Albert Lasker Papers, 1928-1952 (bulk dates 1946-1952).
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Lasker, Albert Davis, 1880-1952
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Advertising executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Davis Lasker : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736545 Albert Davis Lasker was born in Freiberg, Germany, on May 1, 1880, but was raised in Galveston, Texas. He was the third child of Morris Lasker, an investor and banker, and Nettie Davis Lasker. Lasker was initially interested in journalism, and worked as a newspaper repor...
Committee for the Nation's Health
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Incorporated 1946 with Michael M. Davis, Ph.D., as chair of its Executive Committee. Its purpose was to promote national health insurance. With the election of Eisenhower in 1952 began to function as a health information office for organized labor. Abolished in January, 1956. From the description of Committee for the Nation's Health records, 1939-1956 (bulk 1946-1955) [microform]. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 181359085 ...
National Fund for Medical Education (U.S.)
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Lasker, Mary
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Mary Lasker and her husband were founders of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation which gives an award for contributions to medical research and public health administration. She was associated with many charitable organizations. From the description of Papers, 1945-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523699 Mary Lasker (1900-1994) along with her husband Albert D. Lasker, co-founder of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Between 1900 and 1940 major sources of financi...
University of Chicago.
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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...
