Universities
Rockefeller made generous donations to domestic universities and colleges. His foundations also gave funds to universities in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
"He established the promotion of knowledge..."
-Ron Chernow, Titan
Left: Univeristy of Chicago. Middle: My Black Travel. Right: Cornell University
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Cleveland
Rockefeller left a great legacy that still remains in Cleveland. The following are organizations once supported by Rockefeller or property once owned by Rockefeller.
Top left: Case Western University. Top middle: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Top right: American Art Gallery. Bottom left: Panoramio. Bottom middle: The Travel Praters. Bottom right: Snip View.
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China
The Rockefeller Foundation established the China Medical Board in 1915 and the Peking Union Medical College in 1917.
All photos from Sogou.
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The World
Rockefeller's accumulation of wealth improved the world by establishing universities in Africa, bringing farmers out of poverty in China, curing diseases in South America, and much more. His abundant legacy continues to improve the world at this second. For over a century, Mr. Rockefeller's philanthropic influence has reached nearly one hundred countries across six continents.
"Rockefeller's organized, large-scale, and long-term philanthropy made a difference in almost every field in the US and world wide in the 20th century."
-Barbara Shubinski, Senior Historian at the Rockefeller Archive
"Since its inception, John D. Rockefeller’s foundation has given more than $14 billion in current dollars to thousands of grantees worldwide."
-Rockefeller Foundation