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Oct 15, 2018 · When David Leo Brennan burst upon the public stage in late 1986, it was as if a conquering hero had come home. Here was this home-grown Akron boy, who had gone off to do battle in a brutal national marketplace, returning in triumph -- to a recession-battered town that was practically on its economic knees.
Oct 15, 2018 · CLEVELAND, Ohio - David Brennan, the Akron industrialist who helped create tuition vouchers and charter schools in Ohio but whose low-performing White Hat charter schools became a lightning...
Oct 15, 2018 · Akron industrialist David Brennan died Sunday afternoon, according to a Facebook post by his daughter, Nancy Brennan. He was 87. Brennan, a familiar figure with his trademark white hat,...
Oct 16, 2018 · Akron industrialist and philanthropist David Brennan — who once carried the nickname "the Wizard of Main Street" — died Sunday afternoon. He was 87. Brennan was best known in recent years for founding the for-profit charter school company White Hat Management in 2000 and donating millions of dollars to Summa Health.
Apr 28, 2014 · This is about Brennan's choice. In 1990, Brennan was a wealthy entrepreneur, politically influential and opinionated. He had made millions with two Akron partners buying and selling manufacturing companies, slashing operating costs and turning profits.
The following report examines David L. Brennan’s education empire in Ohio. The first section includes a narrative chronicling the birth and expansion of this empire, as Brennan and his allies drove their “school choice” agenda to fruition, profiting off of state taxpayer money along the way.
Oct 15, 2018 · David Brennan, an influential Republican donor who gave back millions to his hometown of Akron, died Sunday, his daughter Nancy Brennan said. He was 87. Brennan started his career as an attorney and later founded a company that bought and sold manufacturing plants that made steel and auto parts.
