Lessing J. Rosenwald
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Lessing Julius Rosenwald was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist.
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Giant Bible of Mainz donated by Rosenwald to the Library of Congress
Rembrandt's Abraham Entertaining the Angels, 1656. One of 27,000 items donated by Rosenwald to the National Gallery of Art
Julius Rosenwald
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Julius Rosenwald was a Jewish American business executive and philanthropist. He was the long-time president and an owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company, a large and successful Chicago-based national r
Lessing J. Rosenwald
…was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist. Rosenwald was born in Chicago, the eldest son of Julius Rosenwald, a clothier who became part-owner and was president of Sears, Roebuck and Company from 1908 to 1923, and chairman from 1923 to 1932. Lessing left Cornell…
Rosenwald in 1915
Rosenwald was born in Springfield, Illinois during the American Civil War. His childhood home and neighborhood is now part of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
Julius Rosenwald Historical marker at the entrance to Tuskegee University.
Julius Rosenwald Hall at the University of Chicago