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In 1973, Methodist minister and theologian Merrimon Cuninggim resigned as executive director because of a perceived conflict of interest from a $60 million grant to Washington University in St. Louis authorized by William Henry Danforth Jr., who was then both chairman of the foundation and chancellor of the university. [3]
William H. Danforth (September 10, 1870 – December 24, 1955) was an American businessman known for founding Ralston Purina in St. Louis, Missouri in 1894. He was a co-founder of the American Youth Foundation (AYF) and the author of the book, I Dare You! .
Danforth founded the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, named after his father, in 1998 and was the Founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the center. [6] Before dissolving in 2011, the Danforth Foundation gave its final $70 million to the center. In total, under William's stewardship, the foundation contributed over $423 million to ...
The Danforth Chapel Program was funded by the Danforth Foundation, an organization created in 1927 by William H. Danforth, founder of the Ralston Purina Company, and his wife. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Danforth Foundation focused on national education philanthropy: [ 3 ] providing scholarships to college students, supporting projects to revitalize the ...
Ralston Purina (originally Ralston-Purina) traces its roots to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth established the animal feed company Purina Mills.Danforth formed a partnership with George Robinson; William Andrews entered the business of feeding farm animals by founding the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company.
In an attempt to wrong that right, last week Danforth joined fellow former GOP Sens. William Cohen of Maine and Alan Simpson of Wyoming to write a joint op-ed in The Washington Post to announce ...
Danforth said the phone call raised questions about Hawley’s involvement in the effort to overturn the presidential election.
The inspiration for the Ralston Purina logo came from founder William Danforth's childhood memory of a family that dressed in clothing made from checkerboard cloth. [5] The checkerboard trademark, intended to make their burlap bags of feed stand out from competitors, was introduced in 1904. [6]