person who makes a gift of property

United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)

United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)

United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)

American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)

voluntary promotion of human welfare

United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)

United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)

United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)

American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)