Julius Rosenwald biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Julius Rosenwald

Author Name:

Julius Rosenwald

Born As:

Julius Rosenwald

Other Names:

Born:

12 Aug 1862

Died:

06 Feb 1932




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Manufacturer, business executive and philanthropist                          
                          
Mother Augusta Hammerslough Rosenwald
Father Samuel Rosenwald
Spouse Augusta Nusbaum, five children.                          
Part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company
Established the Rosenwald Fund.                          
The Rosenwald Fund, donated millions in matching funds to support the education of African American children in the rural South, as well as other philanthropic causes in the first half of the 20th century. He was the principal founder and backer for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, to which he gave more than $5 million and served as President from 1927 to 1932.