George H. Clark paper, 1859.
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Clark, George H.
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George Howard Clark (1881-1956). Radio engineer and vice president of RCA. Born at Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Canada, emigrated to the United States at the age of fourteen. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S.E.E. in 1903. He worked for several firms and the federal government until joining the American Marconi Company in 1919, when the Radio Corporation of America was formed. He remained with RCA and eventually became one of its vice-presidents. F...
Union Society (Savannah, Ga.)
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The Union Society was founded in 1750 by Peter Tondee, Richard Milledge, and Benjamin Shefthall. The primary focus of the organization was simply to help the needy. As Bethesda Home for Boys ran into difficulties remaining open, the Union Society took up the challenge of providing a home and education for the children housed there. In 1821, the society adopted a new mission, to "support and educate orphan boys." John Hope Reid was a cotton merchant in Savannah, Georgia. He was born in Scotland i...
Bethesda Home for Boys (Savannah, Ga.)
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The Bethesda Home for Boys was founded in Savannah, Georgia, in 1740, by Reverend George Whitefield. It suffered three fires before it was sold (1805) and rebuilt (1854) on land donated by the Union Society. It has been known as "Whitefield's House of Mercy," the Orphan House Estate, Bethesda College, the Bethesda Orphan House (1902), Bethesda Orphan Asylum, the Bethesda School for Boys, and Bethesda Orphanage. Ole W. Burroughs was the school's director, 1915-1945. A Mr. Quarterman was superinte...
