Philanthropists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
Evan Makovsky Papers
Collection
Identifier: B279
Abstract
Evan Makovsky co-founded Shames Makovsky Realty Company in 1971 with his partner, and uncle, Motty Shames. In the 1980s he formed Shames Makovsky Mortgage Company. He is a graduate of the University of Denver and a committee member for the Rose Community Foundation. In 2007, he was named Honorary Dean of Real Estate and Construction Management of the Franklin G. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management at the University of Denver. He also began an ambitious development and...
Dates:
2007
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Evan Makovsky Papers
Evans, Anne, 1931
File
Identifier: U201.02.0139.0017
Abstract
Images of Anne Evans, daughter of University of Denver founder John Evans, including one black and white negative and print of Evans on top of Mt. Evans; one black and white print of Evans cutting a cake on Founders Day with Gladys Cheesman Evans, Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter, and Daniel K. Wolfe; and one set of black and white negatives with contact sheet including image of Evans on Founder's Day, as well as headshots of unidentified persons and views of buildings including Buchtel...
Dates:
1931
Evelyn Rosenthal Stone, 1983-1984
File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0016
Abstract
Evelyn Rosenthal Stone was born in 1910. She graduated from the University of Denver in 1955 with her BA and again in 1958 with her MA, both in Education. She was a member of Delta Kappa gamma sorority and was one of the first women to be inducted into the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity. in 1984 she was presented by the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award for her extensive volunteer work with schools, the University, various medical centers, and the Salvation Army, among others. She worked...
Dates:
1983-1984
Frances Wisebart Jacobs, between 1880-1890
Item
Identifier: B148.03.0006.00001
Abstract
Frances Wisebart Jacobs in an oval portrait of her head and shoulders. Frances Wisebart Jacobs came to Colorado as a young bride in 1863, and she and her husband, Abraham Jacobs, made their first home in Central City, Colorado. After the family relocated to Denver, Colorado, she became known in the local Jewish and general community and nationally as Denver's ''Mother of Charities'' for her central role in philanthropy. She was an officer in several charitable organizations and helped to...
Dates:
between 1880-1890
Greene, Robert, 2016
File
Identifier: D069.02.0001.0004
Abstract
This folder contains (2) DVD copies of Robert's interview.
Dates:
2016
Hadassah Guardians, 1969-1984
Item
Identifier: B157.03.0012.00001
Abstract
Book with lists of Hadassah Guardians (ie donors) from 1969-1984.
Dates:
1969-1984
Hartman, Duke, 2021
File
Identifier: D009.20.0007.0027
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains oral histories (DVDs and audio cassettes), biographical information, and plaques.
Dates:
2021
Invitation to Dedications and Banquet, 1922 June 23
Item
Identifier: B242.02.0001.0002.00001
Abstract
Invitation to building dedications and a banquet and dance by the trustees of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives. The dedications were of the Louis D. Beaumont Home for Nurses and The Hofheimer Children's Building at the hospital, both built largely through the efforts of Seraphine Pisko. A banquet and dance was held at the Albany Hotel. Seraphine Eppstein Pisko (1861-1942) began working at National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives as a field secretary, fund raiser, in 1900. In...
Dates:
1922 June 23
Jack Greenwald Papers
Collection
Identifier: B344
Abstract
Jack Greenwald was born June 14, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio, the youngest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Greenwald (1888 - 1954). Rabbi Greenwald Rabbi Greenwald only knew German and had to learn Yiddish before he became rabbi of the Beth-Jacob Shul in Columbus, Ohio, a Yiddi. Jack Greenwald came to Denver, Colorado in 1946 and received his Bachelor of Science of Law, 1950, and his Juris Doctorate, 1952, both degrees from the University of Denver. Professionally, he specialized in the area of...
Dates:
1949 - 2012
Jean and Milt Morris Papers
Collection
Identifier: B275
Abstract
Milt Morris was born in Cleveland in 1915 and his family moved to Denver to find a cure for his mother's asthma at National Jewish Hospital. He graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1939. Milt Morris served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He taught business law at DU for eleven years. He practiced law in Denver for many years and was a partner in Feder, Morris, Tamblyn and Goldstein where he specialized in real estate law. In 1941, Jean Wohlegarth married her...
Dates:
1888-2007