Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Hill District is Open! Oct 26, 2008
About Libraries for LIFE While Andrew Carnegie provided the seed money to build the library facilities; he did not leave an endowment for their ongoing operations and maintenance. Thanks to local, county and state government, corporations, foundations and individuals, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Libraries for LIFE Capital Campaign is renewing library buildings to meet the needs of today's library customer. (PR Newswire)
Keeping a 'death tax' alive Oct 24, 2008
As Andrew Carnegie put it, "The parent who leaves his son enormous wealth generally deadens the talents and energies of the son, and leads him to lead a less useful and less worthy life than he otherwise would.". To opponents, the estate tax smacks of double taxation, as money that was taxed when it was earned is taxed again at death. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Biden defends Obama tax-cut plan in Tacoma Oct 21, 2008
Without unions we would be forced back into the dark ages of labor, where zealots like Andrew Carnegie could hire thugs to beat, torture, and kill laborers. The unions must survive. (Longview Daily News, WA)
College Visits in Pittsburgh PA Oct 16, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University a private university well-known for its excellence in computer science, robotics, visual arts and theater was founded in 1900 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie and was known as Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1912-1967. Chatham University - founded in 1869 as the Pennsylvania Female College is a small, private, liberal arts university which includes 1000 undergraduate women at the Chatham College for Women. (Suite101.com)
A haven for Republican women Oct 14, 2008
The current home, at 3 West 51st Street, designed by Frederick Rhinelander King, is on the site where a home belonging to Andrew Carnegie once stood. Some of the rooms are furnished in their original Colonial style with mahogany highboys and marble fireplaces that came from Carnegie's residence. (International Herald Tribune)
Vancouver Chinatown Oct 12, 2008
Donated by Andrew Carnegie, the building had cost $50,000. Over the past century, the building has also housed the city s museum, been briefly abandoned, and now serve as a community centre and library for the Downtown Eastside, which is considered one of North America s most troubled neighbourhoods. (Suite101.com)
The end of the boomer presidency Oct 11, 2008
The reason why that comparison will strike so many of you as obscure is that most Americans can't name any presidents or prominent politicians from that age, but know well the industrial and financial titans such as Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller. Decades from now our children will remember giants like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Rupert Murdoch, while virtually all boomer politicians will slip into well-deserved obscurity. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Tina strikes again Oct 6, 2008
Andrew Carnegie never attended college. He later became one of the first mega-billionaires in the U.S.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Like J.P. Morgan, Warren Buffett braves a crisis Oct 6, 2008
Morgan wielded his power over the financial markets more directly than Buffett, though his personal wealth lagged the early 20th century industrial titans John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. In 1907, the United States had no central bank. (International Herald Tribune)
Break The Wall Street Money Monopoly Oct 5, 2008
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, the two most famous barons of early-robber nobility, enriched the country while enriching themselves, just as Bill Gates has done in our time. However swinish you may think Rockefeller was, by making cheap kerosene available he made it possible for the first time since man and woman left Eden to stay up after the sun went down. (CBS News)
More on today's festivities Oct 4, 2008
It is the birthplace of Gen. Forbes and another famous Pittsburgh resident, Andrew Carnegie. A "Pittsburgh Born & Bred" concert will offer more than five hours of music by local artists. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The new face of private philanthropy Oct 3, 2008
Charitable giving has been a challenging proposition at least since the days of Andrew Carnegie, who was once quoted as saying, "It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than it is to earn it in the first place.". Given the unprecedented number of charitable organizations in the world today, the learning curve associated with philanthropic giving has never been steeper. (International Herald Tribune -- Money Report)
A tale of two cigar-smoking ghosts Sep 25, 2008
For years Jarosz worked as the Board of Selectmen clerk and her office faced a portrait that she always thought was of industrialist Andrew Carnegie. Then one day Jarosz noticed the same portrait hanging at Cliftondale Congregational Church and discovered it was actually a likeness of Bond. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Charleston public library's renovation nearing an end Sep 24, 2008
Contractors are putting the final touches on this room, which occupies the renovated ground floor of the library building that was constructed in 1904 with the help of funding from steel maker and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. I think Carnegie would be proud we updated his work and it s still a vital part of the community, said library Director Sheryl Snyder. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Book boils down wealth advice from 50 pros Sep 22, 2008
Andrew Carnegie (The Gospel of Wealth), a Scottish immigrant who built a large fortune in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, set a remarkable example of philanthropy by endowing public libraries and a foundation. His spirit of giving lives on in the recent example of Microsoft's Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (USA Today -- Money)
Immigrants flocking to local libraries Sep 15, 2008
At the turn of the century, when the United States experienced a big rise in immigration, Andrew Carnegie donated millions to the building of local libraries in areas that had large immigrant populations. Carnegie, who came from Scotland, viewed libraries as important places for immigrants to learn about American culture. (Boston Globe)
Read more... Sep 11, 2008
Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. For more than 95 years the Corporation has carried out Carnegies vision of philanthropy by building on his two major concerns: international peace and advancing education and knowledge. (PNN Online)
Mystery of the missing millionaire Sep 7, 2008
This giddy era, before the markets recent swan dive, was dubbed the new gilded age and some of the young men becoming as rich as any Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie of days past were masters of something known on Wall Street as a "hedge fund." Top hedge fund managers have been reported to make anywhere from $100 million to a billion dollars a year. They do it by making already wealthy people and institutions even richer. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Old and new mix at annual fest Sep 3, 2008
The third clue referred to A music hall, 'tis not, no concerts held within, and that made Natalie think about the famous concert hall in New York, named for millionaire philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Natalie knew that Delavan's Ayer library had received a grant in 1914 from the Carnegie Foundation for the building and furnishing of a modern library. (Pekin Times, IL)
Carnegie to put history of steel industry online Sep 3, 2008
" At the instigation of its founder, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, the library became a repository for data and research from iron and steel firms dating to the early 19th century, Ms. Mistick said. "As Pittsburgh celebrates its 250th birthday, it seemed to us that we could recognize the importance of Andrew Carnegie and the steel industry by preserving our collection," she said. Among the library's collection are sales catalogs of various metal products from wrought-iron railings to valve... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ask A Billionaire: Sam Wyly Sep 2, 2008
One who I probably read five or six books about was Andrew Carnegie. Later, I read all the biographies of Sam Walton from Wal-Mart. (Forbes -- Business)
State pushing for dam repairs Aug 23, 2008
The lake was created in 1906 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie and two brothers, Harold Butler and William Butler, to improve rowing facilities at Princeton University. CONTINUED 1. (NJ.com -- Times)
The Corinthian Yacht Club marks its 100th anniversary Aug 22, 2008
The club's first commodore - a position that equates to chairman of the board - was Edward R. Coleman (an Andrew Carnegie business partner), who was elected by his peers in 1892. The current holder of the two-year title is Commodore Jack Gregg, who has been preceded by 48 other CYC commodores, all of whom can be seen in a one-room display of their portraits. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Making an Arguement for Misspelling Aug 21, 2008
Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Teddy Roosevelt and even Noah Webster, father of American lexicography, all lobbied for spelling reform, their reasons ranging from traumatic childhood spelling experiences to the hope that easier communication would promote peace. In 1906, Mark Twain lobbied the Associated Press to use phonetic spelling. (Time.com)
"OLD MASTERS, NEW WORLD" Aug 10, 2008
Andrew Carnegie endowed theaters and universities. Others concentrated on Rembrandts. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Scenic drive: West Washington Street in Phoenix Aug 8, 2008
Carnegie Center: Steel magnate and philanthropist extraordinaire Andrew Carnegie built thousands of public libraries throughout the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ... Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen: Up the turnpike from Andrew Carnegie's home base of Pittsburgh, now-closed steel mills once "built the tanks and bombs that won this country's wars." I'm Every Woman, Chaka Khan: Visitors can learn about amazing females at the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Drug Gives Boy, 12, With Parkinson's His Life Back Aug 5, 2008
Doctors thought Andrew Carnegie, 12, of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, was too young to have Parkinson s disease. But sure enough, Andrew, who suffered for two years with headaches, sweating and muscular difficulties, was diagnosed with Parkinsonism, which is caused by Parkinson s disease, Canada. (Fox News)
Pittsburgh’s market area tickles visitors’ senses Aug 4, 2008
At that time, the area was home to major industries, including Westinghouse, Alcoa and Andrew Carnegie s steel operations, all of which got their start in the Strip. By the early 1900s, the Strip had reached its peak population, with about 18,000 people living in the neighborhood. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Thanks for An Act of Kindness! Aug 1, 2008
Look at Andrew Carnegie. Most people would think the industrial baron Andrew Carnegie was a kind, generous man, because he's funded many philanthropic ventures. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Stevens' fingerprints are all over the state Jul 30, 2008
"It could be argued that Stevens is less a legislator than he is a philanthropist in the mode of John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie," the Almanac says, "although of course he is not spending his own money.". DECADES OF IMPACT. (Anchorage Daily News)
Failure, the first stepping stone to success Jul 25, 2008
Andrew Carnegie worked as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory for $1. 20 a week. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Fans, descendants recall Uncle Remus Jul 22, 2008
With support from rich and famous admirers like Andrew Carnegie and President Theodore Roosevelt, Harris' home became a museum just five years after his death. But his star eventually faded, especially after the civil rights era, when new sensibilities questioned the sticky situation of a white man becoming famous for telling African folk tales he had heard growing up on a middle Georgia plantation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fame finally comes to Barney Dreyfuss Jul 20, 2008
Helped by industrialist Andrew Carnegie, Mr. Dreyfuss secured seven acres of the Mary Schenley estate in Oakland, filled in a hollow in right field and built a fireproof Forbes Field out of steel and concrete. He covered the $2 million tab in full, and it was completed in four months. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
File: Premji among top 30 world entrepreneurs Jul 18, 2008
Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont U 00004000 niversity, entrepreneurs-turned- philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates made the top of this list. Many of the pioneers chosen also created businesses that in turn encouraged others to start their own enterprises. (India Times, India)
Daly takes verbal swings at Harmon Jul 17, 2008
SOUTHPORT, England - To hear John Daly tell it, he's a combination of Jack LaLanne and Andrew Carnegie. You know, working hard and devoting his life to charity. (Boston Globe)
Unwind in peaceful Dublin, Ga. Jul 17, 2008
There's plenty to see inside the high-ceilinged building that opened 104 years ago as a Carnegie Library (a plucky group of citizens obtained a $10,000 grant from New York philanthropist Andrew Carnegie). For starters: Photos of the old Bellevue mansions; one family's good silver, which it buried far from Sherman's invading forces in a nearby swamp; the largest single collection of paintings by noted floral and landscape artist Lila Moore Keen; military-oriented displays running the gamut from... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Big steel makes coal play; US companies absent Jul 16, 2008
- It's been more than a century since J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and other U.S. steel barons built mining empires that dominated life across wide swaths of Central Appalachia's coalfields, securing essential fuel for their mills. (134). (Rapid City Journal, SD)
California fires God’s vengeance? Jul 13, 2008
JLH wrote on Jul 10, 2008 11:06 PM:" To quote Andrew Carnegie. "He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Newswatch, Police/Fire Jul 8, 2008
Steel baron Andrew Carnegie launched the hero fund in 1904 after hearing about rescue stories from a mine disaster that killed 181 people. Since then, $30. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Library celebrates its first 100 years Jul 4, 2008
The cornerstone states simply The gift of Andrew Carnegie 1911 ... It was originally housed on the second floor of the old Odd Fellows building and then they got a 12,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Man who battled cougar to save boy earns medal Jul 4, 2008
First handed out in 1904, the medals were the brainchild of Pittsburgh steelmaker and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who wanted ordinary citizens recognized for extraordinary acts of heroism. The actual medal, considered one of the world's top recognitions for heroism, is a bronze medallion three inches in diameter, with an image of Carnegie on one side and an inscription on the other naming the rescuer, the rescued, and the place and date of the heroic act. (Canoe.ca)
America's Original Superstar Jul 4, 2008
Andrew Carnegie brought that up to him once. "Why, Carnegie," Twain answered, "so is Hell.". (Time.com)
Revisiting a clash between Gilded Age titan and reformer Jul 3, 2008
Steve Weinberg's well-written "Taking On the Trust" chronicles this epoch when enormous fortunes were made by men like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and J.P. Morgan, names still synonymous with money. Rising wealth was matched by increases in immigration. (Boston Globe)
6 Words You Don't Want to Say Jun 30, 2008
It was first told by Napoleon Hill, a friend of Andrew Carnegie, in his book Think & Grow Rich. It's been passed down faithfully for more than 71 years since. (MSNBC -- Business)
Bill Gates: Life after a legend finally logs off Jun 29, 2008
The road ahead for Bill Gates and Microsoft will have many twists and turns, writes Kristy Dorsey (Scotsman)
The AAP gets tough on vaccine dissenters Jun 29, 2008
Originally posted: June 27, 2008. The American Academy of Pediatrics is growing so concerned about the climbing rate of vaccine exemptions--and the possible affect on community health--that it recently formed a group called the "Immunization Alliance" to address the growing refusal of some parents to vaccinate. (Chicago Tribune)
Gates Among The Titans Jun 29, 2008
Still, by any rough measure of the value of money and achievement over time, it seems clear that Gates remains led by at least three ghosts--those of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Start with the oil baron. (Forbes)
A neighbor with smarts Jun 25, 2008
We are proud to carry on the tradition of Andrew Carnegie. Last year, the library began a strategic fact-finding mission in order to determine the best course of action for a long-overdue facility master plan. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
'Hour Money' May Create Equality Jun 24, 2008
Andrew Carnegie said, A man who dies rich, dies disgraced. Q: Tell us about the board game you co-invented for the purpose of relating the Hour Money concept. (Suite101.com)
Milk-carton vending machines; kids books Jun 23, 2008
The Carnegie Library was built in 1904 with a $30,000 grant from steel baron Andrew Carnegie. By the 1940s, the 4,400-square-foot library was so crowded that a men's bathroom was converted to an office and the children's section was relocated. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
'Out of This Furnace' Jun 11, 2008
The troupe dramatized the lives of Andrew Carnegie, George Westinghouse, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. This new production of "Out of This Furnace," by the Unseam'd Shakespeare Company, features a multilevel set with a backdrop that reproduces a historic photo of the Edgar Thomson Works, a soundscape complete with noisy neighbors, a moving train and work whistles. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The league of extraordinary mayors: small states, big ideas Jun 2, 2008
That history includes many great entrepreneurs, from Andrew Carnegie (born in Scotland) in steel to Andy Grove (Hungary) in semi-conductors, as well as the influx of scientists (Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi) and artists (Marc Chagall, Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) who fled Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. In Silicon Valley, a third to a half of all start-ups have someone born overseas on their founding team. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Carnegie Museum, in Pittsburgh, shows contemporary art's "Old Masters of tomorrow" May 31, 2008
For more than a century, the Carnegie Museum of Art, founded here by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, has been organizing a series of contemporary exhibitions designed to showcase what Carnegie called the "Old Masters of tomorrow.". Now known as the Carnegie International, the exhibition has been presented about every three years since 1982 and has grown to become one of the world's pre-eminent surveys of international contemporary art and a bellwether of artistic... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Cornell Iron Works purchases competitor May 30, 2008
Way back when, we were probably the powerhouse in iron when Andrew Carnegie introduced (U.S. Steel) and decimated the business, Gallacher said. All that was left was a small door division. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Youth is served May 30, 2008
In honor of Pittsburgh's ongoing 250th birthday celebration, Mr. Masich will highlight 250 years of entrepreneurial innovation in Pittsburgh through the contributions of leaders such as Andrew Carnegie, George Westinghouse and Andrew Mellon. The afternoon keynote speaker will be one who made a bit of history of his own. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Flagler concert a preview for teens' Carnegie performance May 20, 2008
Manhattan's Carnegie Hall is named for Scottish-born American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. In 1887, the 52-year-old Carnegie and his bride, Louise, were traveling by ship to Europe to celebrate their honeymoon. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Wendt leaves library with legacy of learning May 18, 2008
Her retirement caps a 34-year career working in the building donated by Andrew Carnegie and opened in 1904, the citys first public building ... I used to think it was the ghost of Andrew Carnegie. (Forest Republican, WI)
Local library system an ‘oops’ May 12, 2008
Nearly all of the some 2,500 libraries built in the United States using funds given by Andrew Carnegie shared two features: a staircase and a lantern or lamppost ... Let there be light was the motto Andrew Carnegie had inscribed over the doorway to his first public library. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
'Macbeth,' 'Boeing' May 11, 2008
(NOTE: An interview with Mark Rylance, focusing especially on a play he is writing about Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, will appear here mid-day, May 11. . (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Coming Soon: The Washington Monument, Brought to You by Samsung May 10, 2008
"People love to have their names associated with leading research universities." It was true of 19th-century steel magnates such as Andrew Carnegie. And it's true of 21st-century steel magnates. (Slate)
The Gulf's currency solution May 9, 2008
Five hundred years later, the great steel baron Andrew Carnegie wrote, "The one essential quality that is needed in the article which we use as a basis for exchanging all other articles is fixity of value. The race has instinctively always sought for the one article in the world which most resembles the North Star among the other stars in the heavens, and used it as 'money'.". Gold's monetary value is stable. (Asia Times Online)
A Tiffany mystery May 6, 2008
The logo includes the year Carnegie Mellon University was founded and a famous statement Andrew Carnegie made in a letter to city leaders about his plans to start the school ... Ms. Benford, the CMU archivist, theorizes that the story of Mr. Tiffany making the Kresge Theater ceiling arose because his studio designed CMU's original logo, which features thistles, the date 1900 and founder Andrew Carnegie's famous words, "My heart is in the work.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Happy 150th, Sycamore May 4, 2008
Among those notable locations is the Sycamore Public Library, built in 1905 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. The library is built on the site once occupied by the Mansion House, a hotel where many of Sycamore's founding fathers lived as they built the town. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Carnegie Historical Museum open house planned Thursday May 2, 2008
James E. Wilson, a United States senator from Fairfield, was a friend of Andrew Carnegie, who had begun providing funds for the building of libraries in his home state of Pennsylvania. At Wilson's urging, Carnegie offered to provide $40,000 for the construction of the Fairfield library building, and Wilson provided the site. (Fairfield Daily Ledger, IA)
* Super-rich face a backlash as the US credit crunch hits home Apr 23, 2008
But how does that square with the new age of conspicuous philanthropy, where tycoons such as Gates and Buffett make much of giving billions to good causes, in a tradition spawned by Scottish immigrant and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Gates and Buffett are the exception. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
