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Category List: Philanthropists

1.	Lila Bell Acheson was one half of the husband and wife team that set up the Reader's Digest. The pair's business acumen and great idea earned them a large fortune, much of which they gave to worthy causes, making them also great philanthropists. Click here to read about Lila Bell Acheson
2.	Peter Cooper, founder of the Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Science and Art, in is time, the only private, full-scholarship college in the United States dedicated exclusively to preparing students for the professions of architecture, art and engineering. Click here to read about Peter Cooper
3.	Meet Mr Kodak! Click here to read about George Eastman
4.	Mary Elizabeth Garrett, born an heiress in Baltimore. She used her philanthropy to force issues that were important to her, such as equal rights to opportunities of study. Her $309,000 grant to Johns Hopkins University really got things started for the school. Click here to read about Mary Garrett
5.	A remarkable woman, whose bravery at the lighthouse kept many a sailor from being claimed by the sea. Click here to read about Abbie Grant
6.	Johann Pestalozzi, whose ideas and practices laid the foundation of modern elementary education. Click here to read about Johann Pestalozzi
7.	Dewitt Wallace was one half of the husband and wife team that set up the Reader's Digest. The pair's business acumen and great idea earned them a large fortune, much of which they gave to worthy causes, making them also great philanthropists. Click here to read about Dewitt Wallace