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The Carnegie Boys: The Lieutenants of Andrew Carnegie that Changed America (McFarland, 2012) online. VanSlyck, Abigail A. (1991). "'The Utmost Amount of Effective Accommodation': Andrew Carnegie and the Reform of the American Library." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 50(4): 359–383. ISSN 0037-9808. Zimmerman, Jonathan.
She advised Andrew Carnegie as they jointly helped the creation of over 2,500 libraries between 1883 and 1929. [ 1 ] After Andrew's death in 1919, Louise continued making charitable contributions to organizations including American Red Cross , the Y.W.C.A. , the Cathedral of St. John the Divine , numerous World War II relief funds, and $100,000 ...
Sheila Marlene Andrews (April 10, 1953 – December 26, 1984) [2] was an American country music singer. Signed to the Ovation label, she recorded three studio albums in her career and released several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs including "It Don't Get Better Than This", her highest charting single.
Jones was an “American Hero” for his actions in the Johnstown flood. In 1888, Carnegie restored the twelve-hour workday. [3] It would not be seen again in the American steel industry for another fifty years. [4] Jones began patenting his more than 50 inventions, [3] beginning on June 12, 1876, with "Washers for Ingot Molds."
Margaret Carnegie Miller (March 30, 1897 – April 11, 1990) was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield, and heiress to the Carnegie fortune. [1] [2] A resident of Manhattan, New York City, from 1934 to 1973, Miller was a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a grant-making foundation ...
[citation needed] She also portrayed Sheila with a touring company of Hair and sang in the chorus of a touring company of Jesus Christ, Superstar. [2] A lyric soprano, Earley also performed in cabarets. [4] She was starred as Sandy Dumbrowski in Grease in 1974.
Kiese Laymon (1997), professor and author of Long Division, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, and Heavy, the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction; Jason Little (1993), cartoonist and author of Shutterbug Follies and Motel Art Improvement Service; David Maine (1985), novelist (The Preservationist)
Sam Jones (1924–1981), jazz double bassist, cellist and composer [169] Thad Jones (1923–1986), jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader [170] Ben Jorgensen (born 1983), lead singer of Armor for Sleep [171] Don "Magic" Juan (born 1950), merengue and hip-hop artist, from the 1990s merengue group Proyecto Uno [172] Ulysses Kay (1917–1995 ...