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Charles Engelhard was a major contributor to the United States Democratic Party. In 1953, he was an early supporter of Robert B. Meyner 's winning gubernatorial campaign. [ 8 ] In 1955, he ran for New Jersey State Senate against Malcolm Forbes in the "Battle of the Billionaires", but lost 19,981 to 19,611. [ 12 ]
The company was started by Charles W. Engelhard Sr. in 1902 [1] when he purchased the Charles F. Croselmire Company in Newark, New Jersey with the proceeds from his wife's dowry. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He subsequently founded the American Platinum Works in 1903 and acquired several other companies.
Jane Engelhard (August 12, 1917 – February 29, 2004), born Mary Jane Reiss, [1] [2] was an American philanthropist, best known for her marriage to billionaire industrialist Charles W. Engelhard Jr., as well as her donation of an elaborate 18th-century Neapolitan crêche to the White House in 1967.
When the hosts, millionaire Charles Engelhard and his wife Jane, asked Kennedy who she would like to invite, “she shocked them by replying, ‘I’d really like it if Sonny and Cher would come ...
Charles W. Engelhard Jr. (step-father) Annette de la Renta (born 24 December 1939) is an American philanthropist and socialite, the widow of the Dominican fashion designer Oscar de la Renta . She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1973.
The gifts were for the children of the Engelhard family — Michael Jr., 10, and Brian, 7 — whose Ambrose Street home was heavily damaged by fire five days prior.
Sally Engelhard Pingree is an American philanthropist and a daughter of the industrialist Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and his wife, Jane (the former Marie Annette Reiss Mannheimer). [1] Pingree is a sister-in-law of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta .
Engelhard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. (1917–1971), American industrialist; Hermann Engelhard (1903–1984), German athlete; Jane Engelhard (1917–2004), American philanthropist; Marc Engelhard(born 1973), German actor, musician, journalist, designer, author