Richard Lounsbery (born in New York City in 1882, died 1967) was an American businessman. The Richard Lounsbery Foundation was set up with his family's wealth. [1]
Richard Lounsbery (born in New York City in 1882, died 1967) was an American businessman. The Richard Lounsbery Foundation was set up with his family's wealth. [1]
Lounsbery was born in New York City in 1882 into an affluent family. [2] His father, Richard P. Lounsbery, was mostly from an English origin family which came to America during colonial times. His mother, Edith Hunter Haggin, was of Turkish origin through her great-grandfather, [2] Ibrahim Ben Ali, a doctor who migrated from Turkey to the United States after the Russo-Turkish war. [2] The Lounsbery family's wealth derived from the extensive business activities of Edith's father, James Ben Ali Haggin, who helped to solidify the United States position in the copper industry and played a role in developing California farmland and implementing legislation controlling the state's water rights. [2]
Lounsbery attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and graduated from Harvard College in 1906. He then joined the Haggin family business and extended activities into new areas such as importing silk from Japan. Upon his father's death in 1912, Lounsbery decided to change fields and joined the investment firm of J. B. Harris and Company. [2]
After serving in France as an Army lieutenant during World War I, Lounsbery decided to stay there to study art. [2]
Lounsbery married Vera Victoroff, a Russian refugee in Paris, in 1928.
He was the cousin of the painter Ben Ali Haggin.
Today, the Richard Lounsbery Foundation is a philanthropic organization which supports novel research projects, science education, and key scientific policy issues through seed money or partial support. It distributes a total of about $2.5 million each year, mostly in grants of $25,000–$100,000. The foundation takes a special interest in cooperative activities between French and American scholars. [3]
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.
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Ben Ali may refer to:
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation is a philanthropic organization in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1959, with a goal to enhance national strengths in science and technology and foster strong Franco-American cooperation. To this day, the Foundation has stayed true to its roots while expanding to promote science among youth and to support components of US policy issues pertaining to science. The Foundation supports research projects, science education, key scientific policy issues, and others.
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Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, involved with horse racing since the 19th century. Once the North Elkhorn Farm, many owners and tenants have occupied the area, even during the American Civil War. Most of the land acquired during Haggin's era has since been sold off to neighboring stud farms, but the original 765 acres including the columns and many of the historic barns and houses still exist at Elmendorf.
James Ben Ali Haggin was an American attorney, rancher, investor, art collector, and a major owner and breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. Haggin made a fortune in the aftermath of the California Gold Rush and was a multi-millionaire by 1880.
Ben Ali was the winner of the 1886 Kentucky Derby and was named after his owner, James Ben Ali Haggin, a man of Turkish heritage who had struck gold in the California Gold Rush of 1849. Ben Ali was foaled in Kentucky and was a large bay colt sired by Virgil. His damsire was the great Lexington, a major foundation sire of American thoroughbreds. Ben Ali is best known for his Derby win and a wagering snafu that ushered in a bad era for the Kentucky Derby.1
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James Ben Ali Haggin III was an American portrait painter and stage designer.
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Lounsbury, also written Lounsbery or Lounsberry is a surname, and may refer to any one of the following:
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Ibrahim ben Ali or Ibraham Adam Ben Ali (1756-1800) was an Ottoman-Turkish soldier and physician who first drew notice as a convert-friend of the Dublin Methodist theologian Adam Clarke, and after spending time with the minister there and in England, he emigrated to the United States.
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