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Laura Spelman Rockefeller. Laura Celestia " Cettie " Spelman Rockefeller (September 9, 1839 – March 12, 1915) [1] was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, school teacher, and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. Her husband was Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Laura Spelman ...
Renovation of Laura Spelman Rockefeller Hall; Wellness Revolution launched; 2013. Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell becomes the 10th president of Spelman College, succeeding Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum; 2014. Spelman College exceeds its comprehensive fundraising campaign goal, generating $157.8 million — the largest amount raised in the history of the ...
Even among institutions sustained by the Rockefeller philanthropies and family, Spelman College has held a special place. Established as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, it was incorporated in 1888 as Spelman College, in honor of Laura Spelman Rockefeller, wife of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and her parents, who had been abolitionists.
In October 1918 John D. Rockefeller established the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. For its first four years the Memorial focused on providing resources to assist the well-being of women and children. In January 1921 Rockefeller supplemented the Memorial's original endowment of over $13 million with an additional roughly $60 million, which would be used for a programme to support ...
The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and its sister instrument at Riverside Church in New York City, both dating from the early 1930s, were the masterworks of the Gillett & Johnston bell foundry of Croydon, England. Carillons of this size had never before been made, and have not been made again since that time.
Laura ("Cettie") Spelman Rockefeller dies at age 75. August 1915 Abby gives birth to David. September 1915 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and his advisor MacKenzie King tour Ludlow and meet the miners ...
25. Apr. 2024 · Quick Facts. Olmsted Brothers were hired by the National Park Service in 1938 to create a memorial to John D. Rockefeller’s wife Laura. With only a budget of $20,000, and working in harsh winter conditions, Olmsted Brothers tasked partner Henry Hubbard with the design. Hubbard was tasked with transforming the “nose of a little hill” into ...
