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Jul 9, 2009 · The country school of to-morrow. by. Gates, Frederick Taylor, 1853-1929. Publication date. 1913. Topics. Rural schools. Publisher. New York city, General education board.
Gates Lecture I: “Making the Man”. Nothing so epitomizes the character of Frederick T. Gates as the speech he is recorded as having delivered to the board of the Rockefeller Foundation upon his retirement in 1923.
Frederick Taylor Gates (July 22, 1853, Maine, Broome County, New York – February 6, 1929, Phoenix, Arizona) was an American Baptist clergyman, educator, and the principal business and philanthropic advisor to the major oil industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Sr., from 1891 to 1923.
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Frederick T. Gates (born July 2, 1853, Maine, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 6, 1929, Phoenix, Ariz.) was an American philanthropist and businessman, a major figure in the Rockefeller interests, who spearheaded the endowment drive that created the University of Chicago.
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Gates was quick to understand Senior's predicament: "Your fortune is rolling up, rolling up like an avalanche!" he told him. "You must keep up with it! You must distribute it faster than it grows!
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Frederick T. Gates played an essential role in creating modern institutional philanthropy. Frederick Gates (1853-1929) was born in Broome County, New York.
Jan 29, 2024 · Frederick T. Gates, 1922. Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center. Frederick Taylor Gates (1853-1929) was an American Baptist clergyman, educator, and the principal business and philanthropic advisor to the major oil industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Sr., from 1891 to 1923.
