Rich ppl give away ~$150 mill to education for philanthropy (1878 - 1898) (6 déc. 1878 – 12 juill. 1898)

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New institutions included Cornell (1865), Leland Stanford Jr (1891); Industrial millionaires developed social consciences → donated to edu, Private philanthropy help gov’t grants for higher edu; Leland founded in memory of deceased only child of Central Pacific RR builder; University of Chicago (1892) got lots of $$ from Rockefeller

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