University of Chicago Founding Support
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- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book
From $124,000 in 1889 (right before his big pledge to Gates), his donations soared to $304,000 in 1890, $510,000 in 1891, and then a spectacular $1.35 million in 1892 ($22 million today) as he opened the spigot for the University of Chicago.
chapter: CHAPTER 17 - Captains of Erudition