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Marshall Field III (September 28, 1893 – November 8, 1956) was an American investment banker, publisher, racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist, grandson of businessman Marshall Field, heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune, and a leading financial supporter and founding board member of Saul Alinsky's community organizing network Industrial Areas Foundation.
The 1,520-acre (6.2 km 2) park [2] covers the former Marshall Field III estate that was developed in the 1920s, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Much of the park is today managed as a nature preserve, with a focus on protecting high-quality bird habitat.
In 1941 Marshall Field III was USCOM's President or Chairman (sources differ). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Many other non-Governmental organisations, such as HIAS , the Joint , and the Quakers , and individuals such as Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus , also worked to save mainly Jewish children and send them to the United States.
Marshall Field Jr. (1868–1905) married Albertine Huck, and they were the parents of Henry Field, Marshall Field III, and Gwendolyn Mary Field, who married Sir Archibald Charles Edmonstone, 6th Baronet; Marshall Jr. and Albertine were thus the grandparents of Archduchess Elyssa (Edmondstone), Grand Duchess of Tuscany.
Field Enterprises, Inc. was a private holding company that operated from the 1940s to the 1980s, founded by Marshall Field III and others, [1] whose main assets were the Chicago Sun and Parade magazine.
Endowment seeks to ensure sustainability of America's Everglades
For nearly 70 years, workers minted Frango chocolates on the 13th floor of the Marshall Field & Co. building on State Street. Frango production moved out of state in 1999 to the dismay of civic ...
The Chicago Sun Syndicate was founded in December 1941, concurrent with the founding of Marshall Field III's Chicago Sun newspaper. Long-time syndication veteran Henry Baker was installed as manager. [1] Comic-strip historian Allan Holtz has written regarding the origins of the Field Syndicate and its relationship to the rest of the company: