Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation records, 1932-1997.

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Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation records, 1932-1997.

Consists primarily of family and program correspondence, legal documents, financial reports, scholarship applications, candidate selection documents, grant proposals and reports, and publications of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation and other foundations.

3 linear ft.

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Marin Educational Foundation.

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Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation.

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Founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1985, by Robert and Patricia Switzer and their children with the proceeds from the sale of the Day-Glo Color Corporation. The foundation was originally established to promote the education of graduate students in the environmental sciences, and soon included environmental improvement projects in its mission. From the description of Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation records, 1932-1997. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 41408355 ...

Switzer, Robert C., 1914-1997

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Environmental Defense Fund

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A public-membership, non-profit, tax-exempt environmental and legal action organization of scientists, lawyers and concerned citizens. Its primary purpose is to provide a link between law and environmental science. Established in 1967, its earliest official headquarters were located in Stony Brook and East Setauket, N.Y. From the description of Records, 1967-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 156794725 ...

Oakland Scottish Rite Scholarship Foundations.

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New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

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Day-Glo Color Corp.

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Company founded in 1946 by Robert and Joseph Switzer, who developed ways to make photoluminescent paints and dyes. These paints and dyes were used by the military to mark airplanes as well as uniforms, and to detect flaws in airplane engines and other parts. They were also used extensively in the graphic arts industry, for product advertising and packaging. The company, which began as the Conti-Glo Division of Continental Lithograph Corporation, became Switzer Brothers, Inc., and later, Day-Glo ...

Scaife Scholarship Alumni Association.

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Natural Resources Defense Council

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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) was founded in 1970 as an environmental action organization by a group of American attorneys and law students. Several New York City lawyers, who sought to block construction of a Consolidated Edison power plant at Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River, established the Natural Resources Defense League and hired John H. Adams as its first executive director. The organization soon changed its name to the Natural Resources Defense Council,...

Northern California Scholarship Foundations.

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Switzer, Patricia, 1913-

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San Francisco Foundation

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Switzer family.

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