Julius Rosenwald

Julius Rosenwald (1862–1932) was a businessman, billionaire and philanthropist. His net worth was $80M at death (equaling about $1.4B today).  He was half owner of Sears--he saved the company during the infamous financial panic of 1893--and he donated millions to educating African Americans in the South in the 1920s. He also donated to the Tuskegee Institute. In this biography, Mr. Ascoli paints a portrait of Julius Rosenwald, aka, "JR." This book, which was signed by the author, has 450 pages and features black and white photographs. It is part of the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies series. Mr. Rosenwald molded Sears to be the greatest mail order firm in the world. He also founded Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, and he built more than 5,300 schools and funded YMCAs for African American communities. He held a lifelong devotion to philanthropy.