Henry Rowan ( December 4, 1923 , Boston - December 12, 2015 , Menlo Park , California ) - American engineer, philanthropist, industrialist [1] , businessman, head of Inductotherm Industries Inc. [2] .
| Henry Rowan | |
|---|---|
| Henry S. Rowen | |
| Date of Birth | December 4, 1923 |
| Place of Birth | Boston |
| Date of death | December 9, 2015 (92 years old) |
| Place of death | Menlo Park (California) |
| A country |  |
| Scientific field | philanthropy , engineer |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Academic degree | phD |
| Academic rank | Professor |
Biography
Born in Boston. In 1949, he received a bachelor's degree in industrial management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . In 1955, received a master's degree in economics from Oxford University .
In 1992, Henry Rowan, then the owner of a smelter manufacturing company [3] , donated $ 100 million to Glassborough State College , the largest single donation to a public institution in the history of American philanthropy. The college was named in his honor, and in 1997 received the status of a university [4] and received the name of its benefactor [5] [6] . He died in 2015, November 12, in Menlo Park, California.
Notes
- ↑ Inductotherm Corp. (eng.) . Inductotherm Corp .. Date accessed February 4, 2016.
- ↑ A world without nuclear weapons . Inosmi.ru. Date of treatment February 4, 2016.
- ↑ Soviets Get Boost For Warheads Report: Us-owned Firm Supplies Vital Technology . tribunedigital-orlandosentinel. Date of treatment February 4, 2016.
- ↑ Henry Rowan, who reshaped industry and university, dies . philly-archives. Date of treatment February 4, 2016.
- ↑ About Rowan University . www.rowan.edu. Date of treatment February 4, 2016.
- ↑ Gray, Jerry . Panel Approves Changing Name of Glassboro State to Rowan College , The New York Times (July 18, 1992). Date of treatment February 4, 2016.