In 1927, a $5 million donation from the richest man in America - the equivalent of $92 million today - secured the Great Smoky Mountains’ then-tenuous future for protection as a national park. But ...
John D. Rockefeller Jr., the son of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, made philanthropy his life's work. He saw himself as the steward—not the owner—of the vast fortune his father had made, ...
The family background -- Boyhood days -- College years -- The upperclassman -- 26 Broadway -- The maturing years -- The years of decision -- The Colorado strike -- A new voice in industrial relations ...