Magazine @ The Philanthropy Roundtable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rosenwald’s philanthropic career is of interest for yet another reason: he consistently warned of the dangers of perpetuity in foundations.
		Rosenwald himself contributed to the liquidation of the philanthropic assets of one donor.
		But though the Julius Rosenwald Fund has been equally dead for the past 50 years, and many of the schools built with Rosenwald’s assistance have long since been replaced with other structures, the thoughtful and provocative criticisms Rosenwald made against perpetual endowments are ones that each generation of donors must consider anew.
	www.philanthropyroundtable.org /magazines/1998/july/wooster.html (1134 words)

	America’s "Give While You Live" Philanthropist
		Born to German-Jewish immigrants in Springfield, Illinois, in 1862, Rosenwald was not a religiously observant man. Yet his mother set the tone with her involvement in Jewish benevolent activities, and Rosenwald’s wife, Gussie, later encouraged his generosity.
		Rosenwald was one of the earliest American philanthropists to view a foundation as a tool for social change.
		Rosenwald rewrote his foundation’s bylaws in 1928 to require that both the income and principal be entirely spent within 25 years of his death.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF2101/Granat/Granat.html (1829 words)

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		Julius Rosenwald was born August 12, 1862, in Springfield, Illinois, the son of a German Jewish immigrant who had worked his way from peddler to partner in a clothing concern.
		Julius Rosenwald offered to pay one-half the salary of a trained Negro assistant in each southern state, on condition that the state provide at least half the salary and expenses....by 1918, Negro assistants were employed in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
		Julius Rosenwald was nearing the end of his life, and he hired Edward Embree from the Rockefeller Foundation to take over administration of the Fund, which the old man had largely directed himself.
	www.cmhpf.org /surveys&rrosenwald.htm (16933 words)

	Atlanta Jewish Times -- Cover Story
		Rosenwald, the son of German-Jewish immigrants, was born in 1862 in Springfield, Ill., a block from the home of Abraham Lincoln.
		Rosenwald did not believe in attaching his name to his charitable works, but the schoolhouses quickly became known as Rosenwald schools, even though the wealthy Chicagoan provided just a portion of the costs.
		Rosenwald also awarded fellowships in the 1930s and 1940s that have had a lasting impact on America's intellectual and cultural life.
	www.atljewishtimes.com /archives/2002/100402cs.htm (1955 words)

	Christian notified of Rosenwald Fund fellowship
		Rosenwald, the son of German-Jewish immigrants, rose to become one of the wealthiest men in America as well as a beloved humanitarian whose commitment to social justice lead to historic change for fl Americans.
		In 1917, he established the Julius Rosenwald Fund, a charity for the economic, medical and cultural advancement of fls in America, with an endowment of $30 million.
		American merchant and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald was born and educated in Springfield, Ill., and served as vice-president and treasurer (1895) of the mail-order concern of Sears, Roebuck and Co. He became president of the company in 1910 and chairman of the board of directors in 1925.
	www.nathanielturner.com /christiannotifiedofrosenwald.htm (667 words)

	Rosenwald Harlanites : History
		Rosenwald High School was an all Black public school erected in 1920, in Harlan County, Kentucky.
		The records prior to 1913 do not exist for Rosenwald High School, also known as the Colored School, during this time the Day law, which segregated the public school system, was passed; and the segregation of fl and white students was a legal reality.
		The Superintendent report of 1917-1918 stated that "with the adoption of the commission form of government for our schools, it became necessary for the board to assume charge of the education of the colored children of this district while it was not obligatory for me to do so".
	www.rosenwaldharlanites.org /history.html (286 words)

	Saving the Rosenwald Schools
		"Julius Rosenwald's picture was the picture you saw when you came in the door," says Mildred Ridgley Gray, describing the Ridgley School, a two-room Rosenwald school she attended — on land donated by her family — before moving on to Highland Park in 1933.
		This portrait of Sears, Roebuck executive Julius Rosenwald, the benefactor of schools for rural African Americans in the South, was hung in schoolhouses alongside pictures of Abraham Lincoln and Booker T. Washington.
		The Rosenwald Fund made the school plans available to white and fl schools alike, and in many counties public school authorities used the drawings to erect new white schools, so as not to be out-done by the fl school.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF2004/Granat/Granat.html (2314 words)

	Julius Rosenwald: Chicago Businessman and Philanthropist
		At the suggestion of his brother-in-law, Rosenwald bought one quarter of the two-year-old Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1895 for $37,500.
		A philanthropist and civic leader, Rosenwald sat on the boards of the University of Chicago and Hull House, but his main interest after 1910 was in assisting African Americans.
		Rosenwald helped spearhead the construction of fl YMCAs in Chicago and throughout the nation, and he helped to build over five thousand primary and secondary schools for fls in the South between 1913 and 1930.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/2413.html (238 words)

	Commentary Magazine - What Julius Rosenwald Knew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		...Rosenwald was in the habit of awarding cash bonuses on the spot to outstanding faculty members...
		...Julius Rosenwald was born in 1862 in Springfield, Illinois, where his parents had settled and opened a clothing store after emigrating from Germany eight years earlier...
		...By the close of 1896, Rosenwald had become a Sears vice president, and he was to remain at the company for the rest of his career, rising in 1908 to become its president...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V105I4P38-1.htm (2266 words)

	Community Action: Julius Rosenwald's challenge.(Comments) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Julius Rosenwald, who built Sears Roebuck into a retailing giant, created this fund in 1917, and directed it to spend its assets within 25 years after his death.
		Rosenwald stated that he preferred to give with a warm hand and had no desire to have his cold hand reach out from the grave to affect people and policy.
		The memory of Julius Rosenwald is called to mind because of a bill in the U.S. congress that, if successful, would require private foundations to spend an amount equal to 7% of their assets each year, a rise of 2%.
	static.elibrary.com /c/communityaction/november172003/juliusrosenwaldschallengecomments/index.html (742 words)

	Julius Rosenwald Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland
		The Rosenwald Fund, initiated by Julius Rosenwald, played a significant role in the progress of African-American education, supporting the construction of schools for fl students in the American south.
		From 1917 to Rosenwald’s death in 1932, the fund contributed to the building of approximately 5,000 new schools for fl children in 15 southern states.
		Today, of the nine surviving Rosenwald schools, it is one of only two still owned by the Prince George’s County Public Schools, and the only one still operating as a school.
	www.pgchct.org /rosenwald.html (491 words)

	The Winchester Sun: Print Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Rosenwald schools in Clark County were at Jouett's Creek constructed in 1920; Goff School in 1928 and Howard's Creek in 1929.
		Through the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, more than 5,300 schools, shop buildings and teachers' houses were built by and for fls across the South and Southwest until the program was discontinued in 1932.
		Turley-Adams said, "The Rosenwald School program has been called the most influential philanthropic force that came to the aid of Negroes at that time." In all, the Rosenwald Foundation contributed more than $4.3 million to construct schools throughout the region, and more than $4.7 million was raised by fls to build the schools.
	www.winchestersun.com /articles/2004/02/06/local_news/news01.prt (932 words)

	What is the Julius Rosenwald Foundation?
		Sears president Julius Rosenwald established the Julius Rosenwald Foundation for the “well being of mankind,” in 1917.
		Rosenwald took particular interest in the plight of African Americans.
		Donations of land and labor by the local community were matched by financial contributions from the Rosenwald Foundation.
	www.searsarchives.com /people/questions/rosenwaldfoundation.htm (244 words)

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		Julius Rosenwald was born on August 12, 1862, to Samuel and Augusta Rosenwald, both Jewish immigrants, in Springfield, Illinois.
		Rosenwald repeatedly decreed that his giving was intended to attack fundamental causes of human distress rather than to be a mere palliative and was to be used to support experiments in social improvement which could and should be taken over by the community.
		In 1928 Rosenwald revised its principles: his objections to perpetual endowments, and his insistence that both principal and income should be fully expended, led him to state that the entire fund should be dispersed within twenty-five years of the time of his death.
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /ead/rlg/rosenwald.xml (2204 words)

	Jewish Heroes in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rosenwald was born on August 12, 1862, in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Augusta and Samuel Rosenwald.
		In Chicago, Rosenwald was active in doing away with the "red light district." He was also involved with the Chicago Planning Commission and served as president of the Federation of Jewish Charities.
		Julius Rosenwald will be remembered as a philanthropist who served his country in war and peace.
	www.fau.edu /library/bro55.htm (498 words)

	Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932)
		Julius Rosenwald was born August 12, 1862, in Springfield, Ill. His father, Samuel, had traveled to Springfield several years earlier to run a clothing store for his wife's family.
		Rosenwald insisted that the company's primary goal must be responsibility to the customer.
		More important, Rosenwald's life served as a blueprint for doing everything in one's power to raise the fortunes of those who otherwise could not do so.
	www.searsarchives.com /people/juliusrosenwald.htm (454 words)

	Julius Rosenwald Accelerated School in New Orleans, Louisiana/LA - School Tree
		Julius Rosenwald Accelerated School is classified as a "Primary School".
		Julius Rosenwald Accelerated School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
		Julius Rosenwald Accelerated School IS NOT a Magnet school.
	louisiana.schooltree.org /public/Julius-Rosenwald-Accelerated-036518.html (135 words)

	Rosenwald Schools in North Carolina
		In the 1910s, Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., became aware of the sad state of education among African Americans in the rural South.
		Both groups are focusing on the preservation of extant historic places and the larger public education aspects of those buildings, including their key role in the cultural and social history of the state and nation, by highlighting the historical experiences of the students, teachers, administrators, and communities that supported them.
		Rosenwald schools are a special interest of the HPO staff because they are tremendously important yet quickly disappearing from the landscape.
	www.hpo.dcr.state.nc.us /rosenwald/rosenwald.htm (928 words)

	Rosenwald School Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1917, Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, initiated a school building program that was to have a dramatic impact on the face of the rural South and in the lives of its African-American residents.
		Through the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, more than 5300 schools, shop buildings and teachers houses were built by, and for, African-Americans across the South and Southwest until the program was discontinued in 1932.
		The Rosenwald School program has been called the “most influential philanthropic force that came to the aid of Negroes at that time.” In all, the Rosenwald Foundation contributed more than $4.3 million to construct schools across the regions, and more than $4.7 million was raised by African Americans to build the schools.
	www.rosenwaldschools.com (995 words)

	Rosenwald Schools Named One of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Over the next 20 years, the Rosenwald Fund used a pioneering system of matching grants to help construct more than 5,300 school buildings in 15 Southern and Southwestern states.
		History: In 1912, Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Company, became interested in Booker T. Washington's attempts to improve the education of rural African Americans.
		Rosenwald Schools, Southern U.S. - Between 1913 and 1932, the Rosenwald Fund founded by Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald helped build more than 5,300 schools for African Americans, but today, many of these landmarks have disappeared or are falling into ruin.
	www.nationaltrust.org /news/docs/20020606_rosenwald.html (1096 words)

	JULIUS ROSENWALD Autograph
		TLS: "Julius Rosenwald" as President of Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1p, 7x11.
		American merchant and philanthropist JULIUS ROSENWALD (1862-1932) was President (1910-1925), and later Chairman of the Board, of the mail-order house of Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		In 1917, Rosenwald established the Julius Rosenwald Fund, one of his many educational philanthropies.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=87220 (384 words)

	Sears vs. Montgomery Ward
		But with the departure of Sears's original partner, Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1895 and the subsequent hiring of Julius Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck and Company was able to better focus its attention on becoming the primary buyer for the American farmer, an idea that originated with A. Montgomery Ward.
		Rosenwald freed Sears from the day-to-day operations of the business, and he was able to concentrate on new ways to market the catalog and win the confidence of the public.
		Rosenwald was also instrumental in developing a business ethic which put the customer's concerns first.
	www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/sears/sears3.html (721 words)

	Where Were the Rosenwald Schools?
		Rosenwald had become friendly with fl educator Booker T. Washington and began making charitable donations to the fl secondary schools and colleges that Washington’s Tuskegee Institute was helping to establish.
		Washington asked if a small portion of one $25,000 gift could be used for elementary school programs and Rosenwald agreed, with one stipulation; rather than give the money to fl communities, he wanted to match funds that the people had raised themselves to fund the schools.
		All but seven of the state’s counties had at least one Rosenwald school, although most are concentrated in the piedmont and coastal plain.
	www.carolinacountry.com /StoryPages/ourstories/rosenwald/rosenwald.html (260 words)

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