Henry A. Rosso
date: label: date made
content: 2013
name: label: maker
content: Medallic Art Company Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: This medal for lifetime achievement in ethical fundraising was bestowed on Dwight Burlingame in 2013.
label: Description
content: Dwight Burlingame is a professor of philanthropic studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and an experienced fundraiser for philanthropic causes. In 2013, he received the Henry A. Rosso Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Ethical Fundraising. The medal honors Henry "Hank" Rosso, who, along with his wife Dottie, helped found the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and its Fund Raising School (subsequently, they became the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy). Rosso was a pioneering fundraiser including in the cause of polio eradication and treatment.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dwight F. Burlingame
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0289.01
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0289.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0289
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (2019.0289.01a material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, fabric, metal (2019.0289.01b material)
label: Measurements
content: 2019.0289.01a: .77 cm x 7.62 cm; 5/16 in x 3 in
label: Measurements
content: 2019.0289.01b: 15.8 cm x 15.3 cm x 4 cm; 6 7/32 in x 6 1/32 in x 1 9/16 in