The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-07
J. ROSENWALD PASSES AWAY,
 CHICAGO HOME
Noted Philanthropist Who Gave Away Millions
 of Dollars Dies
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set bounds and gold flowed gener- ously from his purse to whites, as well as blacks and to Gentiles as well as Jews
 Buildings at the University of Chicago and the Rosenwald Indus trial Museum testified to his civic ! helpfulness. His work as dollar a year man in the world war and 8 gift of $1,O00,000 in 1913 to the Council of Grain Exchanges for re- search work in crop improvement, were evidences of his patriotism. In 1923 the Sears-R -Roebuck Agri- cultural Research Foundation was established as a step in actual farm relief through scientific mar keting. But his delight was in helping philanthropy.
 Charity" MT. Rosenwald said, "is the one pleasure that never wears out"
 He practiced this precept until his known benefactions totalled around 100000 When in 1922 he reached three score years, he celebrated his birthday by giving away $687 800.
 Believed In Giving
 He was a firm believer in giving so that the living would be bene- fitted. Foundations designed to aid future generations did not appeal to him and he often cited perpe- tuities which has outlived their usefulness but could not be changed legally despite the fact that their funds were idle and their capital increasing.
 i His interest in the negro was aroused by Booker T. Washington famous negro educator, and head ! of the Tuskegee Institute. From donations to the institute, the in- terest developed into campaign for primary and secondary schools for negroes
 Negroes and whites cooperated state and county governments agreed to operate the schools and the program became so ambitious that in 1917 the Rosenwald Fund was established in Chicago. For the first 10 years MT. Rosenwald personally directed the work. In 1928, however, he became chairman of the funds board of directors and active management was placed in the hands of full time staff.
 More than $5,0O0,000 had been devoted to the work by the end of 1850 and 5,o75 schools for negro children. housed in clean, modern, airy buildings, dotted the southern states from Maryland to Texas.
 Aided Negroes
 Establishmen in Chicago, of the first Y. M. c. A. was largely through MT. Rosenwald's efforts. After several years of successful operation of the institution, he made a standing offer of $25,000 to any city which would raise $125,000 for similar Christian center for ne- groes. As a result more than S625,- 900 was given by him for such buildings in many cities.
 MT. Rosenwald's Jewish charities were more direct and larger than his negro benefactions. He spent $5.O00,000 to help put Russian Jew ish farmers back on land in the Crimea after they had been dis possessed in other sections of Rus sia. Other hundreds of thousands were given to similar Jewish colo nization plans, although he never believed in the Zionist movement for establishing a Jewish home land in Palestine.
 In February, 1921, MT. Rosenwald headed a committee of 25 Jews who visited the stricken peoples of Europe This was in preparation for a campaign conducted by the American Jewish Relief Committee which brought $14,0o0,0oo in con- tributions.
 He subsequently, gave $1,000,000 for Jewish relief and colonization in Europe, subscribed $5,000,000 to the American-Jewish Joint Agri- cultural Corporation, gave $5,000,- GOO to the Jewish Theological Sem mary as a memorial to Louis Marshall noted lawyer, and aided financially libraries and museums of the Near East.
 He received the Gottheil medal of Zeta Beta Tau, national Jewish collegiate fraternity, for the great est service to Jewry in 1928, and the same year he received the liar mon Foundation award for his services in improving the relations between white people and negroes.
 He also was credited for the union of the American Hebrew congregations, although many of these congregations felt the sting of his censure when he charged extravagant use Of wine under the guise of religion.
 MT. Rosenwald was born in house close to the home of Abra- ham Lincoln, in Springfield, Ill August 12, 1862, and was one of five children. His two brothers and