Rosenwald

[roh-zuhn-wawld]

noun

1. Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.

Example Sentences

Strickland's Patricia and John Rosenwald Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics has been studying this Aβ/fibrinogen link for almost twenty years.

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The author gives short shrift to the work of contemporaneous grant makers such as the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which helped construct 5,000 schools for black children in the South and provided fellowships for African-American artists, professionals and intellectuals, including several who figured in the Garland Fund’s projects.

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Photographer Andrew Feiler, who is fascinated by Rosenwald’s story, has taken photos of more than 100 Rosenwald schools and plans to be at the St. George event Tuesday.

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A two-room Rosenwald School in Gifford, South Carolina, was built in 1920 but is barely upright today.

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They are now called Rosenwald Schools in honor of Julius Rosenwald, a part-owner and eventual president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., who teamed up with African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington to create the program to share the expenses of schools for Black children with the community.

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